The world of streaming does not stop giving us unpleasant surprises. Just today we learned that the HBO Max content purge was going to claim 36 new “victims”, but the surprise was even greater when it was learned that ‘Avatar’ had disappeared by surprise from the catalog from Disney+.
The most likely reason for his disappearance
It is impossible not to associate this movement with the fact that the film directed by james cameron It will be re-released in theaters on September 23. This is obviously motivated by the imminent arrival in theaters of ‘Avatar 2’ this coming December, but surely Disney has thought that this way there will be more viewers who take the opportunity to see the first one on the big screen again.
It is true that we still have the possibility to rent or buy the digital version of ‘Avatar’ in various services, but it was also much more convenient to be able to do it on Disney + at no additional cost. Those who will not have any problem will be those who have a physical copy the highest grossing movie of all time…
It is to be hoped that this sudden disappearance of ‘Avatar’ is a temporary decision and that it will be available again on Disney + sooner rather than later. In fact, they can even promote their arrival on the platform twice. The problem is the bad precedent thata, because who knows what the next Disney-owned movie will be that vanishes by surprise…