Warner Music Group inks unique Netflix deal to make artist and songwriter documentaries
Warner Music Group (WMG) has signed what it calls an “unique multi-year first-look deal” with Netflix.
Underneath the artistic partnership, the businesses say the streamer will develop “documentary collection and movies exploring the lives, music and legacies of WMG’s legendary and up to date artists and songwriters.”
WMG is partnering with Unigram, a movie, theatre, and music manufacturing firm run by Amanda Ghost and Gregor Cameron, to function the manufacturing arm for WMG’s long-form programming. Ghost based Unigram in 2015 in partnership with Len Blavatnik‘s Entry Industries, which is almost all proprietor of WMG.
As per a press launch, WMG and Unigram will work to develop every mission in collaboration with the artist or their estates.
“The mixture of Warner Music Group’s IP with Netflix’s world attain is an unbelievable alternative to introduce new followers to our artists and songwriters all around the globe.”
Robert Kyncl, Warner Music Group
Commenting on the deal, Robert Kyncl, CEO of Warner Music Group, mentioned: “The mixture of Warner Music Group’s IP with Netflix’s world attain is an unbelievable alternative to introduce new followers to our artists and songwriters all around the globe.”
WMG’s recorded music roster contains legends comparable to David Bowie, Cher, Phil Collins, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, and Joni Mitchell, as properly up to date acts comparable to Charli xcx, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, and Ed Sheeran.
“We’ve seen how music evokes unbelievable fandom on Netflix so we’re excited to accomplice with Warner Music Group and the best-in-class artists they work witH.”
Adam Del Deo, Netflix
Adam Del Deo, Netflix VP, Documentary Movies & Collection, added: “We’ve seen how music evokes unbelievable fandom on Netflix so we’re excited to accomplice with Warner Music Group and the best-in-class artists they work with to deliver much more indelible music storytelling to our members.”
Bloomberg reported in October 2025 that WMG and Netflix had been near an settlement to create a slate of flicks and documentaries based mostly on the label’s artists and songs.
Whereas Kyncl declined to substantiate studies of the deal in an interview on the Bloomberg Screentime convention on the time, he indicated bulletins within the streaming video area are forthcoming, positioning Warner’s catalog as an untapped useful resource of content material.
“Our firm has an incredible catalog. Prince, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac. It simply goes on and on and on,” he mentioned. “The tales that we have now are unbelievable. They usually haven’t actually been poked. We’re like Marvel for music. That’s the place we’re. And it is going to be unlocked.”
Netflix has escalated its funding in premium music-related content material in current months.
After securing the unique reside streaming rights to BTS’s comeback live performance, the streamer landed one other blockbuster coup earlier this month with Harry Types’ One Night time in Manchester, which premiered on the platform on March 8.
Final November, the platform launched ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran, a one-take music particular that adopted the singer-songwriter by the streets of New York Metropolis performing his greatest hits.Music Enterprise Worldwide
