Netflix Praised by ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Marriage Story’ Filmmakers at Producers Guild Panel

Streaming giant Netflix received strong support from filmmakers behind “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story” at the Producers Guild of America’s nominees panel on Saturday at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.Jane Rosenthal, one of “The Irishman” producers, said Netflix embraced the vision that she and Martin Scorsese had for the $170 million film.

The time-jumping epic received a limited theatrical release prior to its Nov.

29 streaming release.“Netflix has been extraordinary,” Rosenthal said.

“Our business is changing.

We still want to see movies in theaters.

I think more people will wind up seeing a DeNiro-Scorsese movie than their other movies combined.

As a filmmaker and producer, our goal is to get people to see our movies.

It really has been an extraordinary experience.”Noah Baumbach, director-producer of “Marriage Story,” was effusive in his praise of Netflix for re-opening New York City’s Paris Theater — one of the oldest

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