Christopher Nolan has had conversations with Netflix about potentially working together according to a new interview piece in The Wall Street Journal.
Scott Stuber, Head of Original Films at Netflix, sat down with the paper recently to discuss their status of being the most nominated studio for Academy Awards in recent times.
Stuber was asked if some filmmakers are still hesitant to make films for the company, and he acknowledges that global distribution is still important to many – including “The Dark Knight” and “Inception” filmmaker:
“I think there are aspects of global distribution in the cinema that are still appealing. Chris Nolan and I have spoken quite a bit…and that’s still something he wants deeply. If we can’t provide that, it will still be an issue for him.
I think we have a model that works and we’ve done well with the theaters that have played us. As these things change, we’re all having these conversations to see where it all lands and what the landscape on the other side of all of this is.”
Netflix has been doing some theatrical runs that go for four weeks ahead of a streaming debut on the service. Nolan meanwhile is still seen as one of the strongest directing advocates for the theater-going experience.
