As is the case every month, several shows and movies are leaving Netflix Canada, Crave and Prime in January.
It’s worth noting that the streaming services may only be removing certain shows and movies for a specific amount of time.
Series like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Gossip Girl and movies like Mean Girls have all left Netflix and then returned to the service months or years later. If you’re more interested in what’s coming to Crave, Prime Video, and Netflix, check out our respective ‘what’s coming to’ posts.
Amazon reportedly could launch a standalone app for its sports content in an effort to declutter Prime Video.
Per The Information (via Engadget), the standalone app would highlight Amazon’s deals with the NFL, Premier League, and New York Yankees. Moreover, it comes as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said live sports content was one area where Amazon plans to keep spending money despite cuts in other places.
However, it seems like the standalone app plan is still early stages. The Information wasn’t able to learn when Amazon will release the app or if it plans to charge separately for access to Prime Video’s sports content. Moreover, The Information said Amazon could shelve the app entirely.
A separate app for sports content could go a long way in helping to simplify the Prime Video interface. However, adding a simple sports category or section could help with that as well. A dedicated app for sports streaming could introduce some extra features sports fans would welcome — for example, access to alternate replay views.
As for whether Amazon would offer a separate subscription for sports, that could be less likely. Separating Prime Video subscriptions might hamper its ability to drive Prime subscriptions overall, even if it’s better for customers who can pick and choose whether they want sports or other content.
Of course, this is all speculation, and it remains to be seen what, if any, changes come alongside the standalone sports app — assuming Amazon even chooses to release the app.
Every month, Amazon adds several new series and movies to its streaming service, Prime Video and January 2023 will be no different.
Below is everything set to hit and leave Prime Video in Canada. Amazon also shared several featured titles coming to Prime Video Channels, which are add-on channels with additional content for extra subscription fees (they’re noted below):
January 4th
Nos Étes: Season 1-4
January 6th
LOL: Qui Le Dernier?
The Rig: Season 1 (Amazon Original)
Payback (Exclusive Content)
January 13th
Hunters: Season 2 (Amazon Original)
The Test: Season 2 (Amazon Original)
January 15th
A Dash of Love
The Perfect Bride
All Things Valentine
The Story of Us
Love, Once and Always
Date with Love
January 20th
The Legend of Vox Machine: Season 2 (Amazon Orignal))
Detective Knight: Independence
Marquerite Volant: Season 1
January 27th
Shotgun Wedding (Amazon Orignal)
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
Good Rivals (Amazon Original)
Lupin vs Cats Eye
Alan Patridge – Stratagem
Leaving Prime Video
Maid in Manhattan (January 1st)
Fury (January 1st)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (January 1st)
Zombieland (January 1st)
Catch and Release (January 1st)
Bing (January 6th)
Parks and Recreation (January 8th)
A Quiet Place Part II (January 13th)
Being Erica (January 14th)
Nancy Drew (January 21st)
Charmed (January 28th)
Coming to Prime Video Channel
Mayfair Witches: Season 1 (AMC+ – January 5th)
BMF: Season 2 (Starz – January 6th)
The King’s Daughter (Starz – January 20th)
Vera: Season 12 (BritBox – January 22nd)
Married at First Sight: Season 16 (StackTV – January 5th)
Fantasy Island: Season 2 (StackTV – January 3rd)
Mayor of Kingstown: Season 2 (Paramount+ January 15th)
As is the case every month, several shows and movies are leaving Netflix Canada, Crave and Prime in December.
It’s worth noting that the streaming services may only be removing certain shows and movies for a specific amount of time.
Series like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Gossip Girl and movies like Mean Girls have all left Netflix and then returned to the service months or years later. If you’re more interested in what’s coming to Crave, Prime Video, and Netflix, check out our respective ‘what’s coming to’ posts.
Every month, Amazon adds several new series and movies to its streaming service, Prime Video, and December 2022 will be no different.
