We have confirmed that Twinless, a very hot title at Sundance, has been pulled from the festival’s streaming site due to piracy.
This is the second movie on the fest’s portal to be pulled after online leaking; yesterday we told you that the fest award winning documentary Selana y Los Dinos was dropped from the Sundance site after making its way on TikTok, etc.
The Mazerunner and High Road actor plays twin brothers Rocky and Roman. Rocky dies tragically, and his lover Dennis (Sweeney who stars, directs and wrote) feels responsible. He befriends Roman in a twin grieving therapy circle, pining for his late lover. There’s some spicy sex scenes in the movie, however, it was more than that which was leaked online.
Twinless was part of Sundance’s opening day films and out of the gate counts 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sundance requires those movies in competition to be part of their online portal. Twinless won the Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic and a Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting for O’Brien.
Sundance began streaming its lineup during Covid, and continued the practice after the live-edition returned. The whole idea of the portal has divided the industry that frequents Sundance. The fest reported in 2021 that half million people tuned into their streaming portal to watch movies.
Republic Pictures is the acquisition label for Paramount Pictures. They made the James Sweeney directed and written bromance dramedy for a cost in the single digits. One source close to the movie tells us that “buyers are circling the movie like planes at O’Hare airport”.
We’re reached out to Sundance for a statement and we’ll update you when we hear back.
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