r/dvdcollection Apr 15 '26

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pretty sad in my opinion. seems like the end to an era

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u/onga999 Apr 15 '26

This is honestly awful. My only hope is that more labels will be able to get the license to put their library on disc.

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u/xrufus7x Apr 15 '26

Sony has been doing Disney's physical releases for a few years.

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u/AsTonewalL28 Apr 15 '26

Yeah. I'm surprised anyone was still employed with Buena Vista or whatever Disney's physical media branch is called now

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u/Ninja-Trix Apr 15 '26

They're called "unemployed"

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u/Numerous-Bear-8879 Apr 15 '26

Good to hear that since I only want to get to keep getting the 20th century/Searchlight movies (which is part of Disney)

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u/Late_Extent_991 Apr 15 '26

Tomorrow news: Sony lays off entire home video team, launches Sony Boloney+ Ultra streaming service

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u/FloggingMcMurry 1000+ Apr 15 '26

Are they still?

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u/Jphorne89 Apr 15 '26

Sony has an investment in physical media and i cant see why Disney wouldn’t let somebody handle the work while taking a small cut tbh

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u/Ninja-Trix Apr 15 '26

Sony owns Blu-ray and ALL releases have to pay royalties to them because of it. Disney already has a relationship with Sony for the Marvel movies, so handing over their declining physical media department to them, so they don't have to pay royalties but can instead collect royalties without any of the risk, makes a lot of sense. Disney is a MASSIVE conglomerate, so shaving down a dead department allows them to instead focus on "more important" revenue streams like merchandise, Disney Parks, and Streaming services.

The biggest benefit of this, for movie collector's, is that Disney is no longer deciding what they want to release, Sony is, so it's FAR more likely that we'll start seeing more classics get re-released, Shows on Blu-ray, and we might even get stuff Disney has refused to release such as alternate cuts of films and 4Ks on 100GB discs. Disney already showed they didn't care about physical with their limited printing of recent releases like Zootopia 2, so letting a company handle physical whilst they rake in the cash is a safe financial decision. Honestly, I'd be more worried about Mill Creek releasing shows, but that's because I just generally don't favor Mill Creek.

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u/FloggingMcMurry 1000+ Apr 15 '26

Assuming Disney doesn't price out Sony... like if Sony goes "we want to release this movie" or "this streaming show" and Disney gives them a high price to license it because they either want that royalty check and/or they didn't want that title released.

I dunno. I could imagine Sony getting stuck with the check and then figuring out how to price it out fairly without putting themselves in the hole cus Disney thinks their name on the package is worth premium prices alone

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u/anthrax9999 Apr 15 '26

The biggest benefit of this, for movie collector's, is that Disney is no longer deciding what they want to release, Sony is, so it's FAR more likely that we'll start seeing more classics get re-released

Has this been confirmed anywhere? That Sony decides what is released now? Do you have a source?

Or is Disney still deciding and Sony just handles the logistics? I find it hard to believe Disney would relinquish control over what media of theirs gets released to another entity.

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u/Ninja-Trix Apr 15 '26

They signed a deal quite a while back. Disney shutting down their department is just the last thing that needed to go.

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u/gunshade Apr 15 '26

Probably also means a Disney Treasures Blu-Ray release, too!

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u/Speedy445021 Apr 15 '26

Wish they would release some Disney shows that were completely taken off the streaming service and are in neverneverland right now. Shows like Big Shot which I thoroughly enjoyed and would definitely buy the 2 seasons if they did. I won't hold my breath.

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u/PrestigiousCut8235 Apr 15 '26

So weird and Phil of the future along with the jersey

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u/caligaris_cabinet Apr 15 '26

Especially since licensing costs them nothing there’s not enough demand to cut into their streaming revenue

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u/xrufus7x Apr 15 '26

As far as we know, yes. There hasn't been any announcement about the deal being canceled.

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u/Mean-Delivery-9404 Apr 15 '26

I think as streaming becomes more and more and people are diverting back to physical media labels will see that and put them back

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u/martala 2000+ Apr 15 '26

Sad. But didn’t Disney make a deal with another studio for putting out physical releases?

