Studio execs, tentpole actors (like Angelina Jolie) and corporate brands will blanket Sundance, but veterans say expanding the festival beyond its indie roots is necessary in the streaming age
This year's festival will feature a bevy of names and companies not typically associated with indie cinema, from Disney+ to Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and Ben Affleck. In fact, the art house mecca launched 42 years ago as a tonic to the corporatization of cinema will feel more mainstream than in past years thanks to the growing importance of the Kids sidebar as well as a few tentpole stars making an unlikely detour into art house fare., which debuts Jan.
' ", also would seem out of place in a Sundance lineup. But he stars alongside Anne Hathaway in Dee Rees' inside-the-Beltway drama, screening in the Premieres section. Likewise, Smith, who is synonymous with big-budget tentpoles — be it as a star or a producer — will represent in this year's U.S. Dramatic Competition lineup with, a gritty drama about a Baltimore dirt bike gang.
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