The stars of the upcoming movie Avatar: The Way of Water were all at the 2022 D23 Expo!
23.08.2022 - 17:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Disney fans have been left furious by a decision to remove James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar from its streaming service, Disney+. The film has been available thanks to the studio's acquisition of Fox in 2020.
The sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, is due to be released at the end of the year and fans are speculating that the decision to remove its predecessor is partly because of this. Though unconfirmed, it is believed that Avatar will be re-released in cinemas at the end of September.
If the move to take the film down is part of a push to get audiences into theatres, then fans are divided, with many furious. Others feel that it could be beneficial for theatres, which have been struggling post-pandemic.
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Unlike Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ doesn't have a rotating catalogue where titles will be removed for a while and new ones added. Instead, everything is available to watch at any time, and a spokesman confirmed: "There will not be a 'rotating slate' of licensed movies each month".
But removing Avatar would not be the first time that Disney has made some of its titles disappear. Back in 2020, Dr Dolittle, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Home Alone and Home Alone 2, and The Sandlot were all taken down without notice.
Disney later confirmed that these were removed due to pre-existing contracts and licencing agreements. Some of these agreements are made years in advance, meaning that they were in place before the launch of Disney+.
Other deals made that will have a similar effect include a reported agreement between Netflix and Disney where every movie released between January 2016 and
The stars of the upcoming movie Avatar: The Way of Water were all at the 2022 D23 Expo!
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Executives from China Film Group were recently treated to a screening of footage from Disney/20th Century Studios’ Avatar: The Way Of Water, receiving a surprise greeting from filmmaker James Cameron in the process. China Daily reported the news which Deadline has confirmed.
Disney+ subscribers may have noticed that James Cameron’s Avatar has gone missing from the streaming platform. The highest-grossing movie of all time was quietly removed ahead of the theatrical re-release of the 2009 sci-fi film set for September 23.
Wilson Chapman editor With its library of Marvel films, Disney animation classics and “Star Wars” installments, Disney+ has one of the largest catalogues of blockbuster films on streaming platforms. But recently, subscribers have noticed the biggest film is missing: James Cameron’s “Avatar,” the highest-grossing movie of all time, has been quietly removed from the service with no prior announcement. Sources confirmed the removal to Variety and attributed it to the upcoming theatrical re-release of the 2009 sci-fi epic. Set for Sept. 23, the theatrical re-release, intended to promote the film’s long awaited sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water,” will present the movie in new, 4K high-dynamic range restoration. The original “Avatar” will have a limited, two-week run.
Over the past decade-plus, since the original debut of “Avatar” back in 2009, we have seen James Cameron’s film hit theaters sporadically for some new re-release. Recently, this happened in 2019, after the record-breaking run of “Avengers: Endgame,” when 20th Century Studios wanted to reclaim the #1 box office champ title.