Following a major corporate reshuffle that saw Disney’s content creation streamlined, President of Programming & Content Curation for Disney+ and Hulu, Ricky Strauss, will be leaving his role at the end of January. In a memo, Ricky said: “Dear team: After nine years with The Walt Disney Company, and much contemplation over the past several months, […]
Deadline has reported that Noma Dumezweni has joined the cast of the live-action remake of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”. It’s currently unknown what role Noma Dumezweni will be playing, but its a brand new character that wasn’t in the animated movie. Noma Dumezweni has recently been seen in the HBO series, “The Undoing”, which starred […]
During last month’s Investor Day event, Disney revealed that the live-action movie “Peter Pan”, called “Peter Pan and Wendy” would becoming exclusively to Disney+. Peter Pan & Wendy, is inspired by the Disney animated classic and will be directed by David Lowery (“Pete’s Dragon”). A young girl rebels against “growing up” by going with her […]
With Walt Disney Animation’s next film “Raya and the Last Dragon” set to hit cinemas and Disney+ Premier Access on March 5th, Funko and Hasbro have revealed some of the upcoming Pop Vinyls and Dolls for the film. Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. However, when […]
Disney has released a trailer for the newest Disney Junior animated series, “Dino Ranch”. The series will debut on Disney Junior on Monday 18th January. The series will consist of 52 episodes, that are 11 minutes each and Dino Ranch follows the action-packed adventures of the Cassidy family as they tackle life in a fantastical […]
A hen wants help with planting corn, but Peter Pig and Donald Duck both fake bellyaches to get out of helping her in the 1934 Silly Symphonies short, “The Wise Little Hen.” After wising up to the plans of Peter and Donald, the Wise Little Hen offers to give them some corn she grew, but […]
Disney has released a new trailer for the new series, Secrets of Sulphur Springs, which is coming to the Disney Channel on January 15th, 2021! The 11-episode series follows 12-year-old Griffin Campbell, whose family has just uprooted their lives to move to the small town of Sulphur Springs and take ownership of The Tremont, an […]
Last year, Disney debuted a brand new series called “Disney Insider”, which is a docuseries taking fans behind the curtain of The Walt Disney Company. The series peels back the curtain of The Walt Disney Company like never before. Tune in each week as the series takes fans behind movies, theme parks, destinations, music, toys, […]
During the Walt Disney Companies Investor Day Event in early December, a new live-action remake of the animated classic “Pinocchio” was announced. The film will be coming to Disney+ and will leverage state-of-the art CGI to bring Pinocchio to life. A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself […]
Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles, CBS has delayed filming of the second series of the Disney+ Original series, “Diary Of A Future President”. Filming on the show had paused for the holidays and production was due to return on Monday 4th January, but the cast and crew will now resume […]
Christmas Day became the setting of a war between Warner Brothers and Disney, with both companies putting a major movie that should have been released in cinemas on their own streaming services. Pixar’s “Soul” was added to Disney+ as an exclusive, while DC Comics Wonder Woman 1984 was added to HBO Max, though the movie […]
One of the most requested Disney Junior shows people ask about coming to Disney+ is “Rolie Polie Olie”, which aired on Playhouse Disney in the United States in 1998. The show ran for six seasons and had 74 episodes. This CG-animated series depicts the hilarious childhood of Olie, a young robot who lives in a […]
During this month’s Investor Day event, Disney revealed a brand new animated movie, “Encanto”, which will be coming to cinemas on November 24th, 2021. According to the Illuminerdi, actress Stephanie Beatriz, will be playing the main character, “Maribel”. She is best known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the NBC comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She […]
For decades, the Jim Henson Company has immersed audiences into the worlds of Muppets, Sesame Street, and Fraggle Rock. In January, Disney+ will incorporate even more content from the Jim Henson Company library with the release of new episodes of Earth to Ned on January 1 and the addition of all four seasons of Dinosaurs […]
Persephone, the Goddess of Spring is kidnapped by Hades and taken down to Hell leading to Winter overtaking during the time of Spring in the Walt Disney Studios short, “The Goddess of Spring.” The nine minute short from 1934 is one of the many Silly Symphony animated shorts produced by Disney in the early years […]