Dakota Johnson gets honest about Netflix-WBD deal

As Netflix announces its plan to acquire Warner Bros., some in the industry sound the alarm over the threat of a monopoly and the death of Hollywood. But Dakota Johnson did not share this view.

During the Red Sea Film Festival, she tells Deadline, “People will always fight to be creative and tell stories – I just know that to be true. The way it operates will shift and change over time. It always has. Hollywood has been in dire situations since it started, so right now, it’s just another version of a rebirth."

She continues, “And I see that, especially since being here at this incredible festival. It is the collaboration, the excitement, the ambition behind filmmaking, the support of female filmmakers here, the stories that are being told here, the collaboration throughout nations and countries that is so beautiful and inspiring.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Dakota reflects on her directorial debut, A Tree Is Blue, “I can’t say much really. But it’s centered around and written by Vanessa Burkhart. She’s a young, autistic woman and she is a remarkable human."

"She wrote this story about what it’s like to be an autistic girl who just wants connection and independence and is trying to figure out who she is in relation to other people," she adds.

It is worth noting that the deal will lead Netflix to buy Warner Bros for nearly $83 billion.