\nRedbox, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ: CSSE) company, today announced \u201cBarbie\u201d \u2013 the number one movie of 2023 \u2013 will be available to rent on Blu-ray Disc\u00ae and DVD at Redbox\u00ae kiosks nationwide starting Tuesday, October 17.<\/p>\n
\nThrough the Redbox app, consumers can easily locate their nearest Redbox kiosk and reserve their discs. The Redbox app is available on a wide range of devices, including iOS, Android, Roku, Samsung TVs, VIZIO, and many others. The app also gives viewers access to thousands of free movies and TV series, nearly 180 Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channels, and the ability to rent or buy movies transactionally on select devices.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOur customers have been anxiously waiting for \u2018Barbie\u2019 to be available on DVD and Blu-ray, and we\u2019re delighted it will soon be in our kiosks nationwide,\u201d said William J. Rouhana, Jr., chief executive officer and chairman of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. \u201cBlu-ray discs provide the best sound and picture quality on a large TV screen, and there will be no better way to enjoy the amazing visuals and music in the film. Fans will have the most \u2018perfect\u2019 way to see their favorite film of 2023 at an inexpensive price along with bonus content.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTo live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you\u2019re a Ken.<\/p>\n
\nFrom Oscar-nominated writer\/director Greta Gerwig (\u201cLittle Women,\u201d \u201cLady Bird\u201d) comes \u201cBarbie,\u201d starring Oscar\u00ae nominees Margot Robbie (\u201cBombshell,\u201d \u201cI, Tonya\u201d) and Ryan Gosling (\u201cLa La Land,\u201d \u201cHalf Nelson\u201d) as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera (\u201cEnd of Watch,\u201d the \u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d films), Kate McKinnon (\u201cBombshell,\u201d \u201cYesterday\u201d), Issa Rae (\u201cThe Photograph,\u201d HBO\u2019s \u201cInsecure\u201d), Rhea Perlman (\u201cI\u2019ll See You in My Dreams,\u201d \u201cMatilda\u201d), and Will Ferrell (the \u201cAnchorman\u201d films, \u201cTalladega Nights\u201d). The film also stars Michael Cera (\u201cScott Pilgrim vs. the World,\u201d \u201cJuno\u201d), Ariana Greenblatt (\u201cAvengers: Infinity War,\u201d \u201c65\u201d), Ana Cruz Kayne (\u201cLittle Women\u201d), Emma Mackey (\u201cEmily,\u201d \u201cSex Education\u201d), Hari Nef (\u201cAssassination Nation,\u201d \u201cTransparent\u201d), Alexandra Shipp (the \u201cX-Men\u201d films), Kingsley Ben-Adir (\u201cOne Night in Miami,\u201d \u201cPeaky Blinders\u201d), Simu Liu (\u201cShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings\u201d), Ncuti Gatwa (\u201cSex Education\u201d), Scott Evans (\u201cGrace and Frankie\u201d), Jamie Demetriou (\u201cCruella\u201d), Connor Swindells (\u201cSex Education,\u201d \u201cEmma.\u201d), Sharon Rooney (\u201cDumbo,\u201d \u201cJerk\u201d), Nicola Coughlan (\u201cBridgerton,\u201d \u201cDerry Girls\u201d), Ritu Arya (\u201cThe Umbrella Academy\u201d), Grammy Award-winning singer\/songwriter Dua Lipa and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren (\u201cThe Queen\u201d).<\/p>\n
\nGerwig directed \u201cBarbie\u201d from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach (\u201cMarriage Story,\u201d \u201cThe Squid and the Whale\u201d), based on Barbie by Mattel. The film\u2019s producers are Oscar nominees David Heyman (\u201cOnce Upon a Time\u2026in Hollywood,\u201d \u201cMarriage Story,\u201d \u201cGravity\u201d), Margot Robbie (\u201cBirds of Prey,\u201d \u201cPromising Young Woman,\u201d \u201cI, Tonya\u201d), Tom Ackerley (\u201cPromising Young Woman,\u201d \u201cI, Tonya\u201d) and Robbie Brenner (\u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d), with Gerwig, Baumbach, Ynon Kreiz, Richard Dickson, Michael Sharp, Josey McNamara, Courtenay Valenti, Toby Emmerich and Cate Adams serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n
\nGerwig\u2019s creative team behind the camera included Oscar-nominated director of photography Rodrigo Prieto (\u201cThe Irishman,\u201d \u201cSilence,\u201d \u201cBrokeback Mountain\u201d), Oscar-nominated production designer Sarah Greenwood (\u201cBeauty and the Beast,\u201d \u201cAnna Karenina\u201d), Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran (\u201cLittle Women,\u201d \u201cAnna Karenina\u201d), editor Nick Houy (\u201cLittle Women,\u201d \u201cLady Bird\u201d), visual effects supervisor Glen Pratt (\u201cPaddington 2,\u201d \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d) and music supervisor George Drakoulias (\u201cWhite Noise,\u201d \u201cMarriage Story\u201d), with a score by Oscar winners Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (\u201cA Star Is Born\u201d), who also contributed to numerous songs on the film\u2019s soundtrack. The soundtrack includes an impressive roster of today\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
\nWarner Bros. Pictures Presents a Heyday Films Production, a LuckyChap Entertainment Production, an NB\/GG Pictures Production, a Mattel Production, \u201cBarbie.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cBarbie\u201d is rated PG-13 by the MPA for suggestive references and brief language.<\/p>\n
About Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment<\/b><\/p>\n
\nChicken 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.<\/p>\n
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\nThis press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of management and are not predictions of actual performance. Such assumptions involve a number of known and unknown risks and 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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 forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company\u2019s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.<\/p>\n
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
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