Disney's big holiday movie will skip French theaters in release window protest

In protest of France's content streaming rules, Disney has announced that its animated holiday film Strange World (aka Avalonia) will go straight to Disney+ and not appear in theaters in the country. It also gave a strong statement to Deadline decrying France's so-called chronologie des medias rules. "Strange World will be available to all Disney+ subscribers in France, foregoing a French cinematic release. While we support French cinema -- and have for decades -- the new, cumbersome media chron...