Disney Plus subscribers furious as more than 50 titles pulled from platforms including Willow and Big Shot

Disney Plus users have voiced outrage after learning that many titles may be deleted from the platform as part of cost-cutting efforts.

The corporation plans to withdraw programming from both Disney Plus and the American subscription site in the coming days, affecting many recently-released shows such as Willow and Big Shot.

Christine McCarthy, the chief financial officer of The Walt Disney Company, told investors that the company was ‘in the process of reviewing the content on our DTC [direct to consumer] services to align with the strategic changes in our approach to content curation’.

She continued: ‘As a result, we will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms.’

A Disney representative confirmed to Variety that at least four dozen titles were being dropped from Disney Plus, with the total list obtained by the publication totalling 56 releases.

In addition to the aforementioned titles, the site is also removing the dystopian TV series Y: The Last Man, Kat Dennings’ Dollface, and the 2022 version of Cheaper By The Dozen, starring Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union.

One person who was upset by the news pointed out how recently Big Shot was released, since it launched in 2021 before its second season was released last year.

‘Isn’t that big shot show nearly brand new?!’ they tweeted.

‘If I was a creative working in Hollywood I would never create something for streaming. At a moments notice, all your work can just disappear.’

‘Noooo not Willow. I actually like that show!’ someone else wrote, while another remarked: ‘They should keep The World According to Jeff Goldblum. That’s actually really good to watch.’

Someone else mentioned that it doesn’t matter if the titles affected by the cull are of high quality or not.

‘Anyone debating the quality of these shows (and Willow is great, idc) is entirely missing the point. All of these are pieces of art which both creators and fans have serious personal investment in, not corporate products to be tossed aside depending on how much money they make,’ they stated.

Here is a list of titles affected.