Below is everything set to hit and leave Prime Video in Canada. Amazon also shared several featured titles coming to Prime Video Channels, which are add-on channels with additional content for extra subscription fees (they’re noted below):
December 2nd
Three Pines (Amazon Original)
Your Christmas or Mine (Amazon Original)
Riches: Season 1 (Amazon Original)
The Croods (Amazon Original)
December 6th
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
December 9th
Sas: Rogue Heroes: Season 1 (Amazon Exclusive)
Something from Tiffany’s (Amazon Original)
Cyrano
Detective Knight: Redemption
December 13th
Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge: Season 1 (Amazon Original)
December 16th
About Fate (Amazon Original)
Infinite
Eleita: Season 1 (Amazon Original)
December 21st
Jack Ryan: Season 3 (Amazon Original)
December 24th
The Invitation
December 30th
Litvinenko (Amazon Exclusive)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Wildcat (Amazon Original)
Island: Season 1 (Amazon Exclusive)
December 31st
Bullet Train
Fast Channels
Paradise Highway on STARZ – 12/9
Pitch Perfect: Bumper in BerlinS1 on STACKTV – 12/9
1923 S1 on Paramount+ – 12/18
Top Gun: Maverick on Paramount+ – 12/22
Leaving Prime
Arrow (December 3rd)
Jungleland (December 10th)
Raaz Robot (December 12th)
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (December 15th)
Welcome to the Ballroom (December 17th)
Dreamland (December 18th)
Altair: A Record of Battles (December 23rd)
Uncle Drew (December 24th)
The Addams Family (December 24th)
The Night Manager (December 31st)
The Originals: The Completed Series (December 31st)
Prime Video Channels are paid add-ons that you can pack in with your Prime subscription to get access to more content to watch.
This includes Adult Swim, BBC Earth, HayU, StarZ and several others. Typically these channels range from $3.99 per month to $9.99, but with Amazon’s Black Friday deal, you can get this extra content for $2 per month for two months.
The complete list of channels is below, and you can browse them on Prime Video here. Some of these channels will operate like traditional Linear TV, and others offer on-demand programming or a mix of both.
Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms.
Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ are mentioned when relevant. Premium video on demand (PVOD) platforms are also fair game as movies continue to come to digital early amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finally, we’ll highlight shows or movies that are made by Canadian companies, involve notable Canadian cast or crew and/or are filmed in Canada.
Amazon Prime Video
Run Sweetheart Run [Amazon Original]
After dinner with a client, a single mother finds herself hunted by a seemingly unstoppable assailant.
Run Sweetheart Run was co-written and directed by Shana Feste (Boundaries) and stars Ella Balinska (Netflix’s Resident Evil), Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones), Clark Gregg (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Aml Ameen (Sense8).
Amazon Prime Video Canada release date: October 28th, 2022 Genre: Horror Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
Filmed in front of a live audience at Just For Laughs 2021 in Montreal, Brampton, Ontario’s Chris Robinson riffs on puppies, four-year-olds, porn ads and more.
This new season follows the exploits of guests and employees at an exclusive Sicilian resort.
The White Lotus was created by Mike White (Enlightened) and stars F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest), Jennifer Coolidge (returning from the first season), Oakville, Ontario’s Adam DiMarco (The Magicians), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Tom Hollander (Pirates of the Caribbean series).
Crave release date: October 30th, 2022 at 9pm ET (first episode, new episodes every Sunday at 9pm ET) Genre: Comedy-drama Runtime: Seven episodes (around one hour each)
A standard Crave subscription is priced at $19.99/month, with Starz costing an additional $5.99/month. A mobile-only subscription is also available for $9.99/month.
The full list of movies and shows hitting Crave this month can be found here.
Disney+
Barbarian
After staying the night at a double-booked Airbnb, a young woman soon discovers there’s much more to fear than an unexpected house guest. (Note: this movie is best enjoyed knowing as little possible going in, so while I’ve linked the trailer above, I’d recommend not watching it.)
Barbarian was written and directed by Zach Cregger (The Whitest Kids U’Know) and stars Georgina Campbell (Krypton), Bill Skarsgård (It series) and Justin Long (Zack and Miri Make a Porno).
Original theatrical release date: September 9th, 2022
Disney+ Canada release date: October 26th, 2022 Genre: Horror thriller Runtime: 1 hour, 47 minutes
From The Clone Wars mastermind Dave Filoni comes this anthology series exploring different Jedi during the prequel era, including a young Ashoka Tano and Count Dooku.
