With knives drawn 3 in the cinema? Rian Johnson puts pressure on Netflix

“We will fight to get the maximum side output in theaters” assures the director, while the Netflix boss has just soaked the “outdated concept” of the dark room.

While Wake up dead manthe third part of the saga With pulled knivesis expected for the fall of 2025 on Netflix, Rian Johnson Do not hide it: he wants a cinema release for his film, so that he was seen on the big screen. And not just a small limited outing in a few rooms, not a flash passage as for Glass onionjust to be eligible for Oscars. No, the director demands a national and massive outing for With knives pulled 3 ::

“I want this film to come out in as many rooms as possible, as long as possible”, he said to Business Insider. A clear message addressed to Netflixits production partner. “We will fight to get the maximum side outing in theaters, because I want as many people as possible to see this film in these conditions.”

A media outing that falls right after the words of Ted SarandosCo-PDG of Netflix, which recently described the model of cinemas of “”outdated concept“.

Dry (and cinephile) response of Rian Johnson : “Obviously, I do not agree. I like cinema. I like to go and see movies.“He defends beak and nails the collective experience of dark rooms, citing recent boxes of Sinners or Minecraft: The Movie : “If you are released from the movies that people want to see in the movies, they will come to see them in theaters. “

Remember that Glass onion had only benefited from a limited outing in around 700 rooms. And yet, Netflix has its own cinemas, such as the Bay Theater in Los Angeles or Paris Theater in New York. Moreover, the platform provides for an IMAX outing for the next Narnia of Greta Gerwig.

So, simple posture or real strategic turning point? Rian Johnsonhe still believes in it. “Cinema is not over … This experience is precious. And I want more in this world“, He concludes.