While waiting for Netflix’s upcoming animated detective film Ray Gunn There’s one important question before getting a trailer: will it be coming to theaters?
The answer right now seems to be no, but the writer-director Brad Bird I would like that to change. At this week’s Annecy Animation Festival, he noted Polygon he was “talking” to the broadcaster but doesn’t know if they were “listening”. As happy as he is that the film exists, he would be even happier if it were on the big screen, he said, noting that he is a member of the exhibition trade organization Cinema United. “(They’re) all about the theater,” Bird said, “and I believe that’s the best way to look at this movie when you see it for the first time.”
Every once in a while, Netflix brings the Oscars to theaters for viewing. But last year KPop Demon Hunters and Stranger Things final both came to theaters because they were big events worth the effort. Next year, the broadcaster will allow Greta Gerwig The Chronicles of Narnia movie, Your magician Sister’s son, opening in theaters first, after bring it to the platform after the opposite has been standard for years.
Netflix has to decide Ray Gunn not worthy of theater, Bird has a plan B for audiences: a DIY theater experience. “Find the biggest screen you can, even if it’s across the street at your neighbor’s house,” he said. “Go right in and say we’re watching this movie because you’ve got a big screen and that’s how it should be seen.”
Ray Gunn It is expected to be released on Netflix on December 18.
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