--- description: Netflix has bought the rights to the iconic director's final unfinished movie, The Other Side of the Wind title: Netflix Is Going to Help Finish and Release Orson Welles’s Final Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34090dd56b832b76/6988be6a0a4a22b66b9cd4cf/gettyimages-2667773.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Netflix Is Going to Help Finish and Release Orson Welles’s Final Movie by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 15, 2017 11:51 AM CUT  Orson Welles (1915 - 1985), American actor, producer, writer and director. Orson Welles (1915 - 1985), American actor, producer, writer and director.Central Press—Getty Images by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 15, 2017 11:51 AM CUT Netflix is taking on [Orson Welles’s legacy](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/movies/unfinished-orson-welles-film-gets-a-netflix-commitment.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined"). The company has bought the rights to the [iconic director’s](http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19380509,00.html "undefined") final unfinished movie, _The Other Side of the Wind_, according to the [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/movies/unfinished-orson-welles-film-gets-a-netflix-commitment.html?%5Fr=1 "undefined")_._ “We’re going to get this made” Frank Marshall, who worked on the film in the 1970s, said to the _Times_. The feature was left incomplete at the time of Welles’ death in 1985. Netflix, however, may have its hands full with the project. Previous attempts to complete the film have stalled. In 2014\. a team including Marshall and Peter Bogdanovich who appeared in the movie, secured rights to the footage. Their funding fell through and an Indigogo campaign to raise around $2 million fell short. But with Netflix now involved, [Welles’](http://time.com/4298943/citizen-kane-original-review/ "undefined") comeback may finally see the light of day. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4701974/netflix-orson-welles-film-the-other-side-of-the-wind/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4701974/netflix-orson-welles-film-the-other-side-of-the-wind/"},"headline":"Netflix Is Going to Help Finish and Release Orson Welles’s Final Movie","datePublished":"2017-03-15T11:51:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:50:49.904Z","description":"They're (maybe) going to get this made.","url":"https://time.com/4701974/netflix-orson-welles-film-the-other-side-of-the-wind/","keywords":["movies","Netflix","film"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34090dd56b832b76/6988be6a0a4a22b66b9cd4cf/gettyimages-2667773.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34090dd56b832b76/6988be6a0a4a22b66b9cd4cf/gettyimages-2667773.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Orson Welles","caption":"Orson Welles","creditText":"Central Press—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4701974/netflix-orson-welles-film-the-other-side-of-the-wind/","name":"Netflix Is Going to Help Finish and Release Orson Welles’s Final Movie"}}]}] ```