Korea’s Leading Exhibitor CJ-CGV Poised to Boycott Netflix’s ‘Okja’

CJ-CGV, South Korea’s largest cinema exhibitor, is poised to deny screen space to “Okja,” Korean maestro Bong Joon-ho’s Netflix-backed movie that inflamed Cannes last month. “A 3-week holdback period (between theatrical opening and online release) is an important business practice in Korea,” said Cho Sung-jin of CGV. “There are films that are simultaneously running in... Read more » Patrick Frater