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Through a major licensing deal, Hulu has acquired exclusive SVOD rights to a number of Disney films including Mulan and Pocahontas. The brand new agreement marks the platform’s first ever deal with the global brand.
According to a press release, Hulu has also acquired the streaming rights to The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hercules, Sister Act and Air Bud as part of the multi-year deal, all of which are now streaming via the platform. Popular theatrical features such as Gone in 60 Seconds, Pearl Harbor, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, The Mighty Ducks, as well as Lilo & Stitch, Tarzan and more will become available on Hulu over the coming months.
In other news…
Netflix reportedly uses an algorithm to determine how much a potential show is worth and ultimately, how much they’re willing to pay. Documentary filmmaker Craig Atkinson revealed his findings, which were uncovered during negotiations with the platform, during a recent interview. [Quartz]
Executive producer Rodrigo Blaas spoke to one outlet about how Trollhunters, which Guillermo del Toro originally envisioned as a movie, became a Netflix original series. Blaas stated “we worked on making it as a feature for three years, but one of the things we found was that it was hard to compress all of that story into an hour and a half or a two-hour feature animation movie.” [Collider]
ICYMI: Netflix has renewed Fuller House for a third overall season, which is set to premiere in 2017. The announcement video, which was posted to Twitter over the holiday weekend, was back tracked by the show’s updated theme song:
Netflix has released the trailer for Jen Kirkman’s new stand-up comedy special Just Keep Livin’?. The one-hour original feature, during which the angsty comedian tackles everything from her life struggles to cat calls from creepy guys, premieres Tuesday, January 3:
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