Summary
- MAX has removed 31 DC projects from its catalog, including titles like
Green Lantern
and
Catwoman
. - Majority of the dropped projects are animated.
- DC movies are popping up on other streaming services, such as Netflix and Hulu.
Despite being owned by Warner Bros. Max has purged 31 WB-created DC projects from their available catalog as of April 1 as part of their content rotation strategy. Although fans of DC content have come to think of MAX as the home of the likes of Batman, Superman, and others, there are now some DC TV shows and movies that will have to be sought out elsewhere.
Green Lantern
2011 film adaptation of the DC character Hal Jordan, who is also known by his superhero persona Green Lantern.
- Release Date
- June 16, 2011
- Runtime
- 105
- Tagline
- In brightest day, in darkest night.
Fans of Marvel movies know exactly where to go when they are looking for any content based on the characters of Marvel Comics, whether they are part of the MCU, former Fox and Netflix projects, or even Sony’s disjointed Spider-Man Universe offerings. However, things just got a little trickier for fans of DC movies, as a huge collection of titles have, for now, vanished from the streaming service. Below is the complete list of titles that are no longer available on Max.
DC Movies No Longer Available On Max | Release Year |
Supergirl | 1984 |
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | 1993 |
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | 2000 |
2004 | |
Constantine | 2005 |
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo | 2006 |
Watchmen: Motion Comic | 2008 |
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | 2009 |
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | 2010 |
Batman: Under the Red Hood | 2010 |
Green Lantern | 2011 |
Justice League: Doom | 2012 |
The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1 | 2012 |
The Dark Knight Returns – Part 2 | 2013 |
Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite | 2013 |
Justice League: War | 2014 |
Batman: Assault on Arkham | 2014 |
Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World | 2015 |
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis | 2015 |
Batman vs. Robin | 2015 |
Batman: Bad Blood | 2016 |
Justice League vs. Teen Titans | 2016 |
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract | 2017 |
Batman: Ninja | 2018 |
Batman: Hush | 2019 |
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans | 2019 |
Batman: Death in the Family | 2020 |
Justice Society: World War II | 2021 |
Injustice | 2021 |
Legion of Super-Heroes | 2023 |
2023 |
MAX Has Dropped Many Animated Projects
While there are a lot of projects on the list, it is worth noting that the majority of the projects that have been purged from MAX are animated, including last year’s Scooby-Doo and Krypto Too – which was almost never released at all when Warner Bros. attempted to scrap the crossover movie as part of their cost-cutting write-offs.
In addition to these, the other movies that have been dropped from the platform are the heavily criticized Ryan Reynolds movie Green Lantern and Halle Berry’s Catwoman. However, the ever-popular Keanu Reeves movie Constantine has also joined the list of casualties, despite the ongoing talk of a sequel being in the works.
Recently, Warner Bros. Discovery has changed their business model when it comes to their most popular content. Although the DCEU movies, and many older projects such as The Dark Knight trilogy by Christopher Nolan, the original Michael Keaton Batman movies, and Christopher Reeves’ Superman collection, have remained on the platform, these movies have started popping up on other services such as Hulu, Disney+ and Netflix depending on the viewer’s location.
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Although it is unlikely that MAX will remove any of its most popular shows and movies, there will be a new wave of DC projects hitting the platform in the coming years with James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DCU ready to start pushing out its content. In the meantime, fans of the projects that have been removed can expect to see at least some of these show up on license across other streamers in the near future.
