Updated May 27: Disney has now removed over 100 of its original shows and movies from its Disney+ and Hulu streaming services in the US and worldwide. While a partial list of removed content was previously published, the website What's on Disney Plus+ now has the full list.
The lineup includes a number of expensive original scripted series. Perhaps the biggest title on this list is Disney+'s Willow. The 10-episode sequel to the 1988 fantasy film from producer George Lucas and director Ron Howard was heavily hyped by Disney+ before it dropped. However, when the show debuted in November 2022 it failed to reach a wide audience.
Other notable titles on this list include a scripted Marvel TV show, The Runaways, along with other series like The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, The Right Stuff, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and Hot Shots on Disney+. On Hulu, the original shows that were removed included Dollface, Future Man, Motherland Fort Salem, The Hot Zone, and Y: The Last Man.
Here is the list of original shows and movies that were removed from Disney+ worldwide.
- America the Beautiful
- Among the Stars
- Artemis Fowl
- Be Our Chef
- Behind the Magic: The Making of Willow
- Best In Snow
- Better Nate Than Never
- Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
- Black Beauty
- Big Shot
- Chasing Waves
- Cheaper by the Dozen (2022)
- Chorus: Success, Here We Go!
- Clouds
- Club Mickey Mouse
- Diary of a Future President
- Disney Fairy Tale Weddings
- DisneyNature – Penguins – Life On The Edge
- DisneyNature – In the Footsteps of Elephants
- DisneyNature – Diving With Dolphins
- Earth To Ned
- Encore!
- Family Reboot
- Fauci
- Flora & Ulysses
- Foodtasic
- Gina Yei
- Harmonious Live!
- Hollywood Stargirl
- The Hip Hop Nutcracker!
- It’s A Dog’s Life With Bill Farmer
- It’s All Right!
- Just Beyond
- Low Tone Club
- Magic Camp
- Marvel 616
- Marvel’s The Runaways
- Marvel’s Project Hero
- The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
- More Than Robots!
- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- On Pointe
- Own The Room
- Pentatonix: Around The World For The Holidays
- Pick Of The Litter
- Prop Culture
- Queen Family Sing-Along
- Race To The Center Of The Earth
- Rogue Trip
- Shop Class
- Stargirl
- Stuntman
- Super / Natural
- The Big Fib
- The One And Only Ivan
- The Quest
- The Right Stuff
- The Real Right Stuff
- The World According To Jeff Goldblum
- Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
- Turner & Hooch (Series)
- Willow
- Wolfgang
We also have the final list of shows and movies that have been removed from Hulu in the US. These same shows have also been taken down on Disney+ outside the US and Star+ in Latin America.
- Best In Dough
- Black Narcissus
- Chasing Virgins
- Chef vs Wild
- Conversations with Friends
- Darby And The Dead
- Damned Fate
- Dollface
- Everything’s Trash
- Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW
- Future Man
- Hache: Let’s Not Talk About It
- Insanity
- It Was Not My Fault
- Keep This Between Us
- Limbo
- Little Demon
- Looking for Alaska
- Love In The Time Of Corona
- Love Trip Paris
- Maggie
- Marvel’s The Runaways
- Mask vs Knight
- Motherland Fort Salem
- Pistol
- Prime Time
- Queen Family Sing-Along
- Repatriated
- Reprisal
- Rosaline
- The Bomber
- The Cry of the Butterflies
- The Come Up
- The Deep End
- The Heartthrob: TV Changed, He Didn’t
- The Heir: The Freestyle Dynasty
- The Hot Zone – Seasons 1 & 2
- The Next Thing You Eat
- The Premise
- The Princess
- Together as One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
- Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
- Wilderness of Error
- Y: The Last Man
Three Disney+ shows and movies that were on previous lists to be removed (A Pixar Spark Story, Marvel’s Voice Rising: The Music Of Wakanda Forever, and Howard) are still on the service.
Deadline reports that the reason for such a move is the usual one; to save some money. Taking down these films and shows from Disney+ and Hulu will help Disney cut costs, because the company won't have to pay any more residual fees to the cast and crews on these projects.
One of the problems with removing these original shows and movies is that most are not available anywhere else to watch (at least legally), either as a digital rental or purchase or via physical DVD or Blu-Ray. Disney has not addressed how these series and films might be available to consumers in the future.
This is not the first time a streaming service has removed content that was made specifically for that service. HBO Max also took down a number of original shows and films back in August 2022. Other services like AMC+, Starz, and Showtime have also taken down original content from their streaming services in the past year.
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