Eywa as his witness, James Cameron has pledged to make movies for theaters so that side of the business stays alive.
The war against Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. has found another soldier in James Cameron. People and parties all have different reasons for not wanting this merger, and in Cameron’s case, it’s because of the harm done to movie theaters.
Recently, the Avatar director told Deadline about the open secret that is Netflix “[wanting] to replace theatrical,” even as it gives movies like Frankenstein and Wake Up Dead Man brief runs on the big screen. Given that he’s old school, and because his movies makes a lot of money, Cameron admitted to finding “something sacred” about theatrical movies, and doesn’t think streaming should be dominant in the industry.
