Although director Rian Johnson has partnered with Netflix for two sequels to his 2019 hit Knives Out, that doesn’t mean he agrees with the company on everything. While promoting the second season of Poker Face, Johnson told Business Insider that he doesn’t agree with Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’ recent comments about movie theaters.
During a recent interview, Sarandos suggested that the movie theater model was “outdated,” and that Netflix’s streaming model was simply giving consumers what they want. Johnson, meanwhile, said that he wants his next Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man, to play in as many theaters as possible.
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“Obviously I don’t [agree],” Johnson said when asked to respond to Sarandos’ comment. “I love movies. I love going to see movies. But also, I have a feeling talking to Ted, it would be a different thing than one quote taken and
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