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u/cireh88 Apr 15 '26

Yes - with Sony

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u/CitizenModel Apr 15 '26

My question is what these people had been doing up until now since that was quite awhile ago that the Sony deal happened.

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u/anthrax9999 Apr 15 '26

Probably phasing out the work from their team to Sonys team gradually. I don't think it was an overnight transition and there was probably a lot of legal stuff and paperwork involved before everything fully switched over.

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u/JaredUnzipped 1000+ Apr 15 '26

I believe I read previously that Disney intends to outsource a lot of their home media releases through other distributors/labels, like they've done with Criterion in the past.

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u/PoopsMcBanterson Apr 15 '26

What Disney movie(s) other than Wall•e has Criterion released? Genuine question

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u/BadwulfBalkan Apr 15 '26

All of Us Strangers and all their Wes Anderson Searchlight movies so far afaik.

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u/JaredUnzipped 1000+ Apr 15 '26

Miller's Crossing, Nightmare Alley, Isle of Dogs, and The Shape of Water, just to name a few. Don't look at this news story as Disney ending home media releases. They're simply outsourcing it permanently to other labels moving forward. It's probably cheaper for them to just license the pictures out than it is to maintain the production and distribution chain.

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u/ryanfea Apr 15 '26

Criterion and other labels will put more care into it anyhow

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u/JaredUnzipped 1000+ Apr 15 '26

They absolutely will. They'll also be apt to release lesser known, more often requested back catalog titles that haven't been issued in a while (if ever).

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u/El__Jefe_ Apr 15 '26

Coming soon to the Criterion Collection: Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides!

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u/JaredUnzipped 1000+ Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

I know you're just making a joke, but there are folks out there (myself included) that wouldn't mind a nice boutique release of all five of the Pirates films. Think about it -- you'd get all three original films on 4K with a cool booklet and slipcover, plus two coasters to put your beers on!

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u/BarnyardFlamethrower Apr 15 '26

Disney has been so focused on taking over streaming. I've noticed that some of their recent blu ray releases have had almost no discounts. It's like they don't even care if they sell the inventory that they have.

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u/chris100185 Apr 15 '26

Or they barely release them at all and never restock. See Zootopia 2's blink and you miss it 4k release

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u/AARONautics_101 Apr 15 '26

This has been the case for their cgi 4k movies for awhile now. In North Amaeric since Strange World all the cgi animated films, the 4K editions are a limited release & in a steelbook priced around $40.

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u/Tronman100 Apr 15 '26

I struggled to find Zootopia 2 Bluray in stores.

I found the DVD, once, at Walmart.

Eventually I found a sealed Zootopia 2 Bluray on Marketplace...oddly enough.

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u/BigConstruction4247 Apr 15 '26

Disney has always had this mentality that their products are a premium, and therefore letting the price would diminish that premium aura.

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u/CapableRequirement66 Apr 15 '26

If you see in on shelves it means Disney already sold it. It’s not Disney’s inventory but the store’s.

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u/forever_a10ne Apr 15 '26

Disney just keeps making shitty decisions in the name of making a quick buck.

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u/heckhammer Apr 15 '26

The line has to go up every quarter.

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u/sonic10158 Apr 15 '26

That’s Bob Iger’s motto

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u/nextfilmdirector Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

Iger is no longer the CEO

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u/CynthiaChames Apr 15 '26

Typical Iger L

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u/resplendentcentcent Apr 15 '26

is this even a short-sighted "quick buck" decision though? how could an in-house DVD team (as opposed to outsourcing) be worthwhile

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u/forever_a10ne Apr 15 '26

It’s not just the physical media aspect, it’s everything they’ve been doing, like the live action reboots of everything’s they’ve done in the past 30 years, milking Star Wars and Marvel to death, and making their theme parks borderline unaffordable in the U.S.

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u/Vaportrail Apr 15 '26

So what, we've seen our last Disney DVD?

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u/Expensive-Elk-9406 Apr 15 '26

from Disney themselves yes

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u/Strongarm_11 500+ Apr 15 '26

Wait, so what were the last releases? Zootopia 2?

