Amazon Prime Video
Streaming service makes deal with Universal
– Chris Pratt (r.) And Bryce Dallas Howard, here in “Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom”, will appear together again in 2022 in “Jurassic World: A New Age”. © imago images/Cinema Publishers Collection/Giles Keyte
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Amazon Prime Video has signed an exclusive deal with the film studio Universal. Part of the contract are exclusive rights of first refusal.
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Amazon has a new multi-year deal up its sleeve. The company’s in-house streaming service, Prime Video, will receive exclusive pre-emptive rights to new US blockbusters from the film studio Universal from 2022. In addition, rights to older titles from the wide-ranging Universal catalog are part of the deal.
As the industry journal “Deadline” first reported, thanks to the new mega-deal, upcoming top-class action films such as “Jurassic World: A New Age” with Chris Pratt (42) in the lead role and “Ambulance” with Jake Gyllenhaal (40) will probably first be available on Amazon Prime Video. The competitors Netflix, Disney + and Co. are initially losing out. The older Universal titles, which will also be available on Prime Video thanks to the new deal, include movie hits like “Actually … Love” and “Get Out” as well as some famous film series – including “Jurassic Park” and “Jason Bourne “.
In addition to Prime Video, the deal also includes IMDb TV, Amazon’s second US advertising-financed streaming service. He already has the right of first refusal in the USA for films of the current year, for example “Fast & Furious 9”, which will start next week in Germany, and “Old” by director M. Night Shyamalan (50) with Gael García Bernal (42) in the Leading role (release date: July 29th).
Universal previously closed a deal with the US streaming service Peacock
The Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) had previously signed a deal with NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service. It includes the right of first refusal for productions during the first four months after the end of the cinema period as well as during the last four months. In the ten intervening calendar months of the total of 18 months, films and co. Can also be purchased from other providers.
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