Spike Lee‘s Chi-Raq from Amazon Studios will hit theaters in December, just in time for awards-qualifying season.
The film was originally planned to premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, but Lee and Amazon shifted their focus to award season instead.
Following a limited release in December, the movie will open in all theaters at the top of the new year and will be made available to all Amazon Prime customers.
Chi-Raq, an updated version of of the classical Greek play Lysistrata, stars Teyonah Parris as a woman who protests black-on-black gun violence by going on a sex strike.
The film also stars Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, D.B. Sweeney, Harry Lennix, Steve Harris, Angela Bassett, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
Unlike rival Netlfix, Amazon intends to launch its original movies in theaters first, versus a day-and-date release in cinemas and on the streaming service.