Movie stars and star directors are important because we need perfectionist little freaks with veto power who live and breath movies and will put the fear of god in studio execs while reminding them who exactly made the studio all that money

“‘For him, 45 days is like going day-and-date,’ says a Paramount source. He also felt that setting a date when the movie could be seen on the [streaming] service would discourage people from going to the theater.”