Steven Spielberg’s manufacturing firm, Amblin, has with to make “multiple new feature films per year” for the streaming service. It’s a little bit of a shocking transfer, given a few of Spielberg’s earlier statements about streaming films.

The deal covers at the very least two movies a 12 months, in line with It’s unclear whether or not Spielberg will find yourself directing films for Netflix. Amblin additionally has a take care of Universal. It will so Netflix will not get its palms on each movie Spielberg has a hand in making.

“At Amblin, storytelling will forever be at the center of everything we do, and from the minute Ted [Sarandos, Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer] and I started discussing a partnership, it was abundantly clear that we had an amazing opportunity to tell new stories together and reach audiences in new ways,” Spielberg stated in an announcement. “This new avenue for our films, alongside the stories we continue to tell with our longtime family at Universal and our other partners, will be incredibly fulfilling for me personally since we get to embark on it together with Ted, and I can’t wait to get started with him, Scott [Stuber, Netflix’s head of global film], and the entire Netflix team.”

Amblin has labored with Netflix up to now. It produced The Trial of the Chicago 7, which scooped up six Oscar nominations this 12 months. They’re additionally collaborating on Maestro, a biopic about composer Leonard Bernstein that Bradley Cooper is directing and starring in.

Spielberg as soon as voiced opposition to streaming films being eligible for Academy Awards. “Once you commit to a television format, you’re a TV movie,” he stated . The following 12 months, stories prompt Spielberg lobbied to , however these .

Regardless of no matter Spielberg’s quibbles about streaming films may need been up to now, signing him and Amblin to a deal is an enormous get for Netflix. The transfer Netflix’s . The firm is releasing at the very least one film this 12 months, and it’ll absolutely be seeking to sustain that tempo. With competitors for streaming subscribers intensifying, having a legendary filmmaker like Spielberg on board is an ace within the gap for Netflix in its battle in opposition to the likes of Disney+, Paramount+ and Peacock (which shares a dad or mum firm with Universal).