The Walt Disney Co. will start removing titles from its Disney+ and Hulu streaming services -- including 'Willow' and 'Y: The Last Man' -- as soon as next week, according to reports late Thursday.
Vulture first reported details of the purge late Thursday, involving at least 27 titles, including the Disney+ fantasy series “Willow,” a follow-up to the 1988 movie, which premiered in November; “Pistol,” Hulu’s 2022 biographical miniseries about the Sex Pistols; and Hulu’s 2021 post-apocalyptic drama “Y: The Last Man.”
Additional shows could be removed next week, and more shows are expected to be dropped from the platforms in the future. Disney DIS, +1.07% announced the move last week with its quarterly earnings report. On a conference call with analysts, Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy said Disney was reviewing its content to “align with strategic changes in our approach to content curation.”
“We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms, and currently expect to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion,” she said.While no details have been released, it’s expected that the removed shows will eventually show up elsewhere, whether on FAST streaming channels or on third-party platforms.The move comes after Warner Bros. Discovery’s WBD, -0.
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