The series features the returning Star Wars actors Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka), Corey Burton (Dooku), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan), Matt Lanter (Anakin), Liam Neeson (Qui-Gon) and Ian McDiarmid (Darth Sidious).
Disney+ Canada release date: October 26th, 2022 Genre: Animated sci-fi Runtime: Six episodes (13 to 17 minutes each)
The full list of movies and shows hitting Disney+ Canada this month can be found here.
Netflix
Big Mouth (Season 6) [Netflix Original]
The Bridgeton Middle crew deals with secret relatives, a viral quiz and romantic curveballs.
The series was created by Nick Kroll (Kroll Show), Andrew Goldberg (Family Guy), Mark Levin (Earth 2) and Jennifer Flackett (Wimbledon) and features the voices of Kroll, John Mulaney (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Jessi Klein (Inside Amy Schumer), Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?) and Ayo Edebiri (Dickinson).
Netflix Canada release date: October 26th, 2022 Genre: Animated comedy Runtime: 10 episodes (28 to 29 minutes each)
After suspecting that her new colleague has been killing off his patients, a nurse works with investigators to stop him.
Based on Charles Graeber’s true crime book of the same name, The Good Nurse was directed by Tobias Lindholm (Another Round) and stars Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything).
Netflix Canada release date: October 26th, 2022 Genre: Drama Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes
Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities [Netflix Original]
Oscar winner Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water) presents eight modern horror stories in the tradition of Gothic and Grand Guignol genres.
Some of the actors featured in the series include Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Toronto-raised David Hewlett (Stargate), F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest), Rupert Grint (Harry Potter series), Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) and Winnipeg’s Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding).
Stream Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities here.
Wendell & Wild [Netflix Original]
Two demons team up with a teen so they can leave the Underworld and fulfill their dreams in the Land of the Living.
Wendell & Wild was directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and features the voices of Key & Peele‘s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (the latter of whom co-wrote the film), Angela Bassett (Black Panther) and Lyric Ross (This Is Us).
As is the case every month, several shows and movies are leaving Netflix Canada, Crave and Prime in November.
It’s worth noting that the streaming services may only be removing certain shows and movies for a specific amount of time.
Highlights this month include White Chicks, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions leaving Netflix, Knocked Up and Milk being removed from Crave, and Tomb Raider ditching Prime Video.
Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season one is only partway through streaming, and the series has already started filming its second season.
The second season has entered production in the United Kingdom. In the second season, we’ll meet Cirdan, one of the eldest and wisest elves, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s worth noting that Galadriel herself is an elf over 1,000 years old, so Cirdan must be very old.
The first season of the show was filmed in New Zealand over 18 months during the pandemic, but it looks like Amazon has moved production of the second season to the U.K., which is more affordable and where “the company is establishing a multi-show hub,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Season two will feature eight episodes, similar to The Rings of Power’s first season.
The news of the second season comes after the series hit number 1one on the streaming charts and amassed more than 1.3 billion minutes viewed, even though it was only the first two episodes that had been released at the time.
The Rings of Power’s was very expensive to make for Amazon, with season one costing $426 million USD (about $580,275 CAD).
The second season doesn’t have a release date or even a release window yet. Episode seven of The Rings of Power’s airs on October 7th on Prime Video.
Elon Musk is not a fan of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
The controversial Tesla CEO took to Twitter on Labour Day to slam the buzzworthy Prime Video series, claiming that creator J.R.R. Tolkien is “turning in his grave” over it.
Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice.
“Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice,” tweeted Musk.
He’s referring to the Elven warrior played by Morfyyd Clark, who some have taken issue with for being a tough warrior. In Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, set thousands of years later, Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) is portrayed as a more regal and serene character.
It should be noted, though, that only two episodes of The Rings ofPower‘s eight-episode first season have been released so far, and Amazon is planning at least four more seasons. Therefore, it’s quite premature to already be getting upset about the show’s depiction of characters.
Of course, there are completely valid reasons to dislike anything, The Rings of Power included, but people like Musk certainly don’t seem to have any. As beloved The Sandman writer Neil Gaiman tweeted in response to all of this, “Elon Musk doesn’t come to me for advice on how to fail to buy Twitter, and I don’t go to him for film, TV or literature criticism.”
