![]() The problem is, Netflix needs more Brights and Stranger Things, many more, if it’s truly going to succeed, as does Amazon. And happier still that this was bettered by the second season of Stranger Things. Although Netflix is always coy about numbers, metrics firm Nielsen reckons that around 11 million people in the US streamed Bright over its opening weekend which should make Netflix will be extremely happy. Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is set to cost over $100 million and recent original movie Bright - starring the not-cheap Will Smith - reportedly cost $90 million.ĭespite lukewarm critical reviews, Bright has proved that Netflix’s original push is working. Netflix isn’t too bothered about budget, either. The scope and scale of these two companies is simply unprecedented in Hollywood. That’s almost two releases a week, not even taking into account the TV shows it is set to make. In 2018, Netflix will be going for breadth with 80 original films in production. Take Amazon for instance: it bet $1 billion on the rights to the Lord of the Rings TV franchise in 2017, outbidding HBO and (surprise, surprise) Netflix. ![]() Where once Netflix and Amazon were seen as the plucky underdogs with limited ambition, they are now beating the rest to Prime fodder, have real scope and in Netflix's case over 100 million subscribers. For Amazon Studios, Manchester By The Sea was an Oscar winner. ![]()
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