Road House is a streaming hit: “I didn't get a cent, and neither did Jake Gyllenhaal”

Doug Liman continues to denounce the exploitation of his film by Prime Video.

The controversy surrounding the streaming exploitation of the remake of Road House continues. Last January, Doug Liman called for a boycott of his latest film. The reason? The director felt cheated of the possibility of theatrical release after Amazon decided to release the film digitally.

Following these protests, Jake Gyllenhaalthe film's headliner had sided with the streaming giant, arguing that it had always been intended for Prime Video.

A few months have passed since the film was released on Prime Video, and Doug Liman still hasn't swallowed the pill. He's not budging and sticks to his version of events:

“First of all, I have no problem with streaminghe declared in the columns of IndieWire. We need streaming movies because we need writers, directors, and actors to work. Not every movie should be in a theater. So I'm a huge advocate for TV series, streaming movies, and in theaters.”

“My problem with Road Houseis that we made the film for MGM so that it could be shown in theaters.he continues. Everyone got paid as if the movie was going to be released in theaters. Then Amazon gave us the movie and no one got paid.”

Now that the time has come to take stock, the filmmaker claims to have been underpaid to make this film, as were his teams:

“Forget the effect on the industry – 50 million people saw Road House – I didn't get a cent, Jake Gyllenhaal didn't get a cent, [le producteur] Joel Silver didn't get a dime. That's not right.”

Will Jake Gyllenhaal have something to say about his director's accusations this time?

Road House: Jake Gyllenhaal Breaks the House [critique]