The Duffer Brothers have a new series on Netflix, Stranger Things, which is getting a lot of good press, reviews, etc. They have a long interview in the HR and Alex gets a little mention:
Ross: Our friend, Zal Batmanglij, I always pronounce his name wrong, who did The East and stuff, he's got The OA coming out out in December. … He's our generation, and we talk to him all the time. We have a parallel career paths, because he was on Wayward, he did a Skarsgard movie, it's very weird.
Matt: He did! His first movie was an Alexander Skarsgard movie, then he ended up on Wayward somehow. Eventually I just emailed him, it's like, "We have to meet."
Ross: Within a week, we both sell these Netflix shows. What we've been talking with him about a lot is that he saw the same thing, which is he's getting frustrated with getting blocked, and how narrow filmmaking has become, like the big theatrical releases. Then we're starting to see that, "Oh wait, we have these original stories we want to tell and there's this opportunity to tell it on television, also, to play around with form a little bit."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fien-print/duffer-brothers-talk-stranger-things-916180
Ross: Our friend, Zal Batmanglij, I always pronounce his name wrong, who did The East and stuff, he's got The OA coming out out in December. … He's our generation, and we talk to him all the time. We have a parallel career paths, because he was on Wayward, he did a Skarsgard movie, it's very weird.
Matt: He did! His first movie was an Alexander Skarsgard movie, then he ended up on Wayward somehow. Eventually I just emailed him, it's like, "We have to meet."
Ross: Within a week, we both sell these Netflix shows. What we've been talking with him about a lot is that he saw the same thing, which is he's getting frustrated with getting blocked, and how narrow filmmaking has become, like the big theatrical releases. Then we're starting to see that, "Oh wait, we have these original stories we want to tell and there's this opportunity to tell it on television, also, to play around with form a little bit."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fien-print/duffer-brothers-talk-stranger-things-916180