Warner Music Close to Netflix Deal That Would Create Movies Around the Label’s Superstars: Report

At a conference on Wednesday (Oct. 8), Warner CEO Robert Kyncl said “it makes a lot of sense” to strike such a partnership, without naming the streaming giant. Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 8, 2025. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Trending on Billboard If you thought we were at peak biopic, you may have been wrong — as a new deal suggests you should probably expect many more films and documentaries about music legends in the future.   Warner Music Group (WMG) is “close to an agreement” with Netflix to create movies and documentaries based on the company’s artists and songs, according to Bloomberg . WMG, which shut down its internal division that produced film and TV shows earlier this year and is looking to outsource that work, the report claimed.    Related Speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference on Wednesday (Oct. 8), WMG CEO Robert Kyncl did not confirm a pending partnership but laid out numerous reasons why the company should work with a global streaming platform. “Our company has a tremendous catalog: Prince, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac,” Kyncl said. “It just goes on and on and on.
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