Leonardo DiCaprio has found the perfect platform for his environmental documentaries, signing a long-term deal with Netflix to produce more documentaries for the streaming service.
The deal, between Netflix and DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company, will focus on films that cover environmental and conservation topics. The two sides had success with their first partnership, Virunga, last year, as the film was nominated for the best Documentary Feature Oscar.
Virunga centered on Virunga National Park in the Congo. It was directed by Orlando von Einsiedel.
“Working with Netflix on Virunga has sparked a shared vision about projects that we want to develop and bring to viewers,” DiCaprio said in a statement posted at Variety. “There’s never been a more critical time for our planet or more of a need for gifted storytellers to help us all make sense of the issues we face. Through this partnership with Netflix, I hope to give documentary filmmakers doing urgent and important work the chance to have their films seen immediately by audiences all around the world.”
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. DiCaprio and Netflix didn’t say when we could expect the first film.
This is the latest move from Netflix, which has emptied its checkbook to welcome filmmakers. The company picked up Beasts of No Nation with Idris Elba for $12 million and spent $17 million for Jadotville with Jamie Dornan.
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