Michael Joyce
Published:
12:45 PM February 5, 2021
Updated:
1:05 PM February 5, 2021
(from left) Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) and Johanna Leonberger (Helena Zengel) in News of the World, co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
- Credit: Universal Studios/Netflix
Although Disney and Warner have allowed a few big titles to slip out on their streaming services, the other major studios continue to hoard their precious things, holding them back for some future dam burst of normality.
But for Universal the cost of keeping James Bond clutched to its breast is the sacrifice of some lesser projects. Thus this Tom Hanks western, a reunion with his Captain Phillips director Greengrass, has been abandoned to the dark forest of Netflix with no trail of breadcrumbs to lead it to an audience.