{"id":1759590,"date":"2022-12-02T09:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759590"},"modified":"2022-12-02T09:47:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:47:58","slug":"ben-affleck-questions-netflixs-assembly-line-filmmaking-process-how-can-they-make-50-great-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-affleck-questions-netflixs-assembly-line-filmmaking-process-how-can-they-make-50-great-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck Questions Netflix\u2019s \u2018Assembly Line\u2019 Filmmaking Process: \u2018How Can They Make 50 Great Movies?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-affleck-questions-netflixs-assembly-line-filmmaking-process-how-can-they-make-50-great-movies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ben-affleck\">Ben Affleck<\/a> had some criticism for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/netflix\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s approach to filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cArgo\u201d star made the remarks at The New York Times\u2019 Dealbook Summit this week while promoting his new company with longtime collaborator Matt Damon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s wisdom in that and I\u2019m sure they had a great strategy, but I would have said, \u2018How are we going to make 50 great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/movies\">movies<\/a>? How is that possible?\u2019 There\u2019s no committee big enough. There aren\u2019t enough \u2014 you just can\u2019t do it,\u201d Affleck said, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11492683\/Ben-Affleck-swipe-Netflixs-assembly-line-process-production.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a thing that requires attention and dedication and work and resists the assembly line process,\u201d he continued. \u201c[Netflix\u2019s head of original films] Scott Stuber is a really talented, smart guy who I really like \u2026 but it\u2019s an impossible job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner admitted that he understood the tactic to some extent, but still preferred to focus on artistic integrity for any projects he\u2019s part of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s bigger audience for action movies than there is for small dramas. I get that. Certain genres play more broadly and you can\u2019t not be mindful of that. But let\u2019s do a good one, let\u2019s surprise the audience, let\u2019s make them care about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Affleck and Damon announced their new endeavor, Artists Equity, earlier this year. It was described as an \u201cartist-led studio that partners with filmmakers to empower creative vision and broaden access to profit participation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Affleck and Damon got their big break after co-writing the 1997 drama \u201cGood Will Hunting\u201d and have remained friends and associates ever since. Affleck said in a statement to Deadline that their new company will focus on quality and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be \u201cproviding fair and equitable compensation to everyone involved while also making movies that are of high quality and have commercial appeal,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/30\/ben-affleck-artists-equity-dealbook\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtists Equity was conceived from Matt\u2019s and my longtime passion for the art of storytelling and our shared desire to help creators deliver on their vision, as we have been fortunate to do throughout our careers,\u201d the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/11\/ben-affleck-matt-damon-launch-production-company-with-redbird-capital-1235178013\/\">said<\/a> in part.<\/p>\n<p>RedBird Capital is reportedly making \u201ca significant financial commitment\u201d to the new company\u2019s launch, the publication noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Ben Affleck had some criticism for Netflix\u2019s approach to filmmaking. The \u201cArgo\u201d star made the remarks at The New York Times\u2019 Dealbook Summit this week while promoting his new company with longtime collaborator Matt Damon. \u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s wisdom in that and I\u2019m sure they had a great strategy, but I would have said, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1759593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1759590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1759590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1759593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1759590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1759590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1759590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}