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NEW YORK (AP) â Netflix further beefed up its film catalog on Thursday in a multi-year deal that will make it the new streaming home to Sony Pictures’ top releases in the U.S.
Beginning next year, Sony’s new films will exclusively stream domestically on Netflix after their theatrical runs. That includes movies in popular franchises like âSpider-Man,” âVenomâ and âJumanji,â and 2022 releases including âMorbius,â âWhere the Crawdads Sing,” âUnchartedâ and âBullet Train.â
The agreement also gives Netflix a first-look option on any films the Culver City, California-based studio elects to send directly to streaming.
In a world of quickly proliferating streaming services, the deal â once the kind that would have typically gone to premium cable networks â is an anomaly. Sony is the only traditional Hollywood studios without a streaming service of its own. The Walt Disney Co. has Disney+, Warner Bros. has
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NEW YORK (AP) Netflix further beefed up its film catalogue on Thursday in a multi-year deal that will make it the new streaming home to Sony Pictures’ top releases in the U.S.
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Beginning next year, Sony’s new films will exclusively stream domestically on Netflix after their theatrical runs. That includes movies in popular franchises like “Spider-Man,” “Venom” and “Jumanji,” and 2022 releases including “Morbius,” “Where the Crawdads Sing,” “Uncharted” and “Bullet Train.”
Morbius,
Uncharted and
Bullet Train.
The agreement also gives Netflix a first-look option on any films the Culver City, California-based studio elects to send directly to streaming.
In a world of quickly proliferating streaming services, the deal once the kind that would have typically gone to premium cable networks is an anomaly. Sony is the only traditional Hollywood studios without a streaming service of its own. The Walt Disney Co. has Disney+, Warner Bros. has HBO Max, Universal Pictures has Peacock and Paramount Pictures has Paramount+.
Wednesday’s deal replaces a long-running agreement between Sony and Starz. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. During the pandemic, Sony previously sold to Netflix Kevin Hart’s
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