The first DVD screener of the Oscar season has been released, and it's for a film that may not have seen the light of day otherwise:
Today the first leak of the new screener season started to populate various pirate sites, Louis C.K.'s "I Love You, Daddy." It was released by the infamous "Hive-CM8" group which also made headlines in previous years.
"I Love You, Daddy" was carefully chosen, according to a message posted in the release notes. Last month distributor The Orchard chose to cancel the film from its schedule after Louis C.K. was accused of sexual misconduct. With uncertainty surrounding the film's release, "Hive-CM8" decided to get it out.
"We decided to let this one title go out this month, since it never made it to the cinema, and nobody knows if it ever will go to retail at all," Hive-CM8 write in their NFO.
"Either way their is no perfect time to release it anyway, but we think it would be a waste to let a great Louis C.K. go unwatched and nobody can even see or buy it," they add.
Nominees for the 75th Golden Globe Awards were announced on December 11. Nominees for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2018.
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The Academy announced this week that DVD and Blu-Ray screeners will be banned after the next Oscars ceremony. This marks the end of a long-standing tradition. Not just in the movie business, but also on pirate sites where the DVDscr tag is closely watched. Although Oscar DVD Screeners may soon be history, this doesn't mean that screener leaks will be thing[s] of the past.
[...] This year, plenty of discs will be shipped too but, after the upcoming Oscars ceremony, that will be a thing of the past. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that physical screeners will no longer be allowed in 2021.
"[T]he 93rd Awards season will be the final year DVD screeners will be allowed to be distributed; these mailings will be discontinued starting in 2021 for the 94th Academy Awards," the Academy writes.
The Oscars follow the same path as the Emmys, which already made the switch this year. According to the Academy, the transition is part of its sustainability efforts. This also includes a ban on physical music CDs, hard copies of screenplays, paper invites, and other things that possibly hurt the environment.
[...] Whether piracy was considered as a factor at all remains a guess. Some insiders believe that digital screeners are easier to protect and therefore more secure, but that is up for debate.
There may be fewer leak opportunities in the distribution process, but it's common knowledge that streaming platforms can be easily compromised. In fact, we have already seen several screeners being leaked from online sources. This was corroborated by pirate release group EVO last year.
"We had access to digital screeners and they are indeed easy to leak. The DRM on it is a joke. We had an account last year with three screeners on it and they were pretty much MP4 ready to encode," the EVO team informed us at the time.
Related: First Leaked Screener of the Season: Unreleased Louis C.K. Film "I Love You, Daddy"
(Score: 2) by bradley13 on Tuesday December 12 2017, @01:59PM (5 children)
...may I just say "ewwwww".
The casting couch is now out in the open, lots of Hollywood movers and shakers turn out to be dirty old men, and the slime-pit that is Hollywood actually made a movie about...exactly this, that apparently tries to spin it in a positive light?
Yeah, I know there's lots of lead time in making movies. Still, it's absolutely appalling timing.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @02:15PM (2 children)
um.
the title is a reference to the fact that the movie is about kids and parents.
he has this whole routine where he explains the logic behind parents saying "shut up and eat your " to their kids; I assume that grew into a movie because money.
OK, the guy is an asshole and he thinks women are just these subhuman things that he can use as he pleases, but don't accuse him of things that he didn't actually do.
Full disclosure: I actually tried to watch some of his netflix things a couple of years ago, and I didn't think it was funny or interesting, except for the "shut up and eat your " routine.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Tuesday December 12 2017, @06:19PM (1 child)
I didn't read an accusation in GP -- but the movie IS in fact about an older actor seducing a teen... Basically a "casting couch" scenario. (At least from what I've read in descriptions; I haven't seen it.)
And Louis CK actually wrote and directed it. And tried to turn such a story into a comedy.
So yeah, given everything coming out recently about actors and others who have engaged in this behavior, I agree that it's about the worst possible storyline for a movie right now, regardless of what Louis CK himself did or didn't do.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Tuesday December 12 2017, @06:21PM
Sorry - meant director seducing a teen (not actor, though the director is played by John Malkovich)..
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @02:15PM
Considering how many apparently-intelligent people are involved in the making of movies, perhaps this was indeed a propaganda piece?
As an aside, I had occasion to read about the creation of Hollywood, and how its sudden change in tenor came about very shortly after the US government forcibly broke up the "monopoly" on Hollywood production, sales, and distribution of films. The people who fled Edison and New York built that place in California up out of nothing, and also built nationwide infrastructure to support the new industry. I've heard the case made against monopolies made in the form of something humans tend to need to survive, such as food or fuel, but now I'm starting to think there might be insidious danger lurking in the idea that anyone can just bust in to a business and break the place up in the absence of a natural crime such as force or fraud.
The films that were produced in Hollywood from generations past appear (at least from my view of social norms today looking back, as well as from the possibly-biased sources I was using) downright wholesome, upbeat, and supportive of Western civilization. After the monopoly breakup and on into present times, "slime-pit" seems understated.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday December 12 2017, @09:23PM
In the context of all the recent allegations, I'm still surprised (maybe I shouldn't be) when I hear this sentiment on the net and from friends and acquaintances; considering that the term itself is 75+ years old [theatlantic.com], and that actors/actresses are frequently chosen by screen attractiveness and presence (in contrast to, say, radio, where presentation skills are more (?) valued).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @04:01PM (3 children)
Who is Louis CK? What previous work of his should I have known about?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @04:06PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_C.K. [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Tuesday December 12 2017, @04:29PM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @07:52PM
They do, but I would have felt cheated when it turned out that he's just some no-name two bit person on the periphery of Hollywood.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @05:12PM
"Spiceworld - The Director's Cut"
(Score: 3, Funny) by BananaPhone on Tuesday December 12 2017, @05:17PM
I found it uncomfortable to watch.
I know it's supposed to be funny but I couldn't see the humour in it.
Maybe Roy could help with that once he gets elected today.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @06:58PM (2 children)
I see the shit for brains fucktards at Hive-CM8 still haven't figured out how to do a proper release. No inverse-telecine, avi container, ancient version of XviD. Shit release from a shit release group. At least they put their name on their garbage so everyone knows to stay the hell away from it if they want something of watchable quality. (Full disclosure: I stay away from cams and telesyncs because I prefer quality over quantity.)
Why is it always the shit release groups that get stuff first? Don't give me that bullshit about "protecting the source" either. They have audio watermarks now that can survive anything that doesn't leave the sound unlistenable. *cough*Cinavia*cough* Use a proper video codec morons! The H264 (x264) codec and MKV container has been standard now for a number of years, and the H265 (HEVC) codec is starting to see heavy use as well. If I had the original source I could transcode it to a 300MB MKV that looks BETTER than their 1.5GB AVI. Stupid fuckers need to either learn how to use modern tools and techniques or GET. THE. FUCK. OUT.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday December 12 2017, @08:18PM
I hope AV1 beats H.265 on quality and filesize. Even though hardware acceleration for it won't be on devices until mid-2019 maybe.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:52PM
hey, maybe their windows "antivirus software" doesn't like mkv.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday December 13 2017, @03:27PM
Louis did a very ballsy thing. When he bought the rights to I Love You, Daddy. Smart cookie! Now CROOKS have stolen it. DISGUSTING!