Hell Has Frozen Over: Netflix To Release Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ Exclusively in Theaters

About this episode

Matt discusses Netflix's decision to release Greta Gerwig's 'Narnia' in theaters with Lucas Shaw.

Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss Netflix agreeing to release Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia: The Magician's Nephew’, in theaters worldwide with a traditional window of theatrical exclusivity for the first time ever. They examine why Netflix blinked on theaters now, and if this is a one-off or a sign of future softening of their stance on theaters (00:00). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the ongoing Jimmy Kimmel-Donald Trump feud (25:35). Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jon Jones Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Industry voters visit StarzFYC.com. Book a new kind of stay at HolidayInn.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Matt Belloni

Guest: Lucas Shaw

Topics covered

• Netflix
• theatrical release
• Greta Gerwig
• Narnia
• film industry
• entertainment news

Keywords

• Netflix
• Greta Gerwig
• Narnia
• theatrical exclusivity
• film release
• Jimmy Kimmel
• Donald Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

Books & works: Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

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