I don't have high hopes for this.
The casting is excellent - particularly Gomez - and it's reassuring that Burton is actually directing (for the first two episodes, at least). But I find it odd that it's gone to Netflix as opposed to Amazon Prime, considering that MGM is a subsidiary of Amazon. Amazon execs would have definitely seen it first, so I wonder if the test screenings weren't well received.
Mind you, poor test screenings aren't necessarily a sign that things are bad. Sometimes it's a sign that some things are deemed overly offensive/distasteful to what the execs regard as the target market, so maybe it's going to be really, really good. Plus, they greenlit Wheel of Time...
(, Fri 19 Aug 2022, 9:47, Reply)
