Crimes of the Future director David Cronenberg sat down for an interview with Variety to discuss streaming services, predominantly Netflix. The writer/director/actor/book author talked about the challenges of financing a movie, even when you’re a director with a cult following and A-list cast. If you’re making an independent film without access to Netflix’s money, it can be a struggle.
According to Cronenberg, Netflix is still very conservative regarding the content they produce themselves. Sure, they will call an interesting streaming series from Korea or Finland a Netflix original, but it’s not really because it’s something that they have acquired. Cronenberg also talked about the freedom that independent distributors or financiers are willing to give you to be more experimental. Cronenberg thinks that’s because they have to offer you something that Netflix can’t offer you.
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David Cronenberg Tried Other Projects With Netflix
A series that Cronenberg was working on for the streaming site never materialized because, as it turns out, it is not easy to get a series with Netflix.
The project that has morphed from series to film will expand upon Cronenberg’s book Consumed. While he doesn’t have a screenplay yet, Cronenberg will be writing it himself. However, that will come after The Shrouds. In the meantime, Crimes of the Future is set to premiere in competition at Cannes. Neon will release Crimes of the Future in U.S. theaters on June 3.
