Overview
- In an interview on The Town released Nov. 25, Cameron condemned Netflix’s limited theatrical qualifiers as undermining cinema and awards standards.
- He argued Netflix titles should only be Oscar-eligible after a “meaningful” release of about 2,000 theaters for one month.
- Cameron accused Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos of declaring theatrical “dead” and called weeklong qualification runs “sucker bait.”
- He said he prefers Paramount to win the Warner Bros. Discovery sale process, calling a Netflix acquisition “a disaster,” after bids from Netflix, Paramount and Comcast were submitted last week.
- Recent Netflix awards hopefuls such as Frankenstein and Jay Kelly had brief, limited runs, and the streamer is opening Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery in theaters ahead of its Dec. 12 streaming debut.