Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos has billions to spend and Oscars in his eyes. What could stop him? Nicole Sperling ponders that very question in “Netflix, the Oscars, and the Battle for the Future of Film,” which dives deep into the rental-service-turned-prestige-content-factory that’s still on the hunt for a big-ticket Oscar. (Yes, it won best documentary short this past February—but Netflix hopes that will be just the tip of the iceberg.) The company has deep coffers and an interest in quality—but a vehement aversion to theatrical distribution, which has rubbed some insiders the wrong way. Others are primed to welcome their new Silicon Valley overlords: “Anyone who is going to let you make your movie the way you want to make it is good for movies,” one Academy member told Sperling. “Who wouldn’t want to go to an old-fashioned studio, land on 4,000 screens, attend the big premiere, be part of the huge marketing campaign? But those days are gone. Yet we still want to make movies. Thank God for Netflix.” You’ll find plenty more detailed Oscar-season analysis in Vanity Fair’s inaugural awards-season special issue, coming December 4.
Elsewhere in Hollywood, V.F. contributor Jordan Hoffman offers a sneak peek at The Post,Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers movie, which premiered in New York Sunday night. (Just don’t ask him how the movie was; its review embargo hasn’t yet lifted.) Meanwhile, Yohana Desta outlines the many, many, many previous and upcoming TV and film projects that revolve around the late Charles Manson, Laura Bradley explains why The Walking Dead has a Negan problem, and Joanna Robinson wonders how Transparent will go on without its central character.
Popcorn, Anyone?
The battle for Hollywood’s soul may begin and end with Netflix.
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The Post with the Most
Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, and Tom Hanks premiered their Washington Post drama to an enthusiastic crowd Sunday night.
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All in the Family
Charles Manson may be gone, but there’s no shortage of Manson-inspired film and TV out there—and coming soon to a screen near you.
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Negan Schmegan
The Walking Dead keeps trying to transform a two-dimensional comic-book villain into a well-rounded bad guy—but it isn’t working.
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Transparent Without the Trans Parent
Following allegations of sexual harassment, Jeffrey Tambor is leaving the series that won him two best-actor Emmys.
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