Encore is one of Disney’s newest original shows for its new streaming service and follows a group of classmates from California’s Santana High School who are reunited 23 years later, to perform the Broadway classic, “Annie.” The classmates get some additional help from Broadway professionals as they return to reprise the roles of their youth. […]
Pixar In Real Life is a strange little series for Disney+, its a very tame prank show, where scenes from Pixar movies are played out in real life. The first episode is based on Inside Out and in a New York park, passers by come across a “console” with lots of buttons in it. When […]
One of the first new drama seasons for Disney+ is a spin off of the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. The series is set at the real-life East High, where the original movie was filmed and follows a group of students as they countdown to opening night of their school’s first-ever production of […]
Kitbull is part of the new Pixar SparkShort program, which is an experimental storytelling initiative that welcomes new creative voices at Pixar to share their stories. This short is directed by Rosana Sullivan and the story reveals an unlikely connection that sparks between two creatures: a fiercely independent stray kitten and a pit bull, who […]
Disney has been on a roll with its plan to release live action versions of many of its classic animated movies, with huge hits for Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book and Aladdin. Now it’s the turn of Dumbo and Tim Burton takes the helm of this live action version starring Michael Keaton, Danny […]
“Smash & Grab” is part of Pixar’s SparkShorts program, which is designed to discover new storytellers, explore new storytelling techniques and ultimately experiment with animation. This short is probably the most “Pixar” from the initial launch lineup, since its animation style is much more typical than “Purl” or “Kitbull”. The main story sees two antiquated […]
Pixar kicked off its new “SparkShorts” program with Purl, a story of an earnest ball of yarn named Purl, who gets a job at a fast-paced, high energy, male centric start-up called Bro. Things start to unravel as she tries to fit in with this close knit group. Purl must ask herself how far is […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all of this weeks Disney+ news, which includes: Disney Aligns Media Distribution Under Direct-To-Consumer & International Segment Netflix Subscriber Growth Slows Down Will Current Seasons Of Disney Channel Shows Be On Disney+? Marvel Storyboards Coming Soon To Disney+ 65% Of Brits Unaware Of […]
In this bonus What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss their thoughts on the new Avengers: Endgame movie with full spoilers and how the events of this movie set up the Disney+ exclusive shows, Loki, Wandavision and Falcon & The Winter Solder. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS AVENGERS: ENDGAME SPOILERS! You can watch the […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all of this weeks Disney+ news including: Third Star Wars TV Production Begins In The UK Is A Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Coming To Disney+ ? Will Disney+ Launch In October? International Disney Channels To Close To Make Way For Disney+ Freeform […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all of this weeks Disney+ news including: Production Begins On The Disney+ Original Series ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Star Wars: The Mandalorian Merchandise Coming On Triple Force Friday Is Disney+ Coming To The Xbox One? Alan Tudky Teases K-2SO For […]
In this What’s On Disney Plus Podcast episode, Roger and James discuss all the big Disney+ news that came out of Disney’s quarterly financial conference call, which included: FX Content “Probably” Not Coming To Disney+ Why Is Disney+ Buying Outside Content? Disney+ To Cost Disney $150 Million In Loss Revenue Disney Planning Disney+, ESPN+ & […]