On July 15, Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, was finally launched. While the service and app were a disappointing experience, it had thousands of hours of programming available to watch from day one. However, we also noticed that many big name movies quickly dropped out of the service.
We went through the long list of movies available and were surprised to find expiration dates on many of them, especially many of the highest-profile movies available at launch. Movies leaving the service within its first month include the Jurassic Park and Matrix franchises, as well as the only Shrek and Fast and Furious movies that appear to be available, though both productions from NBCUniversal. You can take a look at everything we found that will disappear soon below.
July 15
July 16th
July 26
July 29
- Pirates who do nothing wrong
- Our story
July 31st
- Blair’s Witch Project
- Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows
- Boy man
- Driving angry
- Fragility
- Joe
- Jonah Hex
- Jurassic Park
- Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World
- Jurassic Park 3
- Matrix
- The recharged matrix
- Matrix revolutions
- The Mummy
- The Mummy Returns
- Paternity
- Shrek
- Appear
August 10
August 14
It’s especially odd to see Evan Almighty, the sequel to Bruce Almighty, expire in Peacock on launch day. While the service launched in April, it is unexpected to see a Universal Pictures movie expire on the day the universal streaming service is available for public consumption.
Also, much of Peacock’s appeal as a service is Universal franchises like Jurassic Park and Fast & Furious movies. Unfortunately, those won’t be a great draw once July ends. While those movies could eventually go back to Peacock, or maybe more movies could be added from those respective franchises, it’s unknown when that might happen.
Peacock is now available in three price levels. You can view library content with advertising for free. For $ 5 a month, you’ll get the library with advertising on top of the original schedule. For $ 10 each month, you’ll get the library and original programming without commercials. At launch, it’s available to be viewed on multiple devices, but won’t be found on some major ones.
