Although movie theaters across the country begin to reopen months after coronavirus shutdown, Universal Pictures opts to offer the psychological thriller on streaming platforms.
- June 10, 2020
AceShowbiz - Kevin Bacon's new psychological thriller "You Should Have Left" has become the latest film to bypass movie theatres and head straight to video-on-demand services.
Universal Pictures chiefs will launch the project on at-home streaming platforms on 19 June, despite theatres gradually beginning to reopen across the U.S. following the coronavirus shutdown in March.
"You Should Have Left", which had originally been set to open on the big screen, features Bacon as a screenwriter who suffers a mental breakdown while on a secluded vacation with his wife, played by Amanda Seyfried.
The film is based on author Daniel Kehlmann's 2017 book of the same name.
Universal bosses scored a big hit by making "Trolls World Tour" available for rental via on-demand services instead of pulling the movie from release at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, while Pete Davidson and Judd Apatow's "The King of Staten Island" comedy is also set to debut on digital platforms on Friday (June 12) in lieu of its previously-planned theatre launch.
