Netflix WON'T Work with Directors Who Want Theatrical Releases?!

Netflix just straight-up admitted they won't work with directors who still want theatrical releases -- film chief Dan Lin told The New York Times they've "accepted" that crowd is off-limits because Netflix is a streaming company first, last, and always, and those big-screen divas keep demanding actual movie theaters like it's still 1995. Yeah after years of dangling fat checks to lure in Scorsese, Cuarón, and the rest only to shove everything straight to your couch, they're now drawing a hard line in the sand while quietly padding a few prestige exceptions for awards bait -- because nothing says "we love cinema" like blacklisting anyone who thinks your $200 million movie deserves popcorn and a dark room instead of autoplay on the toilet.