It’s the weekend and time to take a look at what has been added to the Disney streaming service, DisneyLife, in the UK and Ireland. It’s been a quiet week for updates, with new episodes of Mech X4 and Mickey Mouse Shorts Season 5. From the second season of Mech X4, the following episodes have […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all of the recent Disney+ news including: New Football Drama Movie Coming To Disney+ FX+ To Close Down Due To Hulu & Disney+ Production Begins On Disney+ Original Series “Diary of a Female President” WarnerMedia Announce Its New Streaming Service “HBO Max” Disney+ […]
Streaming continues to grow in popularity, which is good news for Disney, who are set to launch their own service, Disney+, later this year. Ampere Analysis released a new study this week, showing subscriber growth in the US and Europe. In the US, 80% of the US internet users are now subscribing to at least […]
Disney has signed Reginald Hudlin to direct a untitled sports drama movie for Disney+ according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie will be based on the true story of Ray Ray McElrathbey, who, as a freshman football player for Clemson University, started secretly raising his 11-year-old brother on campus due to his mother’s issues with […]
Disney+ is months away from launching and we’ve yet to see anything officially from the new Disney+ Original series, Star Wars: The Mandalorian, while out promoting the new remake of Disney’s The Lion King, Jon Favreau has been talking about the new show, including on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show, where he confirmed: “We’re done with the […]
Today, it was announced that the subscription service, FX+ would be closing down on August 21st. Current subscribers can access past seasons of FX and FXX originals through August 20, 2019 in the FXNOW app or online at www.FXNetworks.com. After that date, past seasons of FX and FXX originals will no longer be accessible through […]
Lucasfilm has officially announced that more details on the new Disney+ Original series, Star Wars: The Mandalorian will be revealed at the D23 Expo on August 23rd in Anaheim, California. Disney is hosting a special Disney+ panel at 3:30pm in Hall D23 and fans in attendance will get a sneak preview of the upcoming live-action […]
Disney has officially announced details on its upcoming Disney+ Original series, “Diary of a Female President”. Production started this week in Los Angeles on Disney+’s “Diary of a Female President,” from CBS Television Studios, executive producer Gina Rodriguez (“Jane the Virgin”) and Rodriguez’s production company, I Can and I Will Productions. Emily Gipson (“Someone Great”) […]
Disney has been getting some criticism for releasing so many films that are remakes and sequels lately, especially with this year featuring Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King and Maleficent 2. The Hollywood Reporter recently spoke with the president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, Sean Bailey about the upcoming Lion King film and spoke […]
The new Disney+ Original Marvel series, Falcon and the Winter Soldier has added “John Wick” creator Derek Kolstad to the writing team according to TheWrap. This new series will consist of 6 episodes and will be directed by Kari Skogland. Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan return to the screen as Sam Wilson aka Falcon and […]
Just ahead of the launch of Disney+, Disney Television Studios today announced the restructuring of its leadership team. At ABC Studios, Jonnie Davis has been named president. At 20th Century Fox Television, Carolyn Cassidy has been promoted to president, Creative Affairs, to run that studio alongside Howard Kurtzman, who continues as president of Business Operations. Josh Sussman will […]
The streaming wars are building up, Netflix has dominated for years, but the competition is going to be much tougher, with Disney is set to launch it’s new service, Disney+, in November, along with a new streaming service from Comcast and WarnerMedia, which today unveiled HBO Max as the name of its new streaming service, which […]
A new Disney+ Original series called “Shook” is currently in development according to “Discussing Film“, though nothing has officially been announced. This series will follow a teenage girl who goes after her dream to be a superstar dancer. The first episode will apparently be directed by Hannah Peterson, with Daniela Ruiz and Ross Partridge producing […]
Disney will be opening its new Gran Destino Tower at it’s Coronado Springs Resort in Walt Disney World, on July 9th. The new tower contains 545 guest room, a grand two-story lobby, new meeting venues, and a rooftop restaurant and lounge with spectacular views. Each tower guest room also offers a new interactive television system […]
Disney has released the first full trailer for its upcoming live action movie, “\”. This movie is a follow-up to the 2014 global box-office hit with Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprising their roles as the dark fairy Maleficent and Princess Aurora, the film also stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Riley, Harris Dickinson, Ed […]