On March 1, your Netflix membership will continue to cost the same, but more than 160 episodes of various Disney series will disappear from the platform’s list. Some Netflix users have been warned that they will be able to watch the Marvel superhero series on their platform until February 28 . After that date, the rights will return to Disney. However, it is not certain that from that day on, we will be able to see these series in the Disney + catalog. Some consider that they are still too violent to be published on said platform.
Netflix Says Goodbye to Marvel Studios Heroes
Netflix arrived in Spain in 2015. If you have a good memory, you will remember that one of the first series we could see on the platform was Daredevil. Well, the fates of Matt Murdock and Netflix will separate later this month. And it won’t be the only one. Also returning to Disney are Jessica Jones , Iron Fist , The Defenders , The Punishers , and Luke Cage .
Disney+ will soon be two years old. And so far, they had done nothing to recover the series that they had published on the Netflix billboard. Apparently, the reason for not integrating these series into Disney Plus was violence. However, that concept seems to have changed for Disney during the production of Moon Knight . According to an interview with Kevin Feige, Disney seems to have pushed the boundaries of what they consider to be ‘ acceptable violence’ .
Disney changes his mind (as Moon Knight)
According to Feige, the dark and brutal tone of Moon Knight has not displeased Disney . And, by opening that door, it would no longer make sense to continue discriminating against shows like Daredevil or The Punisher for being violent. On the other hand, we have recently seen characters from these series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For example, Murdock makes a quick appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home , and the Kingpin is the villain in Hawkeye . It would be absurd to continue to have these series on a competing platform when they are using some of their characters in their Marvel series and movies.
Most likely, this change that Moon Knight has generated in Disney will make all those series mentioned land on Disney Plus. However, some experts do not rule out that Disney will transfer all these television series to Hulu , since they have not published a single press release about the fate of all these productions, and have even avoided questions from journalists.
In any case, there are only two possible readings . The first is that Disney takes a step back, and recognizes that it cannot put the brakes on creativity. If their new approach is to leave the princesses aside, they will have to deal with the daily life of a superhero, with its pros, its cons and its touches of violence. On the other hand, if these series end up on Hulu, this entire maneuver will simply have been a move to make Netflix’s catalog somewhat less attractive to consumers.
