> When asked to elaborate on whether Netflix should be allowed to have its films vie for Oscars, Cameron said he doesn’t believe they should—unless they change their release strategy.

> Belloni: You don’t think they should be allowed to compete for Oscars?

> Cameron: They should be allowed to compete if they put the movie out for a meaningful release in 2,000 theaters for a month.

So it seems to be a little bit less that James Cameron says Netflix shouldn't be eligible for Oscars and more that he's saying the Oscars should be eligible only to wide scale theater releases.

I hate to say it but I think he is swimming against the tide.

Some more on the competing Warner Bros. bids https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/business/media/warner-dis...

> "We’ll put the movie out for a week or 10 days. We’ll qualify for Oscar consideration.” See, I think that’s fundamentally rotten to the core. A movie should be made as a movie for theatrical, and the Academy Awards mean nothing to me if they don’t mean theatrical. I think they’ve been co-opted, and I think it’s horrific.

From the same guy who allowed Avatar to be released 12 years later so it could retake the top spot from Avengers Endgame. (to be fair, that movie had a small rerelease itself to gain that top spot)