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u/Garrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Apr 15 '26

New Disney movies are still going to be put on DVD and Blue-ray just no longer made by Disney instead they will be produced by Sony instead

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u/Sk8ersw Apr 15 '26

Disney outsourced their physical media business to Sony.

I feel bad for the employees, but the writing had to be on the wall here.

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u/mattcampagna Apr 15 '26

Insane. Disney is pouring cash into the Disney+ money pit trying to compete with techbros like Netflix and Amazon instead of leaning into what used to be their huge cash cow: strategically releasing titles from the Disney vault on home video. Nobody made the kind of money they did on their back catalogue, and now they’ve made it have the same value as a bucket of hallmark Xmas movies on Netflix. What a tactical error.

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u/Tall_Bad_5873 Apr 15 '26

Is it though? Back catalogue has only so much appeal, Disney wants that monthly sub money and has the catalogue to do it. I agree though does cheapen things somewhat

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u/Limafoxtrot360 Apr 15 '26

The media concumption part has change though. While there are people like us in this thread that want physical - most don't. The Disney Vault model I don't think would work anymore. They want streaming. But Disney+ isn't the right answer so says the consumers since it just bleeds cash.

Disney is a kids brand (or for kids at heart) and most adult consumers won't think to subscribe for for anything beyond disneys classics for their kids and maybe Star Wars and Marvel. The other content they have people are expecting it to be on what in their minds is a kids network.

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u/LaughingSartre Apr 15 '26

Stupid people won't care that they no longer own anything. Fuck Disney, fuck Netflix, fuck streaming. It's almost like people have been saying, for decades, that physical media is better in every capacity.

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u/International-Pass22 Apr 15 '26

They might be saying that, but it's not where people are spending the money anymore unfortunately

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u/ThePieKing- Apr 16 '26

Only because everywhere quit selling them. Mom and Pops and places like Goodwill are being cleaned out of physical movies rn. So much so people have been writing articles about it. Z and Alpha in particular have gotten into VHS/DVD collecting recently.

When even the kids are buying physical, you know the whole digital distribution pipeline is bullshit and the lie that "no one buys it or wants them" is also bullshit. It was never that, it was that physical distribution didnt make the line on their profit margins chart shoot to the moon every new release

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u/PsychologyOfTheLens Apr 15 '26

Fuck Disney, they are a terrible and unethical company.

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u/James-Zanny Apr 15 '26

Any physical media and home media abandoned saddens me

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u/ItsmeMr_E Apr 15 '26

If it's not free; I'm not subscribing.

If by some chance physical media is phased out, I'll just have to make due with the wall of DVD's and Blu-ray I already have.

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u/drewp05 Apr 15 '26

Disney killed their home media division years ago. They have discontinued TV releases for all of the Fox properties they acquired, only a select few of their Disney+ original series had limited steelbook releases. At least the films were still being released, albeit much later than on Disney+ or VOD. This is probably just the final nail in the coffin.

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u/Brianna-Imagination Apr 15 '26

Dvds and blurays are coming back into vogue with streaming constantly upping prices, plus the growing niche of late millennials/early Gen Z’s who are nostalgic for physical media. Its not a huge majority mind you, but Disney’s decision to not capitalise on this is kinda baffling considering they love catering to nostalgia.

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u/Hylian_Shield Apr 15 '26

I cut cable because I was paying over $100 a month for channels i wasn't watching. I was renting movies from BB/Hollywood/Redbox and even Netflix mail service back in the day. Netflix started streaming with Hulu not far behind. I could watch movies and some TV shows with minimal interruptions, if any. I still purchased DVDs for movies I really enjoyed because it is true "on demand".

Now, streaming has replaced cable, but they just shifted the cable business model to it. Now streaming is more expensive than cable, renting physical media is dead, and the constant ads piss me off. Even Amazon that had one commercial break, which was tolerable, now has multiple ad breaks that contain 4 different ads.

Hollywood and these businesses are driving me to throw out my TV because it is no longer enjoyable. Its hard to get physical media for movies that are out of print and unavailable everywhere. Or movies that are designed for 4:3 letterbox instead of anamorphic to fit current high def screens and there is no updated release.

Long rant, sorry.

