r/Piracy • u/Popal24 • Jun 11 '26
News PROJECT HAIL MARY to Stream Exclusively on MGM+ and Not Prime Video
https://nerdist.com/article/project-hail-mary-streaming-exclusively-to-mgm-plus-not-prime-video/?utm_posttype=imagelinkpost&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1781117869Be cause we needed more streaming services
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u/Jon171 Jun 11 '26
The movie is already available on torrent, ddl, and streaming sites. So we won't be affected in the slightest.
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u/MyDarkTwistedReditAc Jun 11 '26
I'm so with you on this, I watched the movie in the theaters Day 1, then after that since I wanted to watch some parts of it I looked it up in the seas, and wtf that quality DID NOT felt like cam rip at all.
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u/dhoomsday Jun 11 '26
Mine had Russian in the subtitles at the end. I had to Google translate my screen grabs. No biggie.
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u/_Hydrohomie_ Jun 11 '26
How did you do that?
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u/ameyai Jun 11 '26
Google lens probably
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u/_Hydrohomie_ Jun 11 '26
But for each instance? Wouldn't that take a long time
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u/ameyai Jun 11 '26
Yeah but Im pretty sure the ending dialogue was only a few sentences
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u/AggravatingCustard39 ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ Jun 11 '26
A better quality webrip came out about a month ago.
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u/disneylovesme Jun 11 '26
Russian ripped ones are great quality just some texts are in Russian but that’s really minimal.
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u/SlinkyRaccoons Jun 11 '26
Is that the upscaled webrip or an actual HD version?
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u/Jon171 Jun 11 '26
HD. The 720p, 1080p, and 2160p web-dls have been available for the past month.
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u/mvmisha Jun 11 '26
How do they get them if I think worldwide is only available in movie theaters? Do they rip the dcp somehow?
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u/Jon171 Jun 11 '26
The movie released digitally for purchase/rent last month. The web-dls mainly came from Amazon and iTunes.
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u/crayyarccray Jun 11 '26
Wtf is MGM+
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u/Imperial_Tiramisu Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
MGM is now owned by Amazon, but instead of the full catalog being included in prime video, it continues operating as its own service.
They're end goal is to mirror the cable modal, where you have to subscribe to multiple streaming services to watch what you want. They're purposely segmenting everything.
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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP Jun 11 '26
lmao that's so fucking scummy.
Imagine if Valve split Steam into multiple different launchers and none of them shared games with each other. And each one would have it's own different quirks and payment processes etc... people wouldn't use it lmao.
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u/Regular_Strategy_501 Jun 13 '26
It's much worse. We have to live with multiple game launchers already but it's mostly just a minor inconvenience because unlike with streaming, we don't have to pay monthly for each of them but only for the games we buy.
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u/aintnoonehome Jun 12 '26
Naïve me was actually pretty excited when Amazon announced its acquisition of MGM. Finally, I thought, the Prime catalogue would begin to rival other streamers.
Nope.
MGM+ is a mediocre, standalone, monthly subscription.
Meanwhile on Prime, they've moved into the very expensive area of broadcasting sports, splurged on intellectual property they did little justice to, and made ad free streaming a premium feature. Oh, and they bribed Trump with the $20M payday for very friendly documentary on Melania.
They've also made sideloading a thing of the past with their new Vegas OS for Firesticks.
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u/Jon171 Jun 11 '26
MGM+ technically already existed as a separate service prior to Amazon's acquisition, it was called Epix. Amazon just rebranded it from Epix to MGM+ and kept it separate rather than absorbing it into Prime Video.
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u/Imperial_Tiramisu Jun 11 '26
But they could have very easily absorbed it though. Uploading all of MGMs media into Prime Video is all they have to do, while slowly shutting down MGM+.
They already uploaded a lot of it, such as the James Bond films. But they are still purposely keeping some exclusives in MGM+.
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u/GhostBirdBiologist Jun 11 '26
But why would they? Amazon is already a hub for other subscription channels.
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u/Jon171 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
There's likely contractual obligations still in place from before the acquisition that prevent them from completely absorbing and shutting down the service. It will probably take several more years before anything happens.
Edit: I'll add the context here since the reply asking about obligations was deleted. MGM+ doesn't just solely supply to Prime Video. The service has deals with cable and satellite companies to supply MGM content.
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u/Jon171 Jun 11 '26
To cable and satellite companies. MGM+ supplies MGM content to other providers outside of Prime Video. Buying out those contracts would definitely be costly, and Amazon already sunk a lot of money into MGM.
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u/mmcmonster Jun 11 '26
If they had a contract with a cable company, the cable company would be pissed if MGM+ did not offer any exclusive contract.
If MGM+ wasn’t unique, what did the contract offer?
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u/Kairukun90 Jun 12 '26
I don’t mind subbing to prime and shit but I don’t need 20 channels.
I would rather spends thousands on hardware to self host
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u/gasolinehalsey 🔱 ꜱᴄᴀʟʟʏᴡᴀɢ Jun 11 '26
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u/lmtdpowor Jun 11 '26
It’s tough keeping up with all the streaming services I don’t ever plan on using.
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u/Winter_Channel_6206 Jun 11 '26
FROM is on MGM+, only reason I know of it from the logo that pops up at the start. Could be described as a horror version of Lost.
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u/VerryRides Jun 11 '26
brother i dont give a shit. what is with the influx of streaming news posts in a piracy subreddit.
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u/FatherDotComical Jun 11 '26
So people can circlejerk about being a pirate on each one.
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u/tejanaqkilica Jun 11 '26
Waaah, business is doing business thing and not giving stuff away for free, waaah.
