How come...

[Spiffing Cheese]

How come AC isn't coming to cinemas? That would rock!

[Destai]

Originally it was too short to be released in cinemas but Square are discussing it with the companies helping make the movie. Plus the staff still get nightmares from the spirits within.

[Greiver205]

Yea it would be awesome seeing cloud on the big screen...but not everyone knows or has played FF 7 so it might not interest everyone...mostly fans would watch it

[Spiffing Cheese]

Originally it was too short to be released in cinemas but Square are discussing it with the companies helping make the movie. Plus the staff still get nightmares from the spirits within.

That has to be the worst film I have EVER seen. And I have seen a LOT of bad films.

[Lunar Yuna]

Americans have to format the movie not to mention translating and all that business. I think it also has to do with movie rights in Japan...I don't think they're allowed to show it here. For example, I went to an anime in a small theater in downtown Nashville (near where I live), and they were playing it off a dvd player. You aren't allowed to charge money--it's illegal and they don't have the rights. It's the same as if you invited your friends over to watch an anime--you can't charge them (you shouldn't, anyway, and it's illegal).
So, it has more to do with the rights and such than anything else.

[Squall of SeeD]

Americans have to format the movie not to mention translating and all that business. I think it also has to do with movie rights in Japan...I don't think they're allowed to show it here. For example, I went to an anime in a small theater in downtown Nashville (near where I live), and they were playing it off a dvd player. You aren't allowed to charge money--it's illegal and they don't have the rights. It's the same as if you invited your friends over to watch an anime--you can't charge them (you shouldn't, anyway, and it's illegal).
So, it has more to do with the rights and such than anything else.

It's perfectly fine and dandy when it's licensed by an American company for distribution in American theatres, the same as was the case with Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away.

[My name is...something..?]

True it would be cool, I just don't think it's going to happen.
I mean the last time they released a movie they lost MILLIONS of dollars. Getting the movie companies involoved is expensive,and I don't think they'd take the risk. While I can see it coming out in theaters in Japan easily enough, getting it to come out in America is just a huge financial risk.

Of course I could be wrong, but I won't get my hopes up.

[Lunar Yuna]

It's perfectly fine and dandy when it's licensed by an American company for distribution in American theatres, the same as was the case with Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away.

I don't recall Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away ever in American theaters....lol, I know it's TN, but I was sure it would be in at least one of our theaters.....
Maybe I'm just never paying attention...

[BackRoomKid]

^^^you said you went in a small movie theatre right? And someone was playing the movie off the DVD player? Well, it's not only against the law for JUST Anime movies, it's against the law for American, Italian, French, German....etc movies as well. Usually before a movie there's that big FBI WARNING and it talks about public display of the movies for commercial purposes and reproduction...it's for every movie

it's possible they may release it in select independant theatre's approved by Japan and SE

[Lunar Yuna]

Well, I know it wasn't an illegal display--so many people come and I'm sure they've done it a lot before.
I think they somehow got permission.

Now I'm not a copyright pro, so I can't really back it up with accurate theories, but I really don't think it was illegal.

[Destai]

I can picture a wide categorey of people drawn to FFVIIAC because of the CGI. good reviews would help.

[Big D]

Advent Children would be of no interest at all to anybody except FFVII fans. The plot and characters would be meaningless and incomprehensible to those who don't know the full story.

Thus, there just wouldn't be enough demand to warrant releasing AC in cinemas. Too few people would go and see it.

[Spiffing Cheese]

I didn't think about that.

[TheAbominatrix]

I don't recall Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away ever in American theaters....lol, I know it's TN, but I was sure it would be in at least one of our theaters.....
Maybe I'm just never paying attention...

They were, as were My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service.

Anyway, Square isnt looking for a repeat perfromance of TSW fiasco. It costs a lot more to put a movie into theatres and to promote it, and without garunteed financial gain they probably arent willing to risk it. However, it will probably be in a few independant theatres (a theatre in my area showed Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door), and I'll be seeing FFVII:AC on the big screen at Cal State Fullerton.

Big D is completly right, as is usually the case with him. There's no draw for the average movie-going public.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Isn't it going to be just 70 minutes long, anyway?