Woody Allen To Partner With E-Commerce Giant Amazon For His Next Film
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oi-Staff
By Monojit Mandal
Celebrated
director
Woody
Allen,
who
is
renowned
for
the
movie
-
Midnight
in
Paris,
sets
his
eyes
on
partnering
with
Washington
based,
global
e-commerce
giant,
Amazon
in
a
bid
to
finance
his
upcoming
film,
which
is
yet
untitled.
According
to
the
reports,
all
the
financial
aspects
of
the
movie
will
be
looked
after
by
Amazon
and
they
are
keen
to
get
this
strategic
association
with
the
director
as
well.
The
title
of
the
movie
is
yet
to
be
finalized
which
will
feature
stars
like
Kate
Winslet,
Jim
Belushi
and
others.
However,
this
isn't
a
new
aspect
to
venture
for
the
e-commerce
giant,
as
they
have
already
partnered
and
associated
with
Allen
and
with
an
actor
as
well,
for
acquiring
the
distribution
rights
for
the
movie
Cafe
Society,
which
falls
in
the
genre
of
Romantic
Comedy.
Allen,
now
80,
had
acquired
fame
whilepartnering
with
Sony
Pictures
previously,
having
won
two
Oscars
and
got
ten
Oscar
nominations.
Now
it
will
be
interesting
to
see
if
the
director
can
repeat
the
same
feat
of
success
with
his
new
strategic
partner.
'Woody
Allen
is
a
brilliant
filmmaker,'
'We're
so
proud
to
be
in
business
with
him" said
Roy
Price,
the
chief
of
Amazon
Studios.