Kristen Stewart's 'Welcome to the Rileys' producer speaks out, wants to keep the film's buzz going

On the road to Sundance, there is a lot of reflection. At least that's how it would seem after Kristen Stewart's Welcome To The Rileys producer Giovanni Agnelli spoke out via Larry Richman.

"When my company decided to fund the film, we did not pre-sell any foreign territories," Agnelli said. "[W]hen we decided to do this movie, Kristen had not done Twilight. She was not the worldwide star that she is today," the producer continued.

Still, it was revealed, WTTR's financial situation isn't 100%.

The independent film market has crashed and distributors aren't really buying small movies like they used to. People don't see them like they used to either. Sure, there are those one or two that break out every year (Precious, Little Miss Sunshine) but mostly people don't go see them, so the producers lose loads of money.

The distributor needs to be convinced that there is an audience for the film before they buy it. Is there an audience for our film?? We think so, you think so, but we don't know what the distributors think yet.

So, in other words, if Welcome To The Rileys is something you'd like to see, speak out! "Let's keep the energy high, lets keep the interest high, lets keep the buzz high and lets keep our fingers crossed that WTTR will be showing in many theaters in your town," Agnelli concludes.


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