The original productions of Netflix They have become the great bastion of their catalog and surely many thought that they would continue there forever. The disappearance of his Marvel series such as ‘Daredevil’ or ‘Jessica Jones’ made it clear that this was not necessarily the case and now one of his first great original series is also leaving the platformthus sowing doubt about what will happen to other exclusive productions of his.
The departure date is no coincidence
The series in question is ‘Hemlock Grove’ and it was released in April 2013, right in between the releases of ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Orange is the New Black’. However, it did not enjoy the same success and ended in 2015 after the premiere of three seasons. Now October 22, 2022 will be the last day it is available on Netflix, a date that does not seem to be a coincidence.
Keep in mind that the third season of ‘Hemlock Grove’ premiered on October 23, 2015, so his departure will take place just seven years after the premiere of its denouement. A period no doubt established in Netflix’s agreement with Gaumont International Televisionproducer of the series.
And it is that not all Netflix originals are the same, there are some that are made by production companies outside the platform that sell the rights exclusively to Netflix for a limited time. Over time, Netflix already owns the rights in perpetuity to most of the series and movies it releases, but that was not the case at the beginning.
Other possible affected
For this reason, series like ‘House of Cards’, produced by MRC and distributed by Sonyor ‘Orange is the New Black’, produced and distributed by Lionsgate, they could suffer the same fate in time. It is clear that Netflix is more interested in renewing the rights of these two series, but also that it would surely be much more expensive.
Of course, each case may be different, but a good clue that something like this could happen is to look for any kind of edition in physical format of the series in question. Both ‘Hemlock Grove’ and ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Orange is the New Black’ there is, the same thing happening with several Marvel. The same happens with some more recent ones such as ‘Narcos’, also by Gaumont, ‘Marco Polo’, by The Weinstein Company, or ‘The Kominsky Method’, by Warner, but of course, each case is a world apart. And beware, there is nothing edited from ‘Lupin’ but it is also by Gaumont, although it is to be expected that Netflix will buy the rights in perpetuity.
What is clear is that the ‘Hemlock Grove’ march ends up opening the door for more Netflix original series to leave the platform and end up on another streaming service…