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Netflix loses blockbuster titles as its deal with Epix ends

By Karen Butler
Cast member Jennifer Lawrence attends the premiere of the sci-fi motion-picture adventure "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I" in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2014. "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" will expire from Netflix at the end of September. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Cast member Jennifer Lawrence attends the premiere of the sci-fi motion-picture adventure "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I" in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2014. "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" will expire from Netflix at the end of September. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Hulu has announced it will start streaming numerous movies after Netflix drops them, due to second-party licensing agreements, next month.

"We have decided not to renew our agreement in the United States with Epix, the cable network, which means that some high-profile movies including Hunger Games: Catching Fire, World War Z and Transformers: Age of Extinction, will expire at the end of September in the United States. If you want to see them on Netflix U.S., now is the time," Netflix said.

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"Through our original films and some innovative licensing arrangements with the movie studios, we are aiming to build a better movie experience for you. In other words, Netflix would rather not pay the big bucks it costs to license these recent movies, and instead, it wants to spend the cash on original programming. Fair enough."

Gizmodo reported Hulu has inked a multi-year deal with Epix -- and will show many of the blockbusters no longer available via Netflix.

Among Hulu's new titles will be the aforementioned flicks, as well as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Wolf of Wall Street, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Robocop and God's Not Dead.

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