Netflix has plans on releasing 80 original movies in 2018.
It wasn’t all that long ago that eight original movies coming out of the streaming giant might sound like a little much, but now 80 seems to be the figure they are aiming for.
Hoping to match the scale and ambition of its TV department – ever increasing its stake in that particular niche – Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos has explained the company’s plans for the next calendar year (via Variety).
“They range anywhere from the million-dollar Sundance hit, all the way up to something on a much larger scale,” such as the Will Smith feature Bright, Sarandos said during an investors interview on Monday.
2017 has managed its own impressive number with 50 original Netflix films being released. This figure includes dramas, anime, comedies, documentaries, and foreign films.
Two of the larger scale movies that audiences can expect out of Netflix in the future include the aforementioned Bright (to be released in December with a budget of $90 million), and Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman (2019) – a film with a budget of more than $100 million.
Originally published October 18, 2017. Updated October 17, 2017.