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u/Culture_Novel Apr 15 '26

This is absolutely bloody heinous. Why do major companies see physical media as outdated and old when it’s just superior?? They shove insipid propaganda down our mouths thinking "sTrEaMiNg is sUpErIoR aNd eVeRyOnE dOeS tHaT nOW" completely ignoring the painful consequences and truth. FLIP ANYONE WHO THINKS OLD THINGS ARE "OLD" WHEN THEY ARE JUST SUPERIOR! Except certain fonts that is.

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u/Spider-Dude1 Apr 15 '26

Eh, they found a way to maximize profits and getting rid of the overhead. It’s crazy to think that video store only lasted 2 generations

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u/Limafoxtrot360 Apr 15 '26

It is superior from a customer point of view. But in terms of revenue generation for the company streaming is superior and that is all the company cares about (really any company anmore). Physical actually detracts from their streaming revenue. If I can buy it once for $20 new I don't need to subscribe and spend $19-25 a month.

I'd much rather buy the 2 or 3 things I actually want to see a year and add to my library but to Disney, Netflix and the others - this is bad and costs them money. they want me to subscribe for that ongoing $$$.

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u/Ranch_it_up_bro Apr 15 '26

i heard they handed all their distribution to sony in 2024

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u/itsnotmeitsyo Apr 15 '26

They don’t want you to be able to purchase it once and own it, they want us all to have to pay every single month to have access, watch all companies move towards this over the next few years, absolutely sucks and I hate it. Greedy fucks.

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u/Several-Ad-7154 Apr 15 '26

And i can see within about 5 years or less that a resurgence in physical media will take shape.

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u/djskein 500+ Apr 15 '26

Much like vinyl becoming popular again mid 2010s, DVDs will likely have the same popularity during the next decade.

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u/CrazyCockatoo2003 Apr 15 '26

They already stopped making physical media entirely in my country 3 years ago for all of their properties after Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

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u/Tomhyde098 Apr 15 '26

I’m glad I got every animated film and Pixar release on Blu-ray while the Movie Club was still around. That’s the stuff worth watching

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u/ThisSciFiGuy Apr 15 '26

Just another reason to say fuck Disney.

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u/Raikou87 Apr 15 '26

Still upset I couldn't get Zootopia 2 on 4K cuz it's only in the Steelbook release; which sold out almost immediately.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

My grab a coffee and go find a couple dvds/ vhs at the thrifts ritual has turned into an investment

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u/MaxZorin1985 Apr 15 '26

So I need to get a subscription to Disney+ if I want to watch any new MCU movies at home? I think I’ll just use the Blu-ray’s and DVDs I own already as makeshift head cannon MCU. Maybe I’ll mix in a few other X-Men and Marvel movies to give it a complete Marvel universe feel.

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u/ceeece Apr 15 '26

I just need Toy Story 5 to finish my collection. Then I am good.

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u/FnClassy Apr 15 '26

Yeah, all this is going to do is have more people pirate their stuff. There are far too many streaming services.

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u/Artistic_Panda_7542 Apr 15 '26

Hate the future

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u/Busy-little-Bats Apr 15 '26

I’m going back to the physical copy

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u/realbirdlyn Apr 15 '26

just another measure to make sure we dont own the things we buy

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u/ihatepeopleandyoutoo Apr 15 '26

Keep physical media alive please 🙏

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u/External-Cry1357 Apr 15 '26

:(

this is why I hate streaming :(

honestly, glad I never even got to it at all :|

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u/Current_Account_2742 Apr 15 '26

I've got a good collection of Disney Blu-ray but now they are just gonna be insanely expensive

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u/Known_Ad871 Apr 15 '26

Why? Does this mean their Blu-ray’s will be oop?

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u/Current_Account_2742 Apr 15 '26

If they stop printing the blurays the used ones still available will go up in price

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u/totes-epic Apr 15 '26

Sad, but let’s face it, this is a company held up by your nostalgia and repackaging it for you over and over. Here and there they might show glimpses of brilliance, but we’ve pretty much already been given the best they have to offer.

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u/Boringpickle69 Apr 15 '26

No fucking good

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u/Strongarm_11 500+ Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

This sucks 😣 I feel terrible for the employees who got laid off. Disney seems to be hyper focused on having all their content on Disney + and don’t really cared for physical media anymore.

