Hulu gets into the documentary game with Ron Howard’s Beatles pic
As is required by law of any streaming service in the universe, eventually it must go into the documentary acquisition game, because otherwise how will it respond when shareholders walk into the room and say, “Hey, Netflix does this. Shouldn’t we do what Netflix does?” This is, of course, because Netflix is the John Tucker of streaming services, meaning everyone else wants to kill it, but also is hopelessly swept up in following the lead set by the industry’s 10-ton giant. And so, Hulu is tossing its hat into the ring, as Deadline reports the company has just announced the launch of Hulu Documentary Films, marked by its first exclusive feature-length acquisition, the upcoming Ron Howard documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week.