Ted Sarandos “Thrilled With Every Aspect” Of ‘Glass Onion’ Release, Says Theatrical Window Drove Demand To Netflix

UPDATED AFTER EXCLUSIVE: Paint will now hit theaters on April 7 in stead of April 28.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is breaking Nielsen streaming records in the U.S. The film became the most-streamed movie in a measurement week from December 26 to January 1 (its first full week on Netflix), surpassing Hocus Pocus 2 and Wonder Woman 1984.

You have won the Nobel Prize and a Booker Prize (in 1989 for “The Remains of the Day”) but how does being an Oscar nominee compare in terms of your excitement?Well, obviously, it was great to get the Nobel Prize and the Booker, but that’s my day job. This, the Academy Award nomination, is something different. To get a Oscar nomination is — well, it’s just ridiculously exciting.

Director Rian Johnson expressed his lament over Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery having the title of the first installment in the sequel. The filmmaker wanted the film saga to stand alone and would’ve liked it if there wasn’t a reference to the previous movie.

Netflix stock closed the week at its highest level since last April, rising more than 8% Friday to end at $342.50 after the company reported strong subscriber growth and executed a smooth handoff atop its executive ranks.

On the heels of the announcement that Netflix would stream the SAG Awards beginning in 2024, co-CEO Ted Sarandos spoke more about the streamer’s approach to live programming during Thursday’s Q4 earnings call.

Newly minted Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos, who has held that title since 2020, say no major strategic shifts are in the immediate offing after Reed Hastings passed them the leadership baton.

In a very expected turn of events, Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery debuted atop Nielsen’s U.S. streaming charts for the week of December 19 to December 25.

There’s no surprises on Netflix‘s English-language TV and film charts in the U.S. for the week of January 9 to January 15.

Netflix is bringing together some of the most popular singles from their reality shows like The Circle, Too Hot To Handle, Love Is Blind for a new series. Perfect Match is described by the streamer as “the ultimate game of love.” Watch a preview of the show in the video posted above.

Case closed. The cast of Rian Johnson‘s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery proved that they’re all guilty of being extremely fashionable on the red carpet at the 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards.

Looking toward the future. Prince Harry revealed he has concerns about Prince William and Princess Kate‘s kids potentially going through the same issues he had as part of the royal family.

The International Cinematographers Guild announced six nominees for the Maxwell Weinberg Award for Motion Picture Publicity, to be recognized at the 60th Annual ICG Publicists Awards.Nominees include the publicity teams responsible for the following campaigns:“The outstanding nominations this year shine a bright light not only on the diversity of the films submitted but also the individual challenges the publicity teams faced in this highly competitive field,” said Sheryl Main, who along with fellow ICG Publicists Awards Chair Tim Menke, made the announcement Thursday.According to the organization, the Maxwell Weinberg Award “honors active members working on motion pictures whose achievements in publicity and promotion during the previous calendar year are deemed outstanding.”Nominees are selected by the Publicists Awards Committee from qualified submitted presentations with the final recipient selected via an online vote of the publicists membership. Voting will be held from Jan.

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has given $20 million to Minerva University, a school focused on educating what it describes as “new generations of wise leaders and purpose-driven entrepreneurs” from dozens of countries.

Ginny & Georgia is at the top of the Netflix English-language TV charts for the week of January 2 to January 8.

ANIMATIONTHE BAD GUYS – Christi Soper Hilt LIGHTYEAR – Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Jessica Kelly, Kate Geller (Associate Casting Director)PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH -  Christi Soper HiltTURNING RED – Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)BIG BUDGET – COMEDYBROS – Gayle Keller, Allison Kirschner (Associate Casting Director) GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Mary Vernieu, Bret HoweTHE MENU – Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Kimberly Wistedt (Location Casting), Becca Burgess (Associate Casting Director)ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Lucy Bevan, Emily BrockmannWHITE NOISE –Douglas Aibel, D.

42 has made a big name hire. Former Netflix and Tiger Aspect Productions exec Ben Cavey is joining as Head of Comedy and Entertainment.