"First Covid, then some health uncertainties lead to this project never being produced but we made it clear that as soon as he was able, we were all in," co-CEO reveals

Ted Sarandos has joined the many others in the entertainment industry paying tribute to David Lynch, who died Thursday at 78. Netflix co-CEO Sarandos shared a tribute on Instagram to honor one of his “all time favorite filmmakers” and noted that Lynch had been in contact with the streamer to direct a limited series.

Sarandos specifically recalled the time when Lynch came close to making “his last project” with Netflix. “He came into Netflix to pitch a limited series which we jumped at.

N etflix CEO Ted Sarandos is mourning “unapologetic genius” David Lynch, who he says was working on a limited series that Netflix was “all in on.” Like many others across

Writing on Instagram, Sarandos discussed the limited series that was spoken of in the press under the tentative name Wisteria, saying, “It was a David Lynch production, so filled with mystery and risks but we wanted to go on this creative ride with this genius.

Sadly, we never got to see David Lynch’s final project make it to television. The celebrated auteur, who died Thursday at the age of 78, was working on a limited series for Netflix in the years preceding his death,