Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has confirmed that the late David Lynch was truly working with the streamer on a restricted sequence previous to the acclaimed filmmaker’s demise on January 15 on the age of 78. The miniseries may have been Lynch’s final TV mission, after greater than three a long time since co-creating the thriller horror drama sequence Twin Peaks, which ran on-air for 2 seasons from 1990-1991.
What did Ted Sarandos say about David Lynch’s Netflix minseries?
Sarandos took to Instagram to pay tribute to Lynch, the place he shared how he met the director throughout his earliest days at Netflix. In his submit, he additionally revealed that the streamer instantly jumped on the chance to work with Lynch after the director got here to them to pitch a restricted sequence, which might have been “full of thriller and dangers.” The mission was delayed because of the pandemic and Lynch’s well being uncertainties.
“David and I solely spoke on just a few events after that however years later, he got here into Netflix to pitch a restricted sequence which we jumped at,” Sarandos wrote in his Instagram tribute to Lynch. “It was a David Lynch manufacturing, so full of thriller and dangers however we wished to go on this inventive journey with this genius. First Covid, then some well being uncertainties result in this mission by no means being produced however we made it clear that as quickly as he was ready, we have been all in.
“The final time I spoke to David was as thrilling as the primary. He got here to my dwelling with my pal and his muse, Laura Dern and we had an extended superb dialog about tasks, cinema, life, artwork and my home windows (He liked my home windows).”
