Netflix CEO Slams Marvel Studios For Being Too "Thrifty" With TV Budgets: "Every Time We Wanted To Add Something To The Show To Make It Better, It Was A Fistfight"

Netflix CEO Slams Marvel Studios For Being Too "Thrifty" With TV Budgets: "Every Time We Wanted To Add Something To The Show To Make It Better, It Was A Fistfight"

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) brings a temporary end to the Kingpin's (Vincent D'Onofrio) reign in Daredevil Season 1 Episode 13 "Daredevil" (2015), Marvel Entertainment Despite each respective entry in Marvel Studios’ Defenders line being regularly heralded as some of the best media the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever produced, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos is of the opinion that Disney’s hesitance to open their wallets prevented series like Daredev…

Six years after the end of the universe of The Defenders, Netflix co-CEO, Ted Sarandos, finally explained the reasons behind the creative and budgetary constraints in his Marvel series, such as Daredevil, Jessica Jones, The Pusher, among others. In an interview with Variety, Sarandos stated: “We were dealing with the former Marvel Television team, which operated independently within Disney. And they were very thrift. Every time we wanted to impr…

Ted Sarandos, CEO of Netflix, returned to the collaboration with Marvel Television, evoking creative and financial differences during the production of the Marvel series on its platform. In the ruthless arena of streaming, here is round 12 412 of the confrontation between the two titans Disney/Marvel and Netflix. On one side, Disney, including the Disney+ service [...]

Netflix's co-CEO looks back critically on the collaboration with Marvel. In the joint series productions (like Daredevil) there were different priorities.

Ted Sarandos says Marvel was too “thrifty” at Netflix

When it comes to Marvel on TV, it’s really between two camps: Netflix and Disney+ – well, at least that’s how it used to be when Netflix had shows like Daredevil, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. But now that Disney+ is the streaming home of all things Marvel, Netflix has to look elsewhere. Even still, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has some thoughts on how his own Marvel shows stack up with what Disney+ has done. For starters, Sarandos can’t deny the suc…

Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Recalls "Fistfight" With Marvel Television Over DEFENDERS TV Shows: "They Wanted To Make Money"

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has shared his thoughts on the streamer’s Marvel shows and the challenges behind the scenes. Netflix hosted Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, along with the crossover series Defenders. Today, however, Marvel TV has found its home on Disney Plus. I think they are. I mean, I don’t know because they don’t release any numbers, Sarandos told Variety when asked if he thought Disney Plus’s Marvel TV shows are …