Wing Commander Retires From Netflix & Amazon Prime Free Streaming (August 7, 2016)

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It seems like just yesterday that the Wing Commander Movie arrived on Netflix and Amazon Prime's free video catalogs in the US and Canada, but the film has been removed from both services after its one year contract expired. The delisting comes as no shock, since many titles regularly come and go from streaming providers, and we've started to see Wing Commander disappear from some of the European providers that got it first.

While it's disappointing to see it come to an end now, it was certainly a very productive run. The movie made the "popular on Netflix" trending circuit for some time, got lots of positive press on social media and spawned numerous fun viewing parties. Fans continue to have access to the film on a wide variety of platforms with digital prices around $6.99 and the Blu-ray hovering at $12 or less. Amazon is also offering a new promotion where WC is included in a subscription to STARZ.


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And on the bright side, this marks the end of Fox's distribution rights. As scheduled, Chris Roberts has regained the rights in English speaking territories after 17 years. Although he's still super engrossed in Star Citizen for now, Chris has mentioned before that he'd love to return and recut the film for a modern audience!






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Original update published on August 7, 2016
 
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Now if CR could just get those video game rights back. ; )
I am interested to see if he will attempt a new Wing Commander movie after he is comfortable with leaving Star Citizen for a while. Should be a long time from now though.
 
So if they've lost the distribution rights, does that mean it suddenly won't be available for streaming (like on Vudu, FandangoNOW, Amazon Prime, etc.)?
 
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