Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss how much money streaming services should spend on movies that skip a theatrical release and go directly to their streaming platform. They speculate over a streaming service’s return on investment for for a $200 million movie and question whether that business model is sustainable.

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Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Lucas Shaw

Producer: Craig Horbeck

Theme Song: Devon Renaldo

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Did a $200M Direct-to-Streaming Movie Ever Make Sense? 31:46 Share

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Did a $200M Direct-to-Streaming Movie Ever Make Sense?