It took less than 24 hours for Netflix to start changing its tune. In the days leading up to the streamer’s acquisition of legendary studio Warner Bros. , Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos insisted that the company would maintain WB’s theatrical strategy. But on a call with investors on December 5, 2025, Sarandos said ( via Deadline ), “My pushback [to theatrical releases] has been mostly in the fact of the long, exclusive windows, which we don’t really think are that consumer friendly.”

It’s not the first time that Sarandos has used that type of language, suggesting that there’s something elitist or unfair about theaters, something that Netflix can solve. When one hears Sarandos talk about theaters and the needs of the common people, one cannot help but think about Lucille Bluth pricin

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