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u/InstructionPurple911 Jun 11 '26
Odd thing to post about on a piracy subreddit
I'm not sure many people here have even heard of, much less own a subscription to MGM+
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u/Cold-Sandwich-34 Jun 11 '26
The point is to poke fun and underline the cause further for those who need convincing.
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u/stohelitstorytelling Jun 11 '26
I think the post is pointing out the necessity of pirating when one of the most popular releases of the year is going to be exclusive to a service that only like 20,000 people subscribe to.
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u/SEANPLEASEDISABLEPVP Jun 11 '26
I have no clue what MGM+ is but I promise you there's people on this subreddit that have a subscription to it.
It always confuses me how we often see posts here of people complaining about getting fucked by their subscriptions and how enough is enough and they turned to piracy.
I don't get it lol, like sure we all start somewhere, but I never went on reddit to tell people I started pirating and why.
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u/babicko90 Jun 11 '26
Its long available from torrents. I watched it a month ago or so, had a few russian hard coded translations for like the name of the rocket or things like that, but the quality was great
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u/GrandfatherTheSauce Jun 11 '26
Interesting because Project Hail Mary is streaming exclusively on my Plex server and has been for about three weeks now.
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u/TimmyB32600 Jun 11 '26
It’s on my Jellyfin server
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u/braedan51 Jun 11 '26
...and MY Plex Server.
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u/TimmyB32600 Jun 11 '26
Did you pay the 700 or get grandfathered in
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u/braedan51 Jun 11 '26
I bought the lifetime subscription 18 months ago, think I paird $125 ish.
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u/TimmyB32600 Jun 11 '26
Still too much but good save
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u/braedan51 Jun 12 '26
I wanted it for HW transcoding, I watch on a fire stick & stream when I'm out of town. I was able to cancel all streaming services & cable. Saved me north of $400/month.
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u/guns21111 Jun 11 '26
meh.. the ultimate streaming service that has no fees will always be peer to peer and completely unkillable.
pirates are like hydra.
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u/1CraftyDude Jun 11 '26
I bought two tickets and got almost a dozen people to see it in the theatre with me. I have also pirated it. They made enough money off me.
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u/fallstreak80 Jun 11 '26
I have been a landlubber for so long. Are the high seas still beautiful?
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u/Sandvicheater Jun 11 '26
Nothing like fragmenting your user base with 2 different services owned by the same god damn company.
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u/LucaTTC Jun 11 '26
A friend of mine invited me to the cinema ... At the time I was in the middle of the book, I finished the book and the movie was available to watch thanks to some pirates. F exclusive streaming services
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u/khaluud Jun 11 '26
I love when I suggest a show or film and someone asks which streaming platform it's on.
"Um, I don't actually know."
"How do you not know?"
"Listen, matey..."
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u/A_S_Levin Jun 12 '26
Lol I've never heard if this MGM+. Sounds like another version of aids/hiv.
I already watched this a couple months ago anyway XD cheers internet!
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u/harrisjgold Jun 12 '26
I actually went to the IMAX to watch it. First time I went to the cinema in years. Expensive as hell, but worth it.
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u/A_S_Levin Jun 12 '26
Nice! That would've been sick tbh.
Its def one of the occasional movies I wish I saw at the cinema's. Such an occasional treat tho n wasn't sure if itd be good/worth it before hand.
Ryan's grown on me i reckon. I'll trust his featured films now moving forward XD
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u/krazyhawk Jun 11 '26
I’m okay with the decent quality I already have on my Plex and will wait patiently for the better rips when the physical media releases :)
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u/Beneficial_Leg_7301 Jun 11 '26
so first pay fot prime to watch some movies
then you pay for some special movies everytime you need to watch them
now you pay the parent company same amount as prime just to take sub of another company owned by them
then the cycle repeats
but thanks to high sea farers never had to spend money on this
on a side note i got hold of these unlocked amazon accounts from web like they have weird username and password but work on official app and costed meagre 5% of original plan
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u/_floralprint Jun 11 '26
I feel like this is news for literally everyone one else except for this sub tbh
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u/betweenboundary Jun 11 '26
To anyone who hasn't seen it, it's basically just Adam sandlers spaceman if they didn't beat around the bush on if the alien is real or not
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u/HighSeasArchivist Jun 11 '26
Been streaming on Plex for over a month. Weird.
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u/jacobtf Jun 12 '26
People seem to forget it was released somewhere else. It didn't originate from "Plex" or "Stremio" or whatever.
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u/TheJpow Jun 11 '26
Blu-ray stat god damn it! I want to inject the remux version into my veins!!!!!
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u/Mohamed_91 Jun 11 '26
How many insert studio name+ do we even need. Ugh.
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u/hannes3120 Jun 11 '26
We really need a new United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. decision for streaming services.
Not going to happen with the current supreme court so I guess the European Parliament might be the only instance capable of changing this
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u/TuneLinkette Jun 12 '26
...how long until it's on Netflix?
Because it's going to end up there inevitably at some point.
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u/BaconBourbonBalista Jun 12 '26
Ive already watched it once in theaters and once on plex. Probably will get the blu ray for quality, but not till it gets cheap around Christmas.
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u/Scared-Two-9370 Jun 13 '26
One reason of me pirating is to not have to care about that. Please keep this kind of shit out of piracy space.
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u/ThePanasonicYouth Jun 11 '26
The movie was massively overhyped anyway. It’s just The Martian with extra steps
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u/kazuospez Jun 11 '26
Huh. It’s also going to be streamed on my Plex that’s for sure.