A wide range of Marvel Cinematic Universe properties are currently available to stream on Disney Plus. In fact, just about every major MCU movie and show is available to stream on the platform between Disney’s ownership, their acquisition of 20th Century Fox, and their licensing deal with Sony. Unfortunately, there’s one important MCU movie still missing from Disney Plus in the meantime.
With all of their deals and acquisitions in place, some of the rights issues surrounding certain films can be tricky, and that means a few titles have the tendency to bounce back and forth between streaming services. This happens to be the case with one MCU movie that fans would absolutely love to have on Disney Plus. Unfortunately, it just isn’t available – though that could change in the future.
Interestingly, it is available to stream elsewhere, thanks to the complicated rights issues behind the film. While it’s unclear when or if it could appear on Disney Plus, it does seem likely that everything will be sorted out with the mere passage of time.
This film, of course, is none other than Spider-Man: No Way Home. The 2021 Spider-Man sequel was released just prior to a deal made between Disney Plus and Sony Pictures which would make Disney Plus the home for Sony’s Spider-Man movies. Unfortunately, the deal only covers films released in 2022, which means Spider-Man: No Way Home just barely missed the cutoff by being released in December 2021.
Sony also has deals in place with Netflix which can complicate things further. As for now, the formula seems to be that a Spider-Man movie released by Sony will hit theaters, then nine months later Netflix will offer the title for streaming. The film will stay on Netflix for a total of 18 months before Disney Plus will then host the title.
Due to the time in which the deals were made, Spider-Man: No Way Home actually has a streaming home on Starz for the time being. It’s been available on the platform since January 14, 2024. If one applies the 18 month rule from their Netflix deal, however, then that would make the film available to leave on July 14, 2025. It remains to be seen if the title actually will – especially since Disney Plus hasn’t made any suggestion that they’ll be acquiring No Way Home or that Starz will be losing it – but it’s definitely something to look out for.
As such, we’ll have to see where the licensing rights behind Spider-Man: No Way Home take the film next. Fortunately, it could very well be Disney Plus once the time is right. The MCU movie will then be at home with all of the other titles tied to the franchise. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates as we have them.