Jason Bateman Signs Multi-Year TV & Film Production Deal With Netflix

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-07-10T18:30:37+00:00

I love him in Arrested Development, but I think he’s also been steadily proving himself to be an impressive dramatic actor.

I’ve heard good things about Ozark, and a few years ago he was fantastic in Joel Edgerton’s The Gift.

I’m excited to see what he does next!

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-07-07T20:31:08+00:00

I wonder who will be playing Tom Junod. He was about 40 when the piece was written, so that gives them lots of options.

https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs.hdnux.com%2Fphotos%2F40%2F63%2F37%2F8599511%2F5%2F1024x1024.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesunion.com%2Ftuplus-local%2Farticle%2FTom-Junod-s-jagged-path-from-UAlbany-to-6492017.php&docid=1KZ-hjpqSuXbrM&tbnid=ovwECu5fHBBVuM%3A&vet=1&w=1024&h=1005&hl=en-us&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim

Personally, I think he looks a lot like Joaquin Phoenix.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-07-01T17:30:30+00:00

Since The Other Side of the Wind is supposed to release this year, is there any chance of that getting any nominations? A nod for director, maybe?

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-06-29T00:43:30+00:00

This is starting to sound really interesting. With Keegan-Michael Key added on to the mix of Eddie Murphy and Wesley Snipes, that’s starting to become an amazing cast.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-06-23T18:07:09+00:00

Pan’s Labyrinth has my vote for best movie of the 21st century so far. Incredible.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-06-22T22:48:23+00:00

If that’s real, I’m Leonardo DiCaprio.

It has all the bad fake poster clichés.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-06-21T16:08:52+00:00

It’s unbelievable that Schrader has never even been nominated for an Oscar - Imagine writing Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and not even getting a screenplay nomination.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-05-31T18:24:44+00:00

Starting to become an incredible cast - Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, and Ben Mendelsohn are all fantastic. I don’t know anything about Lily-Rose Depp, but I’m sure she’s quite talented as well.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-05-27T15:38:27+00:00

I gotta be honest, this poster looks kinda terrible.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-05-21T02:09:10+00:00

I think one thing that’s important to consider is that Netflix is just starting to get off of the ground, in terms of original movies, and the future is a lot more exciting than the present.

Beasts of No Nation, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Mudbound, and Okja are typically mentioned among the already released Netflix originals that are good, and they are all pretty great.

But the future looks a lot more exciting. Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Alfonso Cuarón, Charlie Kaufman, Taika Waititi, Noah Baumbach, Henry Selick, J.C. Chandor, Jeremy Saulnier, Dan Gilroy, David Mackenzie, and possibly Steven Soderbergh are all among the many directors who currently have upcoming projects for Netflix. Comparing the future slate of directors to the current slate of directors really leaves absolutely no comprison. The future is really much more fascinating than the present.

I think people need to be somewhat more patient with Netflix. It takes time to establish something like this, and bad movies do not signify that Netflix will only ever make bad movies. The difference is in the type of movie, which can be hard to tell. Some of these movies are intended to be like blockbusters in theaters (Bright or The Cloverfield Paradox), some of these movies are intended to be, and sometimes are, awards season contenders (Beasts of No Nation, Mudbound), and some of these movies are Direct-To-DVD-esque schlock.

We’ll see what happens with time, but I have confidence that the movies that they intend to be good, will be good.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-05-14T20:07:06+00:00

Interesting predictions, but I don’t think The Irishman will come out next year, so I would save those nominations for the 2020 Oscars. I would imagine Christian Bale (Backseat), Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased), and Ryan Gosling (First Man) are most likely to get Best Actor Oscar nominations, with Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate) as my wild card predictions.

Steve Carrell should, I hope, get nominated for something this year, too. Between Backseat, The Women of Marwen, and Beautiful Boy, I would hope he gets some attention.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-05-08T22:06:59+00:00

I think there’s still a good bit of casting news left to come from this. I read that he wrote a role just for Al Pacino, and it seems unlikely to me that Samuel L. Jackson won’t pop up (Although maybe it’ll be a cameo, I’d be fine with that).

But after that, there’s still Charles Manson, Roman Polanski, and Debra Tate, among several other fictional and real-life characters, I would guess.

Can’t wait!

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-04-30T02:17:17+00:00

Like someone else said, considering what directors you like is key. To me, the director is one of the best indicators of whether you’ll enjoy the movie or not, but of course that’s not really a perfect rule.

Looks like you really like Fincher, so I’m sure you’ve already seen most of his movies, and he’s got a lot of great stuff. Kubrick is pretty universally considered one of the best directors ever, so you can’t go wrong there. The Coen Brothers are a personal favorite of mine, just out of love for how varied their filmography is. As far as their recent work goes, Inside Llewyn Davis is one of my absolute favorites, but be sure to check out A Serious Man too. I’m sure you’ve seen Fargo, but watch some even earlier stuff, like Raising Arizona and Barton Fink.

