Ben Affleck and Matt Damon announced earlier this week that they plan to start an independent production company, Artists Equity. During the New York Times' DealBook Summit in New York City, Affleck reportedly declared the pair's new company as a push back against how streaming services treat talent--specifically calling Netflix an "assembly line."

"I see no difference between commercial and quality," said Affleck (via Deadline). "If you ask Reed Hastings [Netflix co-founder and CEO]... I'm sure there's some risk in that, and I'm sure they had a great strategy, but I would have said, 'How are we going to make 50 great movies?! How is that possible? There's no committee big enough. There aren't enough--you just can't do it. It's a thing that requires attention and dedication and work and resists the assembly line process."

Gerry Cardinale of Redbird Capital, which is an investing partner in Damon and Affleck's production company, added that "the first wave of streaming was about volume, [and] the second wave is about quality."

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon announced earlier this week that they plan to start an independent production company, Artists Equity. During the New York Times' DealBook Summit in New York City, Affleck reportedly declared the pair's new company as a push back against how streaming services treat talent--specifically calling Netflix an "assembly line."

"I see no difference between commercial and quality," said Affleck (via Deadline). "If you ask Reed Hastings [Netflix co-founder and CEO]... I'm sure there's some risk in that, and I'm sure they had a great strategy, but I would have said, 'How are we going to make 50 great movies?! How is that possible? There's no committee big enough. There aren't enough--you just can't do it. It's a thing that requires attention and dedication and work and resists the assembly line process."

Gerry Cardinale of Redbird Capital, which is an investing partner in Damon and Affleck's production company, added that "the first wave of streaming was about volume, [and] the second wave is about quality."