WhenBoy Erasedneeded a distributor, a number of studios answered Joel Edgertons call.
You dont have to show up to a cinema.
Edgerton knows streaming will eventually become an option forBoy Eraseds home release.
Focus Features
Edgerton firmly believesBoy Erasedisnt just an LGBTQ film.
LGBTQ stories is not a genre, he said.
Thats the way it worked out forBoy Erased.
Edgerton already had Hedges, Kidman, and Crowe on board when he approached studios.
The filmmaker went to Focus (the specialty film division of Universal Pictures) for two reasons.
Josh Mclaughlin, president of production, was the first.
Edgerton remembers Mclaughlin as the first guy who ever showed interest in a screenplay he wrote for Hollywood.
Edgerton points specifically toBrokeback Mountain(2005) andMilk(2008).
