With their deal with Starz expiring soon, Netflix needs a content boost. Today they announced a major deal with the Weinstein Company for a multi-year slate of foreign language and documentary films.
No date yet but The Artist, nominated for ten Academy Awards, will be making its pay TV debut exclusively on instant Netflix. The Best Documentary nominated Undefeated will also make its debut Exclusively on instant Netflix.
The keys to much of the deal are exclusivity (so you won’t be watching these on Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc.) and that films would be viewable within a year of their theatrical release. Other titles included are the French World War II film – Sarah’s Key, the French blockbuster The Intouchables, Madonna’s W.E., the documentary Bully and the Shakespeare adaptation Coriolanus from Ralph Fiennes.
The extra content is nice and classy but Netflix needs a lot more meat and potatoes to replace the Starz content.
