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As the increasingly high stakes battle for content between Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon wages on, it’s not always dollar signs that score a streaming service an exclusive. In the case of MUBI, a VOD service aimed at international and indie movie buffs who value quality over quantity, the exclusive streaming rights for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new documentary Junun were obtained because the director is a subscriber, reports The Verge. “We didn’t even know [he was a member] because he was using an email that was not descriptive, and he was not using his real name,” the company’s CEO Efe Cakarel told the website. Having enjoyed the service’s well curated, constantly rotating selection of films, the Boogie Nights filmmaker knew just who he wanted to enjoy his film about Radiohead guitarist (and frequent collaborator) Johnny Greenwood. “He wanted to show his film to a discerning, global audience,” Cakarel said. “And everything came together.” The documentary premieres at the New York Film Festival on Thursday, and will be available hours later on MUBI.
In other news…
CBS has green lit a television show based on the Nancy Drew Mysteries. Don’t expect Nancy to be a teen, though. The show will focus on a NYPD super-sleuth in her 30s. [EW]
Just in case you needed another reason to finally cut the cord and get rid of cable. [NYP]
Think literature and TV don’t go together? Here are 10 pairings that will make you think again. [Vulture]
Here’s the final trailer for the final Hunger Games movie Mockingjay Part 2. [YouTube]
