Netflix Strikes Film Deal with Weinstein Company

BEVERLY HILLS/NEW YORK: The Artist, nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, is headed to Netflix in the exclusive pay-TV window as part of a new multi-year licensing pact with The Weinstein Company.

The deal covers a number of foreign-language films and documentaries, as well as other movies. The Artist will make its pay-TV debut exclusively on Netflix, rather than the traditional premium cable slot. Also making its pay-TV premiere via Netflix through the new Weinstein deal is Undefeated, nominated for a 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Other titles include Sarah’s Key, The Intouchables, W.E., Coriolanus and Bully.

"We couldn’t be happier to be working again with Harvey and Bob, who have an unmatched track record of creating critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies," said Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer. "The Artist is a symbol of the Weinsteins’ triumphant return to the top of the film business. Through deep passion, great taste and phenomenal vision, Harvey and Bob continue to surprise audiences and make history."

"It is a fantastic coup for Netflix to acquire The Artist and the package of additional titles," added Harvey Weinstein, TWC co-chairman. "With this deal, a company that loves movies, Netflix, joins forces with a company that is built on that same love. It’s exciting that we can offer consumers a supremely convenient way to see the kinds of movies that made us want to be in this business in the first place."