The biggest movie of the year is available for
rent or purchase on the Redbox app
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ: CSSE) today
announced “Barbie” – the number one movie of 2023 – is now
available on the Redbox streaming app for rental or purchase. Fans
can now get their pink on through Premium Video on Demand (PVOD) or
Premium Electronic Sell Through (PEST) and always be in Barbie
Land.
The Redbox streaming app is available on a wide range of
devices, including Roku, Samsung TVs, VIZIO, and many others. The
app also gives viewers access to thousands of free movies, TV
series, and over 180 Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST)
channels.
“Barbie is a cultural moment in cinema history that brought
millions of fans together and made it the number one movie of 2023
– and the 15th biggest movie of all-time,” said Phil Oppenheim,
chief content officer of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment.
“This success is due to the high quality of the film, Greta
Gerwig’s fantastic writing and directing, and Margot Robbie and
Ryan Gosling’s performances. Our viewers are in for a treat
today.”
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect
place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a
Ken.
From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig (“Little
Women,” “Lady Bird”) comes “Barbie,” starring Oscar nominees Margot
Robbie (“Bombshell,” “I, Tonya”) and Ryan Gosling (“La La Land,”
“Half Nelson”) as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera (“End
of Watch,” the “How to Train Your Dragon” films), Kate McKinnon
(“Bombshell,” “Yesterday”), Issa Rae (“The Photograph,” HBO’s
“Insecure”), Rhea Perlman (“I’ll See You in My Dreams,” “Matilda”),
and Will Ferrell (the “Anchorman” films, “Talladega Nights”). The
film also stars Michael Cera (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,”
“Juno”), Ariana Greenblatt (“Avengers: Infinity War,” “65”), Ana
Cruz Kayne (“Little Women”), Emma Mackey (“Emily,” “Sex
Education”), Hari Nef (“Assassination Nation,” “Transparent”),
Alexandra Shipp (the “X-Men” films), Kingsley Ben-Adir (“One Night
in Miami,” “Peaky Blinders”), Simu Liu (“Shang-Chi and the Legend
of the Ten Rings”), Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”), Scott Evans
(“Grace and Frankie”), Jamie Demetriou (“Cruella”), Connor
Swindells (“Sex Education,” “Emma.”), Sharon Rooney (“Dumbo,”
“Jerk”), Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton,” “Derry Girls”), Ritu Arya
(“The Umbrella Academy”), Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter
Dua Lipa and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren (“The Queen”).
Gerwig directed “Barbie” from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar
nominee Noah Baumbach (“Marriage Story,” “The Squid and the
Whale”), based on Barbie by Mattel. The film’s producers are Oscar
nominees David Heyman (“Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood,” “Marriage
Story,” “Gravity”), Margot Robbie (“Birds of Prey,” “Promising
Young Woman,” “I, Tonya”), Tom Ackerley (“Promising Young Woman,”
“I, Tonya”) and Robbie Brenner (“Dallas Buyers Club”), with Gerwig,
Baumbach, Ynon Kreiz, Richard Dickson, Michael Sharp, Josey
McNamara, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich and Cate Adams serving
as executive producers.
Gerwig’s creative team behind the camera included
Oscar-nominated director of photography Rodrigo Prieto (“The
Irishman,” “Silence,” “Brokeback Mountain”), Oscar-nominated
production designer Sarah Greenwood (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Anna
Karenina”), Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran
(“Little Women,” “Anna Karenina”), editor Nick Houy (“Little
Women,” “Lady Bird”), visual effects supervisor Glen Pratt
(“Paddington 2,” “Beauty and the Beast”) and music supervisor
George Drakoulias (“White Noise,” “Marriage Story”), with a score
by Oscar winners Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“A Star Is Born”),
who also contributed to numerous songs on the film’s soundtrack.
The soundtrack includes an impressive roster of today’s hottest
music artists, including Lizzo, Dua Lipa, Nicki Minaj & Ice
Spice with Aqua, Charli XCX, KAROL G feat. Aldo Ranks, Tame Impala,
Dominic Fike, HAIM, The Kid LAROI, Khalid, PinkPantheress, GAYLE,
Ava Max, FIFTY FIFTY and more.
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Heyday Films Production, a
LuckyChap Entertainment Production, an NB/GG Pictures Production, a
Mattel Production, “Barbie.” The film is distributed worldwide by
Warner Bros. Pictures and was released in theaters nationwide on
July 21, 2023 and internationally on July 19, 2023.
“Barbie” is rated PG-13 by the MPA for suggestive references and
brief language.
About Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) provides
premium content to value-conscious consumers. The company is one of
the largest advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) companies
in the US, with three flagship AVOD streaming services: Redbox,
Crackle, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. In addition, the company
operates Redbox Free Live TV, a free ad-supported streaming
television service (FAST), with nearly 180 FAST channels as well as
a transaction video on demand (TVOD) service, and a network of
approximately 29,000 kiosks across the US for DVD rentals. To
provide original and exclusive content to its viewers, the company
creates, acquires, and distributes films and TV series through its
Screen Media and Chicken Soup for the Soul TV Group subsidiaries.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is a subsidiary of Chicken
Soup for the Soul, LLC, which publishes the famous book series and
produces super-premium pet food under the Chicken Soup for the Soul
brand name.
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of management and are not predictions of actual performance. Such
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uncertainties, including but not limited to risks relating to our
core strategy, operating income and margin, seasonality, liquidity,
including cash flows from operations, available funds, and access
to financing sources, free cash flows, revenues, net income,
profitability, stock price volatility, future regulatory changes,
price changes, ability to achieve and sustain market acceptance of
our content streaming services and other content offerings, ability
to recruit and retain officers, key employees, or directors,
ability to protect our intellectual property, ability to complete
and integrate into our existing operations future strategic
acquisitions, ability to manage growth, ability to pay dividends
and our debt obligations, as well as evolving regulatory or other
operational risks, and risks presented by changing general market
conditions impacting demand for our services. For a more complete
description of these and other risks and uncertainties, please
refer to Item 1A (Risk Factors) in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC
on March 31, 2023, as amended. If any of these risks materialize or
our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ
materially from the results implied by the forward-looking
statements contained in this press release. Information regarding
the acquisition of Redbox and related transactions is qualified by
reference to the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with
the SEC on May 11, 2022 as amended May 12, 2022, June 6, 2022,
August 12, 2022, November 14, 2022 and thereafter from time to
time, and all exhibits filed with respect to such reports. The
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(PRESS) Peter Binazeski Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
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(INVESTOR RELATIONS) Zaia Lawandow Chicken Soup for the Soul
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