Ang Lee: Creative Freedom at Stake As Netflix Buys Warner Bros.

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Taiwanese Oscar-winning director Ang Lee says he worries about creative freedom in filmmaking as streaming service Netflix is set to buy Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Lee made the remark at his biography release event in Taipei, also mentioning the latest updates on two new film projects.

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00:00Taiwanese film director Ang Lee says Netflix's takeover of Hollywood studio Warner Brothers

00:05is not a good sign for creative workers.

00:08The Oscar-winning director made the comment during his biography release event in Taipei

00:31on Sunday. Lee said he would not make direct-to-streaming films. He also said traditional

00:37filmmaking includes a sense of innocence and desire for innovation lacking from films produced

00:42with AI. At the event, he said shooting for the novel-adapted film Old Gold Mountain is delayed

00:48until next year. Another project, a Bruce Lee biopic, is on hold until copyright and funding

00:55issues are sorted.

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