Col Klink wrote: Yeah, I don't understand why they couldn't just say showrunner.
I don't remember where I said this, but I mentioned that it could be because it's not quite the same thing? They keep saying film and series, so perhaps because they're planning to do something potentially unique, they've come up with a unique position? I don't know, I'm just speculating.
Whatever the case may be though, giving an oddball term cost them the hype that surrounds a big announcement. When Joe Johnston was announced for director for Silver Chair, and again when Netflix picked up the series, we had a small boost of new members and returning members ready to talk about the news. Not so with this story, and it's a pretty big deal.
mm1991 wrote:To fantasia, narnia fan 7, and anyone else who has not seen Coco. If you can't find it, there's a pretty good review of Coco that is pretty honest (both positive and negative) on Youtube called "Coco Review: Go See It!" by CellSpex.
Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. Though I still subscribe to receiving DVD movies from Netflix as well so I can get it that way if they don't have the streaming version available.
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narnia fan 7 wrote:Mostly this announcement just reinforces my concerns about what Netflix is doing. I was staring to hope that maybe when they said they were making “series and films” that it meant they were going to do either just films or just a series, but hadn’t decided which. But I guess they are in fact going to do BOTH, which doesn't make much sense to me.
Yeah, I did the smart thing just now and actually went and READ the announcement. It's rather eye-opening isn't it?
The Hollywood Reporter wrote:The plan calls for a wide-range of stories from across the Narnia landscape told in a set of movies and at least one series.
My newest theory is that the set of movies will probably be the seven books. The series will be the new made-up bits? I dunno.
Kind of like the Marvel movies and the 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' TV spin-off.
I also want to add, Mr. Aldrich, if you come on here sometime, congrats on getting the position!