Disney: No More Netflix-Exclusive Marvel Shows

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

No More New Marvel Netflix Shows; Disney Wanted to Buy Fox to Compete with the Streaming Giant

If you enjoy watching Marvel shows on Netflix, you might want to sit down for this: in the future, new Marvel shows will air on Disney’s in-development streaming service, leaving Netflix in the dust. This is all part of a larger plan Disney has to compete with Netflix, which included their as-of-now dead deal to purchase a large chunk of 21st Century Fox. The bottom line: the era of Marvel Netflix shows is nearing an end.

When Disney revealed they were planning on creating a new streaming service of their own, it seemed almost a given that they would start producing their own original content for it – which they later confirmed they would indeed be doing. But what about Disney produced content that already exists on other streaming services? Namely, the Marvel shows that are so popular on Netflix? It looks like Marvel’s Netflix days are numbered. A report in the Wall Street Journal confirms that future Marvel shows will play exclusively on Disney’s streaming service. There’s no word yet if the current Marvel Netflix shows – Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, The Defenders and the upcoming The Punisher – would make the jump from Netflix to Disney’s service, but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if that happened.

The WSJ story also confirms that Disney’s as-of-now stalled plan to buy a large chunk of 21st Century Fox was tied directly to their goals of trying to compete with Netflix. “[W]e’ve turned our attention to the one platform seeing growth challenges,” Disney Chief Strategy Officer Kevin Mayer says in the article. “That’s the television platform.” The Fox deal would’ve given Disney control of a large portion of Fox’s TV shows, which Disney would’ve then presumably moved over to their upcoming streaming service. Mayer also says to think of the Disney streaming service “not an anti-Netflix move, but a pro-Disney move.”

Disney is clearly determined to come out ahead here, but the transition isn’t going to be cheap or easy. In addition to having future Marvel shows premiere on their streaming service, Disney is also planning to pull all of their movies currently on Netflix and bring them over to their own streaming platform. The WSJ states that this movie is going to end up costing Disney $300-million-plus a year, but Disney seems confident their gamble will pay off with fans making the jump over to their new service.

Netflix, meanwhile, is continuing on their own quest for entertainment domination, with plans to spend at least $8 billion in creating original content for 2018. That’ll continue the head-start they already have on Disney, who plan to debut their streaming service in 2019.

www.slashfilm.com/no-more-new-marvel-netflix-shows/

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Is there any shows that aren’t Marvel anymore? This could be hugevv

[eJm]

That’s a really specific statement to make, Scarlet Witch.

[A Platypus Rave]

Nov 9, 2017 18:35:41 GMT -5 eJm said:

That’s a really specific statement to make, Scarlet Witch.

Dagnabbit Wanda!

Not really surprising news but I believe the defenders shows are at least partially funded by netflix

[Deleted]

Given the word Disney's wanting to start their own streaming service not at all surprised.

Honestly I have yet to give any of them a look anyway and only have even considered doing so with Punisher when it's out so I can't claim to at all mind.

[Dr. T is an alien]

There is going to be a live action Star Wars show alongside the future animated shows.

[H-Virus]

Damnit Disney. You're lucky I was already planning to buy your streaming service when it came out, otherwise I'd be pissed at this news.

[Mozenrath]

Nov 9, 2017 18:33:07 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Is there any shows that aren’t Marvel anymore? This could be hugevv

Stranger Things, for an obvious one.

[Natural Born Farmer]

I look forward to a future in which I don't pay for cable, but pay twice as much for multiple streaming services to see every show that has relevance in popular culture. Ah well. At least the bar for quality will be exponentially higher.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Nov 9, 2017 19:16:38 GMT -5 Dr. T is an alien said:

There is going to be a live action Star Wars show alongside the future animated shows.

Given that Disney made the decision kill off everybody in Rogue One, and the violence of the Netflix shows, a live action Star Wars show where Vader hunts down Jedi, would be vicious. Make it happen Disney.

[Citizen Snips]

Nov 9, 2017 21:34:35 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Nov 9, 2017 18:33:07 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Is there any shows that aren’t Marvel anymore? This could be hugevv

Stranger Things, for an obvious one.

Bojack Horseman, The Crown, GLOW, American Vandal, many others I don't watch...it's a blow but it's not like Netflix will fold over this.

[Milkman Norm]

Nov 9, 2017 18:33:07 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Is there any shows that aren’t Marvel anymore? This could be hugevv

House of Ca...... oh yeah.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Nov 9, 2017 22:10:56 GMT -5 Citizen Snips said:

Nov 9, 2017 21:34:35 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Stranger Things, for an obvious one.

