Ryan Gosling film Lost River is not coming to a cinema near you
The widely panned movie will be released on home entertainment platforms

Ryan Goslingās directorial debut, Lost River, will not be released in US cinemas after receiving largely negative reviews at the Cannes Film Festival last spring.
The Canadian actorās movie, starring Matt Smith, Christina Hendricks and his girlfriend Eva Mendes, will instead be distributed by Warner Bros on home entertainment platforms in April.
It has yet to be confirmed whether Lost River will be screened elsewhere around the world, but with critics describing it as āunthinkingly offensiveā, āultimately kind of juvenileā and āa student film with an A-list castā, its future looks in serious doubt.
The magical-realist film follows single mother Billy as she is āswept into a dark underworldā while her teenage son Bones discovers a secret underwater town.
One scene sees Doctor Whoās Smith chant āLook at my muscles!ā while plenty of others feature burning bicycles and houses.
Many reviewers noted not-so-subtle homages to filmmakers such as David Lynch and Nicolas Winding Refn.
Refn, who worked with Gosling on 2011 hit Drive, called Lost River a ābeautiful, great movie that will grow on peopleā.
Lost River premiered in Cannesā Un Certain Regard section in May, after first being called How to Catch a Monster.
A home entertainment release date has yet to be confirmed.
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