DC Comics Movies Will Leave HBO Max On A Regular Basis (Before Eventually Returning)
By Ethan Anderton/June 10, 2020 11:00 am EST
Fans became concerned about HBO Max losing a bunch of live-action DC Comics movies recently when it was noticed that nearly a dozen movies were leaving the service on July 1, as shown clearly through HBO Max itself. Here are the movies that will no longer be available to stream through HBO Max next month:
HBO Max released a statement to ComicBook.com, who inquired about the availability of these movies in the streaming library in the future. A spokesperson for HBO Max said:
The most likely reason for this is pre-existing deals with other services that must be honored, even as WarnerMedia has its own streaming home now. And maybe Warners’ own DC Universe streaming service has something to do with it – if they rotate the movies between their streaming services, they give subscribers a reason to stick with both services instead of canceling one or the other. We do not know for sure, as HBO Max has not supplied additional details.
“We have a collection of DC films that will rotate on the platform. We have a new batch coming in July and then another batch coming in August.”
Besides the live-action DC Comics movies, there’s also a small collection of animated DC Comics movies on HBO Max, such as Batman: The Killing Joke and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, but those don’t appear to be going anywhere. The library of animated movies isn’t nearly as big as the one available at DC Universe, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some of those movies start rotating as well.
The good news is that HBO Max still has Aquaman, Shazam!, Joker, Green Lantern, and the old Supergirl movie still available to stream. However, all of those except Supergirl are available through HBO, so whenever those movies leave the cable network, it’s possible that they won’t be available on HBO Max anymore either.
