During a special Marvel Studios Panel at the San Diego Comic Con, “Hawkeye” actor, Jeremy Renner came on stage and officially revealed the long rumored “Hawkeye” Disney+ original series. He was joined on stage by Kevin Feige, where they revealed some exciting news about “Hawkeye,” including details about Kate Bishop, a character well-known in Marvel […]
At the San Diego Comic Con, Disney held a animated panel, where Lin-Manuel Miranda (Gizmoduck/Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera) made a surprise appearance at the annual fan convention, joining stars Paget Brewster (Della Duck), Bobby Moynihan (Louie Duck), Ben Schwartz (Dewey Duck) and Kate Micucci (Webby Vanderquack), along with executive producer Matt Youngberg and co-producer/story editor Francisco Angones, for a […]
Disney has announced that Billy Campbell and Kathy Najimy have joined the cast of Disney Junior’s upcoming animated series ‘The Rocketeer’, which has been inspired by Dave Stevens’ beloved superhero comic books and Walt Disney Pictures feature film—follows Kit Secord after she learns she’s secretly next in line to become The Rocketeer, a rocket-pack wearing […]
The new remake of the classic animated movie, “The Lion King”, has been released in cinemas this week and if your holding out to see this new version at home, you might be wondering when it will be on Disney+. The good news is that Disney confirmed that “The Lion King” will be available on […]
The Walt Disney Company announced today that it will combine all of the Company’s media sales and channel distribution into one organization under Justin Connolly, who has been named president, Media Distribution. Based in New York, Connolly will report to Kevin Mayer, chairman of Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer and International segment. “By combining all of our media, […]
Netflix has announced its latest quarterly financial results for April to June and added 2.7 million subscribers around the globe. However, following a price hike, it lost 126,000 subscribers in the US. This was considered a bad result from Wall Street, who had been expecting a similar number to this time last year, when Netflix […]
Disney has announced that sales executive Janice Marinelli will step down from her role as president of Global Content Sales & Distribution for The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI) segment, ending a 34-year career at the Company. “It has been an honor to work for this company and a privilege to work with […]
Following on from reports of Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy starring in Disney’s new live action version of “The Little Mermaid”. It’s now being reported that “One Directions” Harry Styles is in talks to play Prince Eric. “The Little Mermaid” will be directed by Rob Marshall and has been written by David Magee. It will […]
While Disney is currently building up to launching its new streaming service, Disney+, for its launch in the United States on November 12th, its not been as vocal about its global plans, including its release in the United Kingdom. According to a survey of by GlobalWebIndex, which spoke with 3000 consumers, they’ve found that just […]
Marvel has announced a new Disney+ Original series called Marvel’s Storyboards, which follows Joe Quesada, Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer, as he explores the origin stories and creative drives of storytellers of all mediums, backgrounds, and experiences. Guests include Robert Lopez (songwriter, Book of Mormon, Avenue Q), Samhita Mukhopadhyay (Executive Editor, Teen Vogue), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Johnny Weir […]
Lucasfilm is apparently in early talks with Rick Famuyiwa to direct some episodes of the upcoming Disney+ Original Star Wars series featuring Cassian Andor and K2SO from Rogue One. The series will see both Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk returning to reprise their roles in the Rogue One prequel. With Stephen Schiff signed on as the showrunner […]
Disney are currently negotiating a new carriage renewal deal with Charter, the second-largest U.S. pay TV provider, which brings traditional TV channels like ABC and the Disney Channel to its customers. As streaming content becomes more popular, cable companies are losing power and with Disney operating three different direct to consumer products, Hulu, ESPN+ and […]
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 […]