Netflix CEO breaks silence on the streamer's continuing Best Picture dry streak: "We have to make a movie that people love"

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Ted Sarandos isn't giving up hope just yet

Zoe Saldana in Emilia Perez
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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos is still hopeful that the streamer will take home the Oscar for Best Picture.

"It’s hard for me to say, 'Do they have it out for Netflix?' when we’ve been the most-nominated studio for the past three years," Sarandos told Variety. "There’s something about [the Academy] - you nominate the movies that you respect and admire, and you vote for best picture for the movie that you love. We have to make a movie that people love."

"It was the frontrunner, but it was never a slam dunk that - Emilia Pérez - with all its innovation and thrills - would win best picture," Sarandos said. "It was a great movie, a great campaign, and I’m bummed we had all that what-if’s thrown at us."

Lauren Milici
Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ based in New York City. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent's Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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