Disney Is Sending ‘Percy Jackson,’ ‘Will Trent’ and More to Netflix

Just when we thought the streaming wars had everybody guarding their libraries like family secrets, Disney and Netflix are getting a little friendlier.

Disney Entertainment has struck a new licensing agreement that will send a sizable collection of Disney-owned movies and television shows to Netflix, including Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Will Trent, Felicity, the Ice Age movies and several more familiar titles. The agreement is non-exclusive, which means Disney is not packing up the moving truck and abandoning Disney+ or Hulu. These shows and movies can continue living on Disney-owned platforms while also getting another streaming home.

That alone makes this interesting. For years, the major streamers spent a lot of time trying to build giant exclusive libraries and keep their best-known properties behind their own paywalls. Now we are firmly in the “actually, maybe everybody can make some money here” portion of the streaming era.

One of the biggest names crossing over is Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Seasons 1 and 2 are set to arrive on Netflix globally on October 4 for a limited three-month window, giving Netflix subscribers a chance to catch up before Season 3 premieres on Disney+ on November 20. So no, Percy Jackson is not suddenly becoming a Netflix series. Disney is simply putting the first two seasons in front of an even larger audience before bringing viewers back home for the next chapter.

The Ice Age franchise is getting similar treatment. All five of the original films, Ice Age, The Meltdown, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Continental Drift and Collision Course are also scheduled to land on Netflix globally October 4. The timing comes ahead of the franchise’s next theatrical installment, Ice Age: Boiling Point, making the Netflix drop a pretty convenient refresher course for anyone who has forgotten just how many disasters Scrat survived while chasing that poor acorn.

ABC fans are getting something out of the deal too. Seasons 1 through 4 of Will Trent are expected to arrive globally on Netflix November 3, giving the crime drama another opportunity to find viewers ahead of its fifth season on ABC. Shifting Gears is also included, with its first two seasons scheduled to come to Netflix in the U.S. on December 1, while Tracker will head to Netflix internationally outside the U.S. in February 2027.

And Disney is not stopping with current shows. Felicity will become available on Netflix in the U.S. October 7, while library titles including Revenge, Army Wives and Fresh Off the Boat are also part of the licensing push in various territories. Pixar and Disney Animation titles including Soul, Elio and Raya and the Last Dragon are expected to rotate onto Netflix beginning in 2027, with availability varying depending on the market.

The strategy makes plenty of sense when you look at what Disney gets out of it. Instead of letting older seasons and library titles sit primarily inside its own ecosystem, the company can put them in front of Netflix’s massive audience, collect licensing revenue and potentially use Netflix as a giant advertisement for whatever comes next on Disney+, Hulu, ABC or in theaters.

Percy Jackson might be the clearest example. Someone without Disney+ could discover the show on Netflix, burn through two seasons and then suddenly have a very good reason to subscribe somewhere else when Season 3 arrives. That is less “giving content to the competition” and more “meet our new marketing department.”

Netflix benefits too. Licensed shows remain an important part of its catalog, and recognizable titles like Will Trent, Percy Jackson and Ice Age give subscribers more familiar options alongside the platform’s originals. Netflix itself notes that licensed programming can be available only in certain countries or for limited periods, which is exactly why viewers should not assume every title in this deal will stick around forever.

Mostly, though, this deal is another sign that streaming exclusivity is getting a little less rigid. Studios spent years building walls around their content. Now some of those doors are cracking open again , especially when there is money, promotion and a potentially bigger audience waiting on the other side.

And if Netflix wants to keep borrowing everybody’s shows for a while, viewers probably are not going to complain.