Feature documentary The Outsider from Abramorama will become Facebook’s first paid online movie premiere by a major distributor today when the social media giant releases it at 8 pm Et with a ticket price of $3.99.
Facebook’s global users will have a 48-hour window to watch the debut of the film – directed and produced by Pamela Yoder and Steven Rosenbaum — followed by a panel discussion. It will be available to exhibitors tomorrow, August 20, and via Tvod (transactional video on demand) through Giant Pictures in September ahead the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
According to event’s Fb site, 2.9K are “interested” and 179 are “going.” Live paid online event attendance changes most frequently just prior to the event. “We have no idea what to expect, as this is the first time ever that anyone has done this,” Abramorama COO and partner Karol Martesko-Fenster tells Deadline.
(Facebook reported almost 1.9 billion...
Facebook’s global users will have a 48-hour window to watch the debut of the film – directed and produced by Pamela Yoder and Steven Rosenbaum — followed by a panel discussion. It will be available to exhibitors tomorrow, August 20, and via Tvod (transactional video on demand) through Giant Pictures in September ahead the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
According to event’s Fb site, 2.9K are “interested” and 179 are “going.” Live paid online event attendance changes most frequently just prior to the event. “We have no idea what to expect, as this is the first time ever that anyone has done this,” Abramorama COO and partner Karol Martesko-Fenster tells Deadline.
(Facebook reported almost 1.9 billion...
- 8/19/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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