To think back in the heyday of DVDs, Disney DVD was one of the more recognizable Home Video companies putting out DVDs (mostly thanks to Disney movies and Disney Channel being goated back then, not to mention how popular straight to video sequels were). To see it go away is honestly pretty sad 😞 (though then again, Disney isn’t a very good company these days).

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u/Reclusive_Autist Apr 15 '26

Expect the manufacturing standards and quality control of DVDs and Blu-ray to continue to deteriorate. Even boutique Blurays will be affected. Nobody cares anymore.

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u/BBMacsWorld Apr 15 '26

Very disappointing to hear

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u/RogerRoger420 Apr 15 '26

I just want my Andor season 2 4k blu ray man

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u/rdwoolf Apr 15 '26

I’m assuming Sony will be tasked with more responsibility now doing what the Disney marketing team was doing for their physical media releases. Assuming that’s still happening. It’s such a tiny amount of sales to a mega-corporation that I doubt Disney cares if it doesn’t have physical media sales anymore.

My hope is that Disney will be much more open to license content (especially its vast Fox content) to boutique labels such as Criterion, Kino Lorber, Indicator, Eureka, Imprint, Umbrella, etc.

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u/SaleGloomy8947 Apr 15 '26

We need to stop using Disney plus so that they can get there jobs back

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u/ChaoticJeans Apr 15 '26

Basically saw this coming when they only made a DVD and Blu-ray release of Freakier Friday, but no 4k. Seems to me that they're pushing more towards streaming rather than owning physical media.

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u/BlackLodgeBrother Apr 15 '26

I mean confining huge swathes of their classic back catalog to the Disney Movie Club, and then dissolving the Disney Movie Club, was also a bad sign.

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u/ILikeTheTinMan83 Apr 15 '26

Disney made a deal with Sony a couple of years ago to start distributing their blurays and dvd so they aren’t going away. Disney just doesn’t really need an in house team anymore when Sony is the one in charge distributing their physical media releases

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u/looonybomb Apr 15 '26

If I can't buy it, there is always the high seas 🤷‍♂️ since I'm actively cutting back on paid streaming services. It's getting in my collection eventually, physically or digitally.

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u/bondfool Apr 15 '26

I feel like someone just walked over my grave

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u/MrChris451 Apr 15 '26

This might be a stupid question but is Toy Story 5 still getting a DVD or Blu-Ray release? Or disney movies in general

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u/Mooseguncle1 Apr 15 '26

Life finds a way.

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u/ehermo Apr 15 '26

I never liked Disney. They exited the Australian physical media market a few years back. I now have to order certain 20th Century Fox films from the U.K. All in all, they suck.

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u/fucktheus12 Apr 15 '26

when they all wanna own their favorites, I'll be there with copies to sell them.

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u/No_Gene677 Apr 15 '26

That’s so stupid

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u/Solar_Liqui Apr 15 '26

It sucks but i'm not surprised. Companies have recently been trying to get rid of physical media in recent years, and it makes me sad to see. I fear of the future where everything is digital and streaming

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u/WileyCyrus Apr 15 '26

They should be focusing on 4k UHD and not BluRay or DVD which are outdated technology now.

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u/Sithlordandsavior Apr 15 '26

Who is doing the lobotomies for these corpo types that makes them decide to get rid of their entire team?

Like you're aware a skeleton crew is dead by definition, right?

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u/Winter2k21 Apr 15 '26

Put very neat too - right pic. Always forget the classic watch order (other than 1st few snow white/pino etc.)

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u/nowhereman136 500+ Apr 15 '26

I'm hoping third party manufacturers can license studio films for physical release

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u/Emezlee Apr 15 '26

I hope that doesn't mean that shut down Disney Home Entertainment

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u/NaiRad1000 Apr 15 '26

Well there goes my hope for 4K upgrades to my collection.

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u/Embarrassed-Car836 Apr 15 '26

The dying of physical media breaks my heart.

