Rian Johnson is determined to have Netflix “wake up” to the current increase in personal film. Johnson, whose third “knives out” film “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery“Will be released this fall, told Business Insider Like Mitt i Theater success for “sinners” And “A Minecraft movie”, Netflix should have no behaviors that release “knives out” on the big screen.
“I think the theater is not going anywhere,” Johnson said. “We have seen, if you put a movie that people want to see in the theaters, they will show up for it, and that experience of being in a full house and having that experience is so important. It is something that I love and I want more in the world.”
He added “wake up dead man”, “I want this in as many theaters for as long as possible. We will press everything we can get when it comes to theater, because I want as many people as possible to see it in that form.”
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Recently said under Time100 Summit The fact that theater release is an “outdated concept”, especially since “most of the country” does not have access to theaters, neither because of geography nor pricing.
Johnson responded to Sarando’s statements in the Business Insider piece and said: “Of course I am not (disagree). I love movies. I love to watch movies. But also, I have a feeling of talking to Ted, it would be another thing than a quote taken and kind of thrown at me in this context. So I don’t want to express this because I have a proxy
Indieview has reached Netflix to comment on the publishing plans for “Wake Up Dead Man.”
The first “Knives Out” movie was released in 2019 by Lionsgate and became a cash office. Netflix later did a deal with the author/director Johnson to produce two sequels for the platform. The first follow -up, 2022’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”, made history as widest edition ever For Netflix. The film was also the first Netflix movie that screened at AMC and Regal sites after Streamer collaborated with AMC theaters, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark for “Glass Onion” to open in 600 theaters.
“Knives Out” -Franchise -Shäftklammer Daniel Craig mentioned In 2024, he also hoped Netflix would have “Wake up Dead Man” in theaters for more than a week as “Glass Onion.” “Hopefully Netflix will drive it out a bit, and people will see it,” he said. “The people I talk to – the fans, I guess – all they want to do is take their families and go and see it at the cinemas. That’s all they want to do. Hopefully we can give them that experience.”
“Wake up Dead Man” also plays Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.
