Amazon Gets Exclusive to Stream Movies from A24

SEATTLE: Amazon has signed an exclusive content licensing agreement with the film studio A24, which is behind hits such as Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring.

The multi-year deal makes Prime Instant Video the exclusive premium subscription home for all current and upcoming A24 releases. The window will be shortly following their release on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video through the agreement are Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, starring James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez; Ginger & Rosa, directed by Sally Potter, starring Elle Fanning and Annette Bening; The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson; and James Ponsoldt’s The Spectacular Now, starring Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller. The deal will also include A24’s upcoming releases like Jonathan Glazer’s Under The Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson, and The Rover, directed by David Michôd and starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.

“We are always looking for new ways to bring our Prime Instant Video customers, unique, exclusive movies and TV that we think they will love,” said Brad Beale, the director of digital video content acquisition for Amazon. “As always, we monitor DVD and digital sales very closely and A24 movies such as Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring are exceptionally popular among our customers. This new deal with A24 allows us to offer those same titles to our Prime Instant Video customers soon after they are released on DVD and Blu-Ray and at no additional cost.”

“As an independent film distributor, our relationship with Amazon Prime Instant Video marks the next generation in output deals. It speaks to the larger shift in customers’ consumption habits,” added Matthew Bires from A24. “Not only can we share our content with an engaged audience, we have access to better analytics to monitor the films’ reach. Amazon is an extremely innovative and entrepreneurial company and the scope and dynamism of the platform is incredibly exciting for our films.”