Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer and International Operations has a new EVP Marketing and Operations, which will be responsible for being the leading content and brand marketing for Disney+. Jackal Group President Joe Earley has been picked to take the role and he will report to Rickey Strauss, who is the President of Content & Marketing for Disney+. […]
Last year, Disney announced that their new streaming service, Disney+ would see the return of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series and new live action series, The Mandalorian. However with no official launch date for Disney+ being announced, it wasn’t clear if these Star Wars shows would be available this year or at […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all the Disney+ news from the past week including: Disney’s Kevin Mayer Talks About Disney+ Star Wars: The Mandalorian Director Jon Favreau Teases Bounty Hunter IG-88 Disney+ Won’t Feature Advertising At Launch Bob Iger Explains Why Disney Has To Transform For Streaming This […]
2018 has been one of the biggest years ever for Disney, with huge box office takings for movies with massive hits like Avengers: Infinity War, Incredibles 2, Black Panther and many more. Disney have dominated the box office, pulling in over $7 billion and 2019 should be even bigger for the company with the purchase […]
Disney’s CEO Bob Iger recently spoke with Jack Hough from Barrons, about the future of the new streaming service, Disney+ and how its a huge priority for the company. One of the big reasons Disney is taking it so seriously is how they view the world has changed and they need to keep up with […]
One of the biggest reasons Disney is refocusing its business on streaming, is how traditional TV viewing has changed and subscribers have been cutting the cord to go to other platforms like Netflix. Netflix currently has nearly 138 million subscribers worldwide, which includes 80 million international subscribers. With Disney set to launch their own service, […]
When Disney purchased Lucasfilm back in 2012, it not only brought Star Wars, it also obtained the character, Indiana Jones. Since then, they’ve built a new Indiana Jones themed bar at their Disney Springs resort in Walt Disney World and started work on a fifth movie, which is currently expected to be released in 2021. […]
Ever since the announcement of Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, Marvel has always been a major selling point and in a recent interview with Variety on the Playback podcast with Kris Tapley. Marvel Studios Kevin Feige, spoke about how Disney+ is going to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When asked whether or not […]
Disney’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service, Disney+ is set to launch in late 2019 and won’t be feature advertisements to begin with according to Walt Disney’s President of Advertising Sales & Sponsorships, Rita Ferro. In an interview with Beet, where she talking about Disney’s new advertising division, she has said the following about Disney+: “On the […]
On Christmas Day, director Jon Favreau gave Star Wars fans a small sneak peek of his upcoming Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, as he shared an image of the character IG-88, standing in front of a green screen. IG-88 is a bounty hunter who has appeared in “The Empire Strikes Back” and is an assassin […]
Disney have announced that Ludwig Göransson, will be writing the score for new Star Wars live-action series, The Mandalorian, which is coming to Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, which is launching in late 2019. Ludwig Göransson has composed soundtracks for a wide range of movies including Black Panther, Creed, Creed II, Venom, and Fruitvale Station. He has also […]
There are many questions about Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+ and with the new platform due to launch in late 2019, the Hollywood Reporter spoke with Disney’s direct-to-consumer and international division chairman, Kevin Mayer. During the interview, Kevin talked about the purchase of 21st Century Fox and discussed some aspects regarding Disney+ including app design, […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all the Disney+ news from the past week including the official cast announcement of the Star Wars: The Mandalorian. For this weeks topic, the guys share their thoughts on what Christmas movies they would like to see on Disney+ next year. You can […]
With Disney set to release a remake of its classic animated movie, “The Lion King” in cinemas in the summer of 2019, Disney+ is also getting its own animated classic live action remake, based on the “Lady and the Tramp.” The movie is being directed by Charlie Bean and will see Tessa Thompson and Justin […]
This week sees the release of a new book called “29 Dates” by the New York Times‘ bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, Disney have won a bidding war to the rights to turn the young fiction novel into a new movie for Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+. The project is going to be created […]