Bojack Horseman, The Crown, GLOW, American Vandal, many others I don't watch...it's a blow but it's not like Netflix will fold over this.

gift and the curse is it feels like almost every streaming service has one or two fantastic shows. As a fan of the medium I'm stoked beyond belief to see so many creative people being told "go nuts", but I'm concerned about being able to pay to watch it all.

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Nov 9, 2017 22:10:56 GMT -5 Citizen Snips said:

Nov 9, 2017 21:34:35 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Stranger Things, for an obvious one.

Bojack Horseman, The Crown, GLOW, American Vandal, many others I don't watch...it's a blow but it's not like Netflix will fold over this.

The list of nonMarvel stuff goes even further when you included the exclusive imported stuff like Peaky Blinders.

The Marvel catalog leaving Netflix won't really be that big a deal like you said. They've got so much stuff in the pipe apparently too.

TBH the loss of Marvel/Disney won't really do much for me.

[Heeltown, USA]

Nov 9, 2017 21:38:16 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

I look forward to a future in which I don't pay for cable, but pay twice as much for multiple streaming services to see every show that has relevance in popular culture. Ah well. At least the bar for quality will be exponentially higher.

Seriously. The streaming service bubble is gonna burst at some point. Every studio or production company creating their own service for $10/$25/etc a month will eventually defeat the point of cutting the cord.
ISP's have already adapted their rates to cutters, so there isn't much wiggle room for the average consumer.

-Editing to bring up the T or P word that shall not be spoken. The collapse of the streaming bubble will only increase their traffic.

[RadcapRadsley]

Nov 9, 2017 21:38:16 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

I look forward to a future in which I don't pay for cable, but pay twice as much for multiple streaming services to see every show that has relevance in popular culture. Ah well. At least the bar for quality will be exponentially higher.

That day is not really something anyone should worry about the next 15-20 years. Netflix,Amazon,Hulu,Disney,HBO etc will all be competing for a while trying to be the big dogs in the yard,and since they want to increase their subscriber base they will be priced reasonably. All streaming services have a brick ton of content so someone with 1or 2 streaming services has a lot of options to watch and since all of them you can pay 1 month,cancel and resubscribe, even if you want to watch programming on many services someone could rotate just based on when shows they like are released.

[Heeltown, USA]

Nov 9, 2017 23:06:15 GMT -5 RadcapRadsley said:

Nov 9, 2017 21:38:16 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

I look forward to a future in which I don't pay for cable, but pay twice as much for multiple streaming services to see every show that has relevance in popular culture. Ah well. At least the bar for quality will be exponentially higher.

That day is not really something anyone should worry about the next 15-20 years. Netflix,Amazon,Hulu,Disney,HBO etc will all be competing for a while trying to be the big dogs in the yard,and since they want to increase their subscriber base they will be priced reasonably. All streaming services have a brick ton of content so someone with 1or 2 streaming services has a lot of options to watch and since all of them you can pay 1 month,cancel and resubscribe, even if you want to watch programming on many services someone could rotate just based on when shows they like are released.

Ya but if you are already paying $50/month for Internet and then subscribe to 2 or 3 streaming services per month just to get the content you originally had, then are you really saving money?

I swear big media has already foreseen all this and have colluded to make a model where the average consumer is still paying an excessive amount of money for content.

[RadcapRadsley]

We have high internet prices because most area's you only have 1 or 2 ISP options(ie no real competiton).

All this streaming competition has actually lowered the price of content,a Netflix subscription for 1 month of thousands of shows and movies is literally cheaper then what it cost you to go to a video store and rent 3 entire movies a decade ago( because we have far more competition vying for our entertainment dollar).

[Ganon83]

Just don't touch BoJack and we're good

[Heeltown, USA]

Nov 10, 2017 0:17:34 GMT -5 Frosty said:

Nov 9, 2017 23:20:22 GMT -5 Heeltown, USA said:

Ya but if you are already paying $50/month for Internet and then subscribe to 2 or 3 streaming services per month just to get the content you originally had, then are you really saving money?

I swear big media has already foreseen all this and have colluded to make a model where the average consumer is still paying an excessive amount of money for content.

Generally speaking, people are going to pay for internet regardless of if they have cable or not, so the cost of the internet in relation to savings isn't really relevant, imo.

Are you joking?

ISP's know what's going on. Especially with Comcast/Xfinity taking over the nation.

They are raising their internet rates dramatically to offset the cutters.