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Peter Bart: Dream Job? Netflix’s Next Picture Picker Faces Daunting Challenges As Streamer Confronts Tectonic Shifts
Peter Bart ponders what's in store for Netflix's next film chief.
The Stuber gig allegedly pays between $15 million-$20 million a year and empowers green lights for as many as 40 films – less than half of Netflix’ 2021 output but still more than that of prolific MGM in Irving Thalberg’s prime. How does that put him (or her) in competition with entities like Apple and Amazon that hadn’t blossomed pre-Stuber but that demolished the stolid profit-and-loss equations of the established distribution giants? He also managed to bring filmmakers like Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro to Netflix – artists who like to make movies that enjoy a richer cultural life span.
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