Disney, Netflix US deal starts this summer
May 25, 2016
Netflix has announced that from September it will be the exclusive US pay-TV home for all Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar movies released from 2016 onwards.
Meaning, it will be the only place to find movies such as Captain America: Civil War, The Jungle Book and the upcoming Star Wars sequels and the Rogue One spin-off prequel.
“The 2016 releases will start rolling on in September and we’ll share specific dates/titles closer to their premiere on the service,” Netflix told Variety.
The deal was actually signed three years ago and is reported to have cost Netflix $400 million.