Ted Sarandos says COVID stopped a David Lynch Netflix series
The Netflix exec says "first Covid, then some health uncertainties" stopped production on the Lynch limited series rumored as Wisteria
Over the last few days, the internet has filled up with tributes to the late David Lynch, celebrating the life and talents of one of the true, unique artists of 20th and 21st century America. That includes notes from the many people who worked with—or nearly worked with—Lynch on his many projects, the latter number including Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, who revealed that various rumors and industry murmurings that Lynch had been trying to develop a mysterious TV project with Netflix in the early 2020s were true.
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. 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.” (Sarandos does not address a statement Lynch made in late 2024 that Netflix had recently passed on another project he’d written with Edward Scissorhands writer Caroline Thompson, an animated film called Snootworld.)