Brad Pitt signs War Machine with Netflix

Actor Brad Pitt has signed a deal with online streaming service Netflix, which will see him star and produce his first exclusive movie for the streaming service entitled War Machine.

The deal means Netflix has agreed to fund and distribute the film and the joint business venture is said to be worth $30 million and is the combined efforts of his Plan B production company and the service, reports femalefirst.co.uk. 

"No big screen star is going to completely give up the big screen, but it's just a natural evolution of how content is delivered and how the audience consumes it," a senior box office analyst told nydailynews.com.