Freeform has announced that it has picked up to series “Motherland: Fort Salem,” a one-hour drama from executive producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, for ten episodes. The series, created by Eliot Laurence (who also created “Claws”), is set in an alternate, present-day America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by […]
Disney is betting the ranch on launching its new Disney+ streaming service later this year and there are many questions about how Disney+ will compete with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, WarnerMedia and Comcast. Netflix currently has over 139 million subscribers worldwide and according to JP Morgan analyst Alexia Quadrani, he is telling clients to expect the […]
Disney have just announced that “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” the sequel to Disney’s “Maleficent,” will be released nationwide on October 18th, 2019. The movie was originally expected to be released in late May 2020, but has been pulled forward. They also released a new poster for the “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”. Expect to see “Maleficent: […]
Disney have announced that Freedom have began production on its highly anticipated upcoming comedy series “Unrelated”, which had previously been known as “Besties”, with actor and director Michael McDonald (“MADtv,” “Brooklyn Nine Nine”) set to direct the first episode. Created by Ranada Shepard, Casey Johnson and David Windsor and executive produced by Kenya Barris, the […]
Disney is set to bring a new series called “Secret Society Of Second Born Royals” to it’s streaming service, Disney+. The DisInsider is reporting that it will be a science fiction series and focus on a 15 year-old girl that is second in line to the throne and when she is at summer school, she […]
Disney have announced that Joe D’Ambrosia has been promoted to general manager, Disney Junior, broadening his current role of senior vice president, Original Programming, and rounding out another benchmark period of growth for the preschooler brand. He will now oversee all extensions of the Disney Junior experience, on- and off-screen, and will continue to be responsible […]
Today Disney’s live action Winnie The Pooh movie, Christopher Robin, comes to Netflix in the United States. New Disney movies have usually stayed on Netflix for around 18 months before being removed by Disney. So this means Christopher Robin should be heading to Disney+ after September 2020. All Disney movies released in 2018 are still […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all of this weeks Disney+ news including: Is A Sandlot Series Coming To Disney+ ? Disney+ Villains Show To Be Based On “Book Of Enchantment” Series Is The New Mutants Coming To Hulu Or Disney+ ? Roger also shares his thoughts on the […]
Disney have announced that former Netflix executive Tehmina Jaffer has been hired to help launch and run Disney+ as the senior vp business affairs for its direct-to-consumer and international segment. In her new role, Tehmina Jaffer “will lead all aspects of business affairs strategy, policy and procedure for the Disney+ content and marketing team,” Disney said […]
With Captain Marvel due to hit cinemas later this week, Marvel’s Agents Of Shield actor, Clark Gregg has been out promoting the movie, which Agent Coulson stars in due to the movie being set in the 90’s. During the press event, he was asked by Screen Rant about directing more Marvel content, which he replied: […]
Hot off the success of the Oscar winning Free Solo documentary, National Geographic has greenlit its next feature film. The upcoming film, which will document the dramatic 2018 rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped deep inside a flooding cave, is from Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (“One Day in September”), Emmy-winning producer John Battsek […]
Upon Disney’s purchase of 21st Century Fox, Ravi Abuja, who is the current CFO for Fox Networks Group, will be transferring over to become the CFO Of Disney Television. He will be reporting to Disney Television chairman Peter Rice and Disney CFO Christine McCarthy. This unit includes Disney Channel, National Geographic, FX and ABC, many […]
During American Idol, Disney have released a new preview Arcade Fire’s all-new, end-credit version of the iconic song “Baby Mine” as part of a new look at Tim Burton’s live-action reimagining of the beloved classic story “Dumbo.” The scene featuring the poignant lullaby “Baby Mine” was perhaps the most memorable moment in Disney’s 1941 classic […]
This past week, Fox Released a new trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix Movie, which is due to be released this summer in cinemas, which will be after the Disney purchase is complete, but there is also another Marvel movie currently under production by Fox, The New Mutants. However The New Mutants has suffered major problems, […]
21st Century Fox is apparently working on a new series based on the classic family film, The Sandlot, with the original cast returning, according to Slash/Film. David Mickey Evans, the director of the original Sandlot movie, recently appeared appeared on the The Rain Delay, podcast and said that “He has sold a pitch for a […]