In the two years since Dan Lin was named the film chief at Netflix, he has greenlit 88 films — and counting — and the streamer this year is on pace to release seven movies a month, including four different event films each year, like Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia,” which is on the way this Thanksgiving.
That’s a lot of movies, and with Netflix increasingly looking to build out content with its own library of stuff made in-house, it begs the question whether Netflix is still the major acquisitions player it used to be. Once upon a time, when Netflix was still a burgeoning streamer with deep pockets, they were the ones setting the pace on the indie film markets at Sundance, Cannes, and TIFF, scooping up multiple titles — and doing so for record amounts.
At a press event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 18, Lin said he’s still looking to…
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