by jellydonut25 » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:06 am
"Direct to Netflix" is for some becoming a bad phrase.
I don't NECESSARILY agree, but I think it's important to distinguish "Developed for Netflix" (Gerald's Game, 1922, Hush, Beasts of No Nation, The Babysitter), "Sold to Netflix" (indies like Okja and I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore, and The Ritual) and "Dumped on Netflix"
Mowgli has had trailers advertising its release. Getting dumped on Netflix like this to me signals one of two things:
1.) WB was nervous about it not being successful because we've had a recent Jungle Book movie. Netflix offered them a way to recoup their money with no worries.
2.) It's bad, and WB followed Paramount's 'Cloverfield Paradox' lead and unloaded a heap of trash.
Either way, not a good situation.
There's a difference between a movie that's developed for Netflix, or those small indies that get acquired by Netflix from film festivals, and the studio movie that the studio realizes is a heap of trash, so they dump onto Netflix in order to get out without losing their pants.