Ted Sarandos Wrote A Rebuttal Letter To James Cameron’s Slamming Of Netflix-WB Deal: Read It

Few people in Hollywood can put on a charm offensive like Ted Sarandos, but it looks like the Netflix boss couldn’t keep the interest of James Cameron when it came to explaining the streamer’s plan to buy Warner Bros’ crown jewels. “I respect Mr. Cameron enormously and I love his work,” Sarandos told Senator Mike […] Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos testified before a Senate subcommittee earlier this month Getty Few people in Hollywood can put on a charm offensive like Ted Sarandos, but it looks like the Netflix boss couldn’t keep the interest of James Cameron when it came to explaining the streamer’s plan to buy Warner Bros’ crown jewels. “I respect Mr. Cameron enormously and I love his work,” Sarandos told Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today in a letter (read below in full) refuting the Titanic director’s claims that Netflix’s $83 billion acquisition of most of WBD would be “disastrous for the theatrical motion picture business” and result in big job and soft power losses. “But his letter to you knowingly misrepresents our position and commitment to the theatrical release of Warner Bros. films,” the exec contends. Related Stories Politics James Cameron Doesn’t Quite Tell Senator That Netflix Buying WB Is Cinema Equivalent Of Shuffling Deck Chairs On The Titanic, But Mega-Director Gets Pretty Close