Today sees the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story on Netflix in the US, which is just over 6 months from its initial cinema release. This is the last Star Wars movie to be included in the current Netflix/Disney deal, since all movies from January 2019 will no longer go to Netflix and go […]
Recently Disney announced they are closing down their parenting blog “Babble.com”, saying: For everything there is a season, and after more than a decade of serving as a community and resource for parents, Babble will be saying goodbye. To all the moms, dads, family, friends, writers, and readers who supported us – thank you. We […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss how Disney+ will run in Europe, with different languages, countries and streaming laws will effect it. And how Brexit and DisneyLife will also have an impact. Other stories discussed include: Luke Cage Actor Talks About The Show Coming To Disney+ Could A Animated […]
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 […]
Disney had an epic year in 2018, pulling in over $7.3 billion at the box office and with 2019 now underway, Walt Disney Studios look to be trying to repeat that success with a huge lineup of movies that will be hitting cinemas this year, such as Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4 and Star Wars: […]
Following last years cancellation of Marvel’s Luke Cage show on Netflix, there have been lots of speculation about why the shows were cancelled, who cancelled them and if the shows could return eventually on Disney+. Recently, Luke Cage actor, Mike Colter, spoke with ComicBook.com about the cancellation of the show: “It kinda did catch me off […]
Following on from the huge success of the first Deadpool movie, Fox had begun production on a new animated series based on the foul mouthed Marvel character. However the series never got going due to a disagreement with the creators and frustration from Donald Glover. Recently Deadpool’s co-creator Rob Liefeld spoke to Nerdist News, about […]
Disney have released a sneak peek video at their upcoming animated series, Gigantosaurus. This new series will be coming to Disney Junior and DisneyNow on January 18th and is expected to be included on Disney+ when it launches in late 2019. Four young dinosaurs Rocky, Bill, Tiny and Mazu explore a prehistoric world of adventure […]
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 […]
Back in November, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced during a conference call that they are working on a new Star Wars show featuring Captain Cassian Andor from Rogue One for Disney+. According to Production Weekly, that production is scheduled to commence in October 2019. Very little is known about the series so far, we do […]
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. […]