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Disney Puts Percy Jackson and Ice Age on Netflix
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Disney will license select movies and shows, including Percy Jackson and Ice Age, to Netflix worldwide from October 4.
Disney opens its vault to its biggest rival
Mediasat reports that Disney Entertainment has struck a deal under which Netflix will pay to stream a selection of Disney movies and TV shows, with Variety first breaking the news. The first titles — two seasons of *Percy Jackson and the Olympians* and all five *Ice Age* films — went live worldwide on October 4, 2026. According to Mediasat, the arrangement is framed as licensing rather than any merger of the platforms: everything currently on Disney+ and Hulu, including *Ice Age* and *Percy Jackson*, will stay on Disney's own services.
A striking reversal in the streaming wars
What makes the deal notable is how directly it contradicts the usual streaming-war playbook. Mediasat notes that Disney and Netflix compete for subscribers, yet Disney sees Netflix's audience of more than 325 million as a way to both monetize and promote its own titles. According to Mediasat, citing Variety, the deal will bring Disney millions of dollars in extra revenue. Some titles are only on loan, timed to build buzz for upcoming premieres — a marketing weapon pointed through a rival's app rather than around it.
The evidence: three-month windows and dated slates
The loan structure is explicit in the schedule Mediasat lays out. *Percy Jackson* stays on Netflix for three months, with Season 3 arriving on Disney+ on November 20, and the *Ice Age* films (2002–2016) get the same window ahead of the theatrical *Ice Age: Boiling Point* on February 5, 2027. Beyond that, Mediasat reports Netflix picks up Seasons 1–4 of *Will Trent* globally on November 3, two seasons of *Shifting Gears* on December 1 in the US, and Seasons 1–3 of *Tracker* outside the US on February 26, 2027, plus *Soul*, *Elio* and *Raya and the Last Dragon* from early 2027 and older series like *Felicity* from October 7.
Nostalgia on both sides of the deal
The licensing push fits a broader nostalgia play at Netflix this month. Separately, Yahoo Creators reports that Alison Arngrim — Nellie Oleson for seven seasons of the original *Little House on the Prairie* — makes a cameo as a sinister campfire drifter in Episode 2 of Netflix's new *Little House on the Prairie* reboot, now streaming, and tells the outlet she suspects the scene nods to the real Bloody Benders serial-killer family of 1870s Kansas. According to Yahoo Creators, Arngrim thinks original creator Michael Landon would have loved the new cast, and Nellie herself (Willa Dunn) arrives in the already-renewed Season 2. Mediasat adds that Disney-branded titles largely remain exclusive to Disney's own platforms, so the deal is a targeted loan program, not a retreat.