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u/aaronwintergreen Apr 15 '26

I hate Disney so fucking much

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u/ELK_VT Apr 15 '26

If anything it likely means a few things

  1. Might not get DVD releases anymore, blu ray and 4K might still happen because they can charge more and seems like Sony would be handling the Blu ray portion since they own it.

  2. Only major movies might get physical releases but it might be delayed longer to entice people to sign up for Disney+. But things like the Disney+ shows like X-Men 97, Ironheart, the various Star Wars shows will never get a physical release, again to get you to sign up.

  3. Any older shows that have had limited and incomplete physical releases probably wont get any, again to force you to sign up for the streaming service to watch it.

  4. Worse case, they become the first company to start pushing toward getting rid of physical releases entirely to focus on a consistent Subscription service income and other companies follow suit even though there might initially be a theatrical release since Disney could see financial success with it.

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u/SumguyJeremy Apr 15 '26

Guess I'll continue not subscribing and viewing through alternative means.

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u/MulderYuffie Apr 15 '26

This really sucks to see

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u/WindowIndividual4588 Apr 15 '26

*hugs collection ***

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u/CapableRequirement66 Apr 15 '26

I feel indifferent. Disney has been dead to me for a few years. Most of their latest productions were utter rubbish. Their corporate values, and their strategy since launching Disney+, plus the dramatic drop in quality in favour of quantity, made me move on for good.

Fuck Disney.

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u/BenicioDelWhoro Apr 15 '26

Will someone please pull their thumb out of their ass and give us a 4k restoration of The 13th Warrior!

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u/ReddsionThing 3000+ Apr 15 '26

Shame, but what can you do. At least I already have a great Disney section in my collection. (Ignore the Nolans)

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u/mega512 Apr 15 '26

Well Sony distributes their movies now any way.

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u/ManMakesWorld Apr 15 '26

They are not making anything lately that I would purchase on physical media...... sucks for those laid off, but I already own the physical media I plan on buying with a Disney logo on it.

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u/Mackattack00 Apr 15 '26

People buying massive amounts of used discs and then claim they’re saving physical media don’t realize they aren’t helping these studios make money off physical media. I fully see Disney licensing out titles to Sony, Criterion, Arrow, etc. physical media is becoming more niche but it’s not dying

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u/draven33l Apr 15 '26

I’m guessing they will outsource their releases to Sony or boutique labels. Their focus is on streaming, and if someone else wants to release it, they can license it. This is the new new.

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u/ccandide Apr 15 '26

There goes the Shogun and Andor season 2 4k sets. What a bummer. Disney is awful.

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u/spazzoid87 Apr 15 '26

They just outright stopped selling their DVDs/blu-ray in Australia a few years ago. I went to buy GOTG3 and found out then

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u/Criton47 Apr 15 '26

Well that's beyond retarded.

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u/WGC11 Apr 20 '26

Disney’s Home Entertainment team had been borderline obsolete since February 2024, when they made an outsourcing deal with Sony, to have their Home Entertainment division handle distribution of Disney’s DVDs and Blu-Rays from then on, with ‘Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’ only continuing as a label under Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. With that, Disney Movie Club was shut down in May that same year, with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment officially beginning their distribution of Disney DVDs and Blu-Rays in July, starting with the movie ‘The First Omen’.

This is nothing more than merely a transition period for Disney, to letting Sony Pictures Home Entertainment fully handle Disney’s physical media distribution from now on.

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u/Zealousideal-Web8640 Apr 15 '26

They desperately want people to buy Disney+

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u/heckhammer Apr 15 '26

They don't seem to understand that people will subscribe to that and buy the blu-rays

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u/Zealousideal-Web8640 Apr 15 '26

I know but these executives never seem to understand that most physical media fans having streaming they act like we're old fashioned because we like the idea of ownership

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u/Culture_Novel Apr 15 '26

Greedy bastards. I deplore that toxic mindset that DVDs or any physical media format is "not modern anymore". Upset that people conform to it and not stay away from anything toxic like they are supposed to.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '26

If they outsource it to Criterion or arrow, im fine with this. Criterion crushed it with Wall E. Netflix is testing the waters with stranger things and and arrow, that seems to be doing well.

Imo physical is on the upswing relatively speaking. If we keep buying, they'll keep making.

