Netflix blockbusters pass to a better life. The streaming platform confirms the controversy after having lost a lot of subscribers.
Overproductions are over! After having lost a huge amount of subscribers all over the world, Netflix announce measures. Some of them, as we had been warning, were going to be controversial. They first revealed their plans to crack down on shared passwords. Later, we discovered that they valued the possibility of including ads on the streaming platform. And now it has been discovered that the streaming giant is no longer so giant. What was given is over!
As reported in The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix will stop producing high-cost movies. It will no longer bet on projects with acclaimed filmmakers, as is the case with Martin Scorsese. There will be no more examples of large-scale film productions like The Irish. It remains to be seen if they will maintain their commitment to action blockbusters, but, of course, the capture of big names in the film industry has ended.
The refuge of the great filmmakers has disappeared
“This tendency to do anything to attract talent and give them carte blanche in their productions has ended,” a source close to Netflix told The Hollywood Reporter. “The trend is already fading.” We don’t know what the impact of this decision will be, but it is a real shame that it was taken because the streaming platform had become a real refuge for filmmakers who were further and further away from theaters.
The success of superhero movies and the massive commitment of viewers to heroic action and popcorn blockbusters have relieved certain masters of cinematography to a secondary plane. We have mentioned Martin Scorsese, but this has already been denounced by talents such as Robert Eggers Recently. Netflix had become the place where filmmakers of the caliber of Alfonso Cuaron with projects like Rome. Now, these filmmakers will have to find another place. Talent is no longer worth it. Now the streaming giant wants data and results.