Netflix Says They Will Do Everything They Can to Land Christopher Nolan's Next Movie Deal
As you know, director Christopher Nolan is all about the theatrical moving-going experience. He promotes seeing movies in theaters every chance he gets, and it seems like he would be the hardest filmmaker for a steaming service to nab, but that’s not going to stop them from trying.
Netflix has previously landed some of the best filmmakers in Hollywood, such as Martin Scorsese and, most recently, Steven Spielberg. They have now set their sights on Nolan, and Netflix’s studio chief Scott Stuber is saying that he will do everything he can to land the director and his next film project.
During a recent interview with Variety, he said that he has had “ongoing conversations” with Nolan and he went on to say:
“If and when he comes up with his new movie, it’s about can we be a home for it and what would we need to do to make that happen. He’s an incredible filmmaker. I’m going to do everything I can. In this business I’ve learned you need to have zero ego. I get punched and knocked down and get back up.”
I will be shocked if Nolan ever makes a movie for any kind of streaming service. But if they offered him an unlimited budget with the complete freedom to do whatever the hell he wanted with this next film, he might actually be tempted to do it. Any filmmaker would, and I wouldn’t blame them! Netflix can certainly offer filmmakers things that no other studio can, but on the downside, the theatrical experience is super limited. Would Nolan actually go through with something like this?
After WB made its decision to debut their 2021 slate of feature films on HBO Max this year, Nolan was pretty pissed and said, “Some of our industry’s biggest filmmakers and most important movie stars went to bed the night before thinking they were working for the greatest movie studio and woke up to find out they were working for the worst streaming service.”
A few days later, a report from The Wall Street Journal indicated that Nolan was unlikely to work with Warner Bros. for his next movie. It seems like it would be hypocritical of him to join the Netflix party. But, we’ll just have to wait and see what Nolan does when he is ready to make his next film.