Netflix has just bought the rights to the movie Extinction, a science fiction thriller starring Michael Peña and Lizzy Caplan.
film was originally scheduled for release with Universal, until Universal pulled Extinction from its release slate two months ago to ?explore other options.? Netflix confirmed the purchase with Variety merely four days after the now-infamous Cloverfield Paradox marketing stunt, where they unveiled the first footage of the film during the Super Bowl and released it on the same night. In addition to Cloverfield and Extinction, Netflix also has the streaming rights to Paramount?s Annihilation only seventeen days after its U.S. theatrical release.
While high-profile Netflix original movies and TV shows are nothing new, the purchase of high-profile titles before a theatrical release date is fairly new territory with the streaming service. Their biggest grab to date is arguably that of director Martin Scorsese?s The Irishman, which is still due to begin streaming through Netflix towards the end of this year.
