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 challenge, after greater than three many years 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 miniseries?
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 put up, 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 “stuffed with thriller and dangers.” The challenge 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 stuffed with thriller and dangers however we needed to go on this inventive journey with this genius. First Covid, then some well being uncertainties result in this challenge by no means being produced however we made it clear that as quickly as he was in a position, we had been all in.
“The final time I spoke to David was as thrilling as the primary. He got here to my house with my pal and his muse, Laura Dern and we had a protracted wonderful dialog about initiatives, cinema, life, artwork and my home windows (He cherished my home windows).”