Netflix, Amazon Lead Film Spending Spree at Sundance

Hollywood Reporter: Despite frigid temperatures, Sundance’s 2017 market was hotter than an Al Gore weather forecast. Amazon’s $12 million pickup of the Kumail Nanjiani off-kilter rom-com “The Big Sick” arguably is comparable with Fox Searchlight’s $17.5 million bid for “The Birth of a Nation” in 2016.