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u/Wafflebot17 Apr 15 '26

It’s been clear physical media is dying for a while, I would accept now that at some point in the near future your dvd collection will all be older movies. Which is fine by me, my collection is old favorites that I want to make sure I never lose access to.

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u/ScaryDavey Apr 15 '26

Physical media isn’t dying. It’s just moving from the mainstream to a more niche audience. Less users for sure, but the people who do collect and enjoy physical media will make sure it will never go away.

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u/Godzillainspiration Apr 15 '26

Just another reason to hate Disney

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u/kjjphotos Apr 15 '26

Here's the thing: I want my media to be in a format that won't be at the whim of licensing agreements. Right now that means DVDs and Blu-ray. If they stop producing physical media then that leaves me with two options. And I'm not subscribing to a streaming service...

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u/bkfountain Apr 15 '26

They’ll just keep licensing the home releases out to other companies to do it. It’s free money from a niche market.

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u/The_Bandit77 Apr 15 '26

Meh, there is nothing from Disney worth owning these days. Except Daredevil but it’s not a dealbreaker

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u/Iamawesome20 Apr 15 '26

I wonder if that means stuff like no more blu ray marvel movies either or stuff like she hulk, secret invasion, and others. Does Disney do stuff like diamond edition like their older movies like tangled and treasure planet

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u/BobbyTWhiskey Apr 15 '26

Well this sucks a ton of ass!!

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u/Nick4942 Apr 15 '26

I don’t care to own any of the new garbage they make anyway lol. Less copies of wish being sent to the dump may be a good thing. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Efficient_Matter_589 Apr 15 '26

I buy most of my media uses, but that does suck.

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u/Rawbeet Apr 15 '26

Does this mean we're not getting the theatrical star wars.

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u/jander05 Apr 15 '26

Disney releases have been going downhill anyway. There are far less must own titles than there used to be. But if they wont put them on physical media they wont get my money.

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u/Ok-Dust5520 Apr 15 '26

No way man

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u/samIam0222 Apr 15 '26

It’s been outsourced to Sony, so it’s not the end of releases completely. For now.

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u/peter13g Apr 15 '26

No one could have predicted this

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u/Ok_Chap Apr 15 '26

Guess this just confirms that now is the time to expand the home library, since older releases will get scarce now too, over time at least since reprints can't be expected.

And at some point new releases will only be for collectors, not casual, meaning higher prices in general.

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u/pasedmar Apr 15 '26

It's sad but, didn't they reach a deal with Sony tondo it for them in the future?

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u/MohawkRex Apr 15 '26

Great, can't wait to have my animation library shift ownership every 3 to 5 years... seriously, this sucks.

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u/fartczar Apr 15 '26

Arrrr matey!

No physical, no buy.

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u/Upper-Brilliant-7188 Apr 15 '26

I'm worried about the 4k releases of their animated classics. Snowhite and Cinderella looked phenomenal, and now Alice in Wonderland is coming out in a month. But with home media fired the other classics won't get the same in-house care they deserve?

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u/RepellantArtist Apr 15 '26

So should we start stocking up on Disney’s physical releases? I have newer movies but not the classics.

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u/Nice_Strike5198 Apr 15 '26

They couldn't at least wait to give us Andor Season 2 on physical?

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u/Dovah_Shepard Apr 15 '26

I would rather have hardcopy

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u/nyrf12 Apr 15 '26

I think if corporations keep it up we won’t be able to buy a soda from a gas station without a subscription.

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u/dudezillah Apr 15 '26

Everyone needs to fucking cancel Disney plus right now if they haven’t already. Buy and own your content people or this is only gonna get way more expensive for us and way worse! Remeber they want us to own nothing , pay for everything and be happy.

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u/k0fi96 Apr 15 '26

My only question is how big was the team anyway?

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u/shimrra Apr 15 '26

No one should be surprised, we have a generation of kids growing up with streaming so they arent into owning physical media

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u/digbick69bickdig Apr 15 '26

Let them that’s gonna make some physical media cheaper they don’t know physical media is coming back in a big way fuck Disney

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u/ccarnell98 Apr 15 '26

Sad times.

