What is waitress teasing this time?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/17/23 at 10:16pm

The Waitress Musical Twitter account posted a tweet of a pie emoji earlier today. Any ideas what they could be teasing? I’m assuming they’ve finally found a distributor for the pro shot that was filmed, but I could be wrong!

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 8:41am

https://twitter.com/WaitressMusical/status/1648304388702629890

"The day starts like the rest we've seen..."

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 9:09am

TaffyDavenport said: "https://twitter.com/WaitressMusical/status/1648304388702629890

"The day starts like the rest we've seen...""

Has to be the release date of the pro shot. It's not touring again and I don't think the rights have even been released for regional theaters.

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 9:15am

Oh god! Please, oh PLEASE let it be a release date for the Pro-Shot!!!!!!!

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 11:02am

Proshot will screen at the Tribeca Film Festival:

https://twitter.com/WaitressMusical/status/1648340719700963333?s=20

https://tribecafilm.com/films/waitress-the-musical-live-on-broadway-2023

Updated On: 4/18/23 at 11:02 AM

[BwayLB]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 11:12am

So exciting! I’ve been wanting to see it since I saw the national tour in Costa Mesa in 2018.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 11:33am

Amazing news! Sara’s Jenna was perfection, and Waitress is one of my favorite musicals, so this is thrilling.

[willep]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:03pm

Unfortunately that is zero indication of when/how it will be available to the greater public.

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:12pm

I believe this is happening because they haven't been able to find a streamer interested and they want to get it out there in some way and hope it can attract interest from a distributor. 

I'm not sure how the scheduling works or what availability will be like, but I'll be back in the city the last weekend of the festival and would LOVE to be able to see it!

[Observation]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:18pm

jkcohen626 said: "I believe this is happening because they haven't been able to find a streamer interested and they want to get it out there in some way and hope it can attract interest from a distributor.

I'm not sure how the scheduling works or what availability will be like, but I'll be back in the city the last weekend of the festival and would LOVE to be able to see it!"

I'm not intending this to sound snarky, but is this above based on something? I find it really hard to believe a streaming service wouldn't distribute this, especially if it's already been filmed and put together? I donno, I'm not from the industry and don't know how that works, but it seems like an easy sell to me? 

[willep]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:19pm

I’m still waiting for the Girl From the North Country to find a distributor.

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 12:38pm

Observation said: "jkcohen626 said: "I believe this is happening because they haven't been able to find a streamer interested and they want to get it out there in some way and hope it can attract interest from a distributor.

I'm not sure how the scheduling works or what availability will be like, but I'll be back in the city the last weekend of the festival and would LOVE to be able to see it!"

I'm not intending this to sound snarky, but is this above based on something? I find it really hard to believe a streaming service wouldn't distribute this, especially if it's already been filmed and put together? I donno, I'm not from the industry and don't know how that works, but it seems like an easy sell to me?"

It's all rumors, but I've heard that basically all of the proshots that have been filmed, but have no announced plans for release are caught in limbo with distributors just not that interested in picking them up. 

I could be wrong though and they could ll come out soon. We'll have to wait and see. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 1:07pm

We're also waiting for Girl from the North Country, SIX, Between the Lines, and Jersey Boys with Nick Jonas.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 1:11pm

This right now is being handled as an indie film and having it picked up for the TriBeca Film Festival is a major push. It’s obvious they weren’t able to have it picked up by any studio or streaming service which is why it’s been in limbo so long. Hopefully this helps but no guarantees. DIANA: The Musical was filmed by Netflix, so it had a home from the get-go. Brooke Shields’ new documentary floated in limbo for a brief time until it was shown at Sundance and Hulu deciding on picking it up. The 2019 Truman Capote documentary floated in limbo after showing at DocNYC for 3 years until Hulu picked it up. Just because YOU think it’s an easy sell doesn’t mean industry outlets think so, too.  

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 1:39pm

willep said: "I’m still waiting for the Girl From the North Country to find a distributor."

I wouldn't count on this coming out anytime now that the movie adaptation has been announced/moving forward. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 2:29pm

If the impending writers strike ends up being lengthy everyone will be scrambling for already made content and these proshots will, all of a sudden, become super valuable.

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 3:19pm

The original Waitress movie debuted at a film festive (Sundance, not Tribeca) so could the musical debut be a homage to that? 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 6:59pm

Plannietink08 said: "The original Waitress movie debuted at a film festive (Sundance, not Tribeca) so could the musical debut be a homage to that?"

No. They don’t have a distributor, so they’re opening at a festival to drum up interest and find a buyer.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/18/23 at 8:02pm

I've been to a few films at the Tribeca Festival and sometimes the movies only get a single showing. I hope that's not the case here.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 6/2/23 at 8:36am

The film will screen simultaneously in Times Square on June 12:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/waitress-musical-film-screening-times-square-tribeca-festival-1235505593/

 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 6/2/23 at 10:54am

Dollypop said: "I've been to a few films at the Tribeca Festival and sometimes the movies only get a single showing. I hope that's not the case here."

Even if it is, you do know there are bootlegs...I know it's not the same but it's not like there's no footage at all of the show 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/5/23 at 3:44pm

A new tweet from the waitress team seeming to hint at an impending announcement tomorrow.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/6/23 at 12:04pm

jeez, of all the film distributors this ended up with Bleecker Street/Fathom Events? None of the major players must have wanted to put this in theaters. Bleecker is absolute bottom of the barrel. Though I suppose streaming rights will be separate and announced later.
 

Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the filmed musical . . . set to release nationwide on December 7, 2023 in partnership with Fathom Events.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/6/23 at 12:29pm

Is Bleeker a struck company?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/6/23 at 1:25pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Is Bleeker a struck company?"

No. The struck companies are the majors:

- Disney / 20th Century / ABC
- Universal / NBC
- Paramount / CBS
- Warner Bros Discovery / HBO
- Sony 
- Netflix
- Apple TV+
- Amazon / MGM
- FOX
+ some other cable TV networks