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TIL Disney made a deal with Netflix to stream all of their new releases starting “late 2016,” including subsidiaries such as Pixar and Marvel. This means films like Finding Dory, Avengers: Infinity War, and Star Wars: Episode VIII will be on Netflix in the coming years.

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