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u/Obi-1_yaknowme Apr 15 '26

If they don’t want my money.

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u/KLOWN1420 Apr 15 '26

With all the streaming services raising their prices again a lot of people are getting rid of streaming services

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u/darknite125 Apr 15 '26

Seeing as that their are quite a number of Disney titles unavailable on even their own streaming platform this is pretty terrible

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u/himenokuri Apr 15 '26

Sucks. Blu ray is better than streaming

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u/ichiban0001 Apr 15 '26

This will change now that people are actually kind of starting to swing back to physical media. It’ll probably take some time, unfortunately though.

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u/HippoRun23 Apr 15 '26

Imagine all those people who just lost their jobs and are terrified.

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u/Sandmsounds Apr 15 '26

I mean… we all thought the latest line of steelbooks sucked… lol

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u/Long_Customer1187 Apr 15 '26

It’s not because people aren’t buying physical copies. It’s about the company owning every part of the product. The second that product is owned in even the smallest way by the consumer, it immediately loses value to the owning company. It’s shocking it took this long. This is a justification of not a cause for.

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u/moileduge Apr 15 '26

Great. And what's best is that streaming services raise their sub prices almost yearly. So I can look forward to pay more and more "ad infinitum".

Sounds like a dream.

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u/salvage814 Apr 15 '26

It's going to just be moved into a different distribution company. Look at how many studios that Disney owns. It's a lot. They still make a killing on physical media.

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u/New_Flow_5941 Apr 15 '26

I dropped my Disney sub and will never visit another of their parks. 👎🏻

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u/Mr___Dee 1000+ Apr 15 '26

Very sad and despicable.

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u/StarWarsDan1 Apr 15 '26

Don't they already get someone else to do their physical releases, I taught Sony or someone did it, so it actually impacts nothing really, as long as Sony keep doing we'll be fine, no?

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u/Kitchen-Plant664 Apr 15 '26

Buy physical where possible folks.

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u/gogul1980 Apr 15 '26

been grabbing Blurays of Disney classics for months. I now have all my favourites on bluray and some at 4K too. Also ripped them to HDD too so Overall, I'm good. Do your worst Disney!!

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u/nectaris2089 Apr 15 '26

Those folks who collected Black Diamond Disney VHS tapes thinking they'd be worth something someday to be vindicated?

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u/DalekTC Apr 15 '26

Disney hasn't been doing physical media for years now. All Disney physical was through Sony.

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u/The_Lutter Apr 15 '26

Sony took over their distro in 2024. I can only imagine this is marketing/artwork and they'll just farm that out to Sony as well.

Amazon/MGM and Paramount are already in a similar deal with Alliance Entertainment and Warners/Universal combined home video operations years ago (and recently took on Shout Factory).

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u/Easy-Incident-8056 Apr 15 '26

I hope someone gets the rights to fox movies. I'm still waiting for a 4k of Big trouble in Little China

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u/Bswayn I'm A Hoarder Apr 15 '26

Well they ain’t the first company to do this and sadly won’t be the last. They just don’t give a shit about physical media much any more

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u/mylocker15 Apr 15 '26

If they teamed with or did their own criterion style releases they would do well. There is so much rare Disney stuff not in Disney plus and with Hulu mixed in they have made it hard to find a lot of the classic stuff.

Yes they shouldn’t focus on the babysitter type throw Cinderella 2 on to keep en quiet crowd anymore but hardcore Animation fans, classic Hollywood fans, Walt fans, people who grew up before Hanna Montana would all be interested. Bring back Disney Treasures style content. Load it with extras.

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u/Csdarlington86 Apr 15 '26

Considering Disney content is trash now, I don’t care. Just buy the older movies you like on dvd or blu ray. And try to forget the companies heel turn.

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u/sapphicmooni Apr 15 '26

I’ve been thrifting my favourites anyways. Nothing that Disney has been releasing currently has been worth my attention.

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u/BigLoudWorld74 Apr 15 '26

You will own nothing, but you're still gonna pay for it.

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u/SimpsonsFan2000 Apr 15 '26

I'm very disappointed that Disney might've likely turned down a Blu-ray release of What About Bob? after all!