Is the streaming service set to be the new home for ambitious sci-fi projects that studios have lost faith in?
Four days after The Cloverfield Paradox hit Netflix, Variety has announced that the service has acquired the worldwide rights to Extinction from Universal, two months after it was pulled from the studio’s release schedule.
The Cloverfield Paradox’s dismal critical reception may seem to already preemptively doom Extinction, but it’s worth considering this: Netflix also acquired the international release rights for Alex Garland (Ex Machina)’s Annihilation, another piece of sci-fi fare, which has received rave early reactions.
The film stars Michael Peña and Lizzy Caplan as a husband and wife, with the former suffering from recurring nightmares about losing his family.