According to the director, watching this film “on TV” can be compared to trying to “ride a boat in the bathroom”, and he finds such a decision simply “ridiculous”. Villeneuve believes that the picture is tailored for large screens.
In the past, the author has already opposed the decision Warner Bros. to release the project in theaters and on the HBO Max streaming service, however, the studio remained faithful to this plan.
Many believe that such a move could hit the box office of the film, while some users suggest that similar problems would have arisen without the release on HBO Max – as was the case with the sequel. Blade Runner the same Villeneuve.
The author himself believes that the refusal to work on the sequel on the part of the studios can only be a complete failure in the box office, but he himself is very optimistic about the second film. Considering that the debut film will only adapt half of the original novel, the author does not even consider the potential second film to be a full-fledged sequel.
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