In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m a pretty big fan of J.C. Chandor’s Netflix-produced “Triple Frontier.” In my review of the film I wrote back in January: “Triple Frontier” has Chandor continuing to show his talents for expertly choreographed, hold-your-breath action sequences, just as he did in his last two movies. His camera, aided by cinematographer Roman Vasyanov (“End of Watch” “Fury”) shows the chops of a confident maestro, a filmmaker who is in total control of his mise-en-scene. It's an epic and visceral adventure that’s the kind of action movie that feels like it is part of a bygone Hollywood era, one in which smartly-delivered action spectacles used to be the norm.”
However, it seems like Netflix actually lost quite a bit of money with ‘Frontier,’ which starred Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Pedro Pascal, and Charlie Hunnam. It cost upwards of $115 million to produce, critics were rather split on it and, apparently, it turned out to be a bust for the streaming giant.
According to a new report from The Information (via Engadget), Netflix wants to spend less money but also be smarter about what it spends that budget on. The report claims that Netflix chief Ted Sarandos specifically mentioned ‘ Frontier’ when he said, in a closed-door meeting, that he was going to stop spending money on big-budget projects that didn’t have a guaranteed return on that investment