Netflix ink pact with Weinsteins

Netflix and also the Weinstein Company Tuesday introduced a brand new multi-year certification agreement, their first, to create language, documentary and certain other movies from TWC solely readily available for Netflix people within the U.S. to look at instantly."The Artist" can make its pay TV debut solely on Netflix instead of on traditional premium cable.The pic, written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and starring Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, continues to be sweeping the honours season, such as the Golden Globe for the best Picture/Comedy or Musical and finest Picture Honours in the Producers Guild of America, British Academy of Film and tv, the London Experts Circle and NY Film Experts Circle.Also making its pay TV premiere on Netflix is "Undefeated," nominated for any 2012 Academy Award for the best Documentary Feature. Pic follows gamers on the Memphis, Tenn. inner-city senior high school football team because it tries to win its first playoff game within the school's history.An assorted slate of TWC niche films can look solely on Netflix within twelve months of the theatrical release, including The Second World War drama "Sarah's Key," "Intouchables," "W.E.," "Coriolanus" and "Bully."The deal, the very first between TWC and Netflix, were not revealed. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com