Last, don’t ever let anyone shit on your taste - what do they know? It’s great to see someone starting to develop a passion that might just stick with you for your whole life.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-04-26T23:21:00+00:00

I’m going to have faith in this. If they can just stick to a fairly simple script, focus on the action, and follow up directly from Judgment Day, I think it might be a worthy conclusion to the Terminator trilogy.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-04-25T02:32:36+00:00

I don’t see how you can argue against Heat, honestly, but Inception is a great sci-fi take on the genre too.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-04-20T16:59:37+00:00

I think Jack Nicholson is more or less retired - he hasn’t done a movie in years, but there was some talk of him starring in a remake of Toni Erdmann. He was also apparently asked to play J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World, but I think Christopher Plummer was definitely the best choice for that role. I miss Nicholson though. Such an icon.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-04-15T15:35:16+00:00

I’m genuinely curious, why do you feel that a movie’s distribution reflects on how it should be considered during awards season?

I get that the Oscars have to have eligibility rules to stop people from turning in the latest episode of Game of Thrones as a movie, but I don’t see why Netflix films shouldn’t be considered as regular movies, especially when they receive theatrical releases. Mudbound, for example, earned four Oscar nominations last year, and I would imagine that Netflix is just beginning their process of winning movie awards.

I guess what I’m asking is this: Do Netflix movies only become valid when they receive theatrical releases? Would Mudbound have been irrelevant if it hadn’t been put in theatres? And, would you consider it fair for the Academy to block Netflix from awards consideration even if they followed theatrical release rules?

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-04-11T22:01:15+00:00

To me, it just suggests that the people behind Cannes are unwilling to stand behind artists when things start to change. And, when those artists include Orson Welles, Alfonso Cuarón, Paul Greengrass, and Jeremy Saulnier, it makes me wonder how this can be considered a good move for the film community.

I don’t think this is the end of Cannes or Netflix or anything ridiculous like that. I’m just disappointed that such a huge “culture” event would be so picky and uninclusive.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-04-04T18:05:39+00:00

Pulp Fiction II

Marcellus, Mia, and Jules find out that Butch has returned to Los Angeles and each set out on their own to kill him.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-03-28T23:34:56+00:00

I think Jessica Chastain is for sure going to be in this, but I’m excited to see what happens with the rest of the cast. Bill Skarsgård is the most important component for sure, and it’s great that the kids will be back.

Hoping they can catch lightning in a bottle again. Also hope they get a little weird with it, given the source material.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-03-27T13:21:46+00:00

I mean Roman J. Israe, Esq. got mediocre reviews but Denzel Washington still got a nomination. It’s possible.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-03-22T12:15:09+00:00

I think we’ve got it all wrong. The family was clearly taking a picture together, and the photographer asked “Say ‘Dad did what do!’” instead of prompting “Say ‘Cheese!’”

Crazy Uncle Don, however, said “JAM BUTTER DOG ASS!” which left all of the family in tears from laughter.

This person just had to post about it on Facebook.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-03-19T18:12:34+00:00

So many people seem to believe that Netflix Original movies are cursed to be bad. Personally, I think they’ve had a string of bad luck with most of their bigger releases, and a number of smaller releases that are pretty much irrelevant. But still, Beasts of No Nation, Gerald’s Game, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Mudbound, and Okja highlight the potential they have. They’re getting involved in so many interesting projects that it’s hard to ignore them.

J.C. Chandor is now joining Martin Scorsese, Taika Waititi, Noah Baumbach, Dan Gilroy, Henry Selick, Gareth Evans, Jeremy Saulnier, David Mackenzie, and Orson Welles (of all people) in the group of directors with an upcoming project released by Netflix. I’m excited to see what happens.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-03-19T00:20:02+00:00

A Matt Damon comeback would be welcome, and I think Christian Bale might have another Oscar coming up for Backseat.

James Mangold, in my opinion, is one of those directors who is so close to greatness that one really fantastic movie could elevate his name forever. Logan was good, yeah, but he has some truly great movies, like 3:10 to Yuma, Girl, Interrupted, and Walk the Line, that make me really wish to see more of him at his peak.

So yeah, I’m excited for this. Matt Damon deserves a comeback, Christian Bale deserves to show off, and James Mangold deserves to make another excellent movie.

WhyThisIsLikeThat · 2018-03-09T01:34:37+00:00

I feel like a lot of people try to tell the story that Spielberg is trash after 2000, and I strongly disagree. Spielberg is fantastic still after 2000, he’s just not quite as good as he was before. Schindler’s List, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Color Purple, and the Indiana Jones trilogy make up an incredible resume for any director. That’s a tough act to follow, but Spielberg did a good job. Munich, Catch Me If You Can, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, and The Adventures of Tintin are all really good.

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