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The removal of these movies shows the complicated landscape of streaming licenses. Even before Disney+ launched there were big movies missing from the service like Avengers: Infinity War due to existing agreements with Netflix. here
The company confirmed that a small number of titles are leaving Disney+ temporarily due to existing legacy deals. But these titles will return once the deals expire and Disney can once again host those films.
Other movies required some maneuvering on Disney’s part. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, for example, was allowed to stream on Disney+ after the company agreed to run ads for Starz, where the movie was previously available to stream on.
No doubt Disney’s ultimate goal is to have every Disney-produced feature and show available on its streaming service, but we’ll have to wait until any existing deals expire or if Disney finds a workaround. more
With Disney acquiring Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012, the studios have even more box office juggernauts under their belts.
The 2019 live-action remake has edged out the original The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Ever since 1937, when Disney Studios released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney has had a hold over cinema-lovers.
Just a few years ago, Johnny Depp was one of the highest-paid actors in the world, but allegations of domestic violence made him box office poison. Petitions calling for his removal from the Pirates of the Caribbean and Fantastic Beasts franchises emerged. Depp, in a lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, claimed that her allegations had hurt his career.
Depp’s last few films - Mortdecai, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Transcendence, The Lone Ranger - have been box office disappointments. His upcoming film, City of Angels, was shelved at the last minute due to disputes.
According to a Washington Post report, Disney is said to have dropped Depp from the Pirates franchise just four days after Heard’s incendiary 2018 op-ed in the same publication, in which she claimed, without naming Depp, that she was the victim of domestic violence. Depp’s lawyers claimed that the actor’s removal from the multibillion-dollar grossing franchise was because of her allegations.
"And when I sacked them [the business managers], for the right reasons, I had not only lost $650 million, but I was $100 million in the hole because they had not paid the government my taxes for 17 years.” more
Depp was then dropped from his upcoming film, Fantastic Beasts 3, where he played the main antagonist of the series Gellert Grindelwald. here
Depp previously revealed, however, that he found himself in unimaginable debt following these film releases.
“To try to bring his intensity and his way of doing it into my work is a no-go." [links]