The world’s leading international television network, Netflix recently announced the expansion of their current multi-year with DreamWorks Animation making Netflix the global home, outside of China, to a number of new original series for the whole family from the studio. The deal also covers streaming rights to the DWA’s feature film library.
The agreement extends the 2013 deal between DWA and Netflix which, at the time, was Netflix’s biggest-ever deal for original first run content.
Netflix’s Vice President of Original Series, Cindy Holland said, “DreamWorks Animation is synonymous with great storytelling that families around the world enjoy. It’s with great pleasure that we expand on an already successful relationship with DreamWorks Animation to bring more premium kids and family television to Netflix members globally.”
Netflix will be launching several new series from DWA from this year including a re imagining of 1980s sci-fi cartoon Voltron and the new series –Trollhunters, from master storyteller Guillermo del Toro, who will unleash a new, fantastical world wrapped around two best friends who make a startling discovery beneath their hometown.
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This agreement adds to the incredible foundation we’ve built together with Netflix over a number of years across both film and television,” said DreamWorks Animation President, Ann Daly. “We are proud to work closely with Netflix to continue delivering high-quality programming to audiences around the world.”
The new deal also expands Netflix’s second-window rights worldwide outside China to DWA series such as The Adventures of Puss in Boots and Dragons: Race to the Edge.
Along with this, a number of new original series will be developed and produced by DreamWorks Animation for Netflix, based not only on recent and upcoming feature films from the studio, but also on other classic IP.