Netflix becomes exclusive US pay TV home of latest Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar films

In a presumably very, very expensive deal

Netflix tucked away some pretty big news in a blog post yesterday: it’s getting pay-TV exclusivity on the films of the most box-office-crushing studios.

“From September onwards, Netflix will become the exclusive US pay TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar,” Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos wrote.

This hopefully puts to bed the possibility of those producers trying to start their own versions of Netflix (though Disney has already done so), and means you’ll be able to watch all of these blockbusters in one place (although, at least initially, this looks to only apply to Netflix US and not UK).

The news was received warmly by customers past and present, several of the latter saying it is enough to make them want to re-subscribe.

Sarandos also announced that Netflix original movie Mascots will be arriving the same month, which should be a lot of fun, it being a mockumentary on sports mascots from This Is Spinal Tap writer Christopher Guest.

The streaming service has also secured a host of critically-acclaimed movies to arrive this summer, including The Big Short and Spotlight.