Netflix's content boss Ted Sarandos is the nicest guy ever to raise so much holy hell in network TV circles. Just look at House of Cards, an original Netflix series that challenges the status quo of TV content production and distribution. Well, now Sarandos is causing a good deal of wailing and teeth-gnashing in Hollywood movie circles too.
After a summer of movie duds and flat box office numbers, Sarandos has revived the painful subject of movie release windows. Netflix has already indicated an interest in financing Hollywood film productions, and in an October 26 speech at the Independent Film Forum (see video below), Sarandos floated the idea of streaming movies on Netflix simultaneous to their theatrical releases.
That's right: No waiting. In Sarandos' world, the next big Hollywood block buster would appear in your Netflix tablet app on the same day it premiers at the Cineplex.
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