National Geographic has announced that Harry Hamlin (“Mad Men,” “Shameless”) and Dylan Baker (“The Good Wife,” “Hunters”) will join the cast of the next instalment of the scripted anthology series THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX, alongside the previously announced Tony Goldwyn (“King Richard,” “Scandal,” “Lovecraft Country”) and Daniel Dae Kim (“Hawaii Five-0,” “Lost,” “The Good Doctor”). […]
Disney is set to launch a huge expansion to Disney+ on February 23rd with the addition of “Star”, its new general entertainment brand, inside the Disney+ app on 23rd February, bringing a fresh and ever-growing world of TV series, movies and originals to customers. “Star” will be coming to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New […]
Disney has released a brand new trailer for “Love, Victor”, which is a new series that will be coming to Disney+ as a”Star Original” in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and across Europe on February 23rd 2021. Set in the world of the 2018 groundbreaking film “Love, Simon,” which was inspired by Becky Albertalli’s acclaimed […]
Disney has released a brand new trailer for the upcoming “Star Original” series, “Big Sky”, which is coming to Disney+ in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and across Europe on February 23rd 2021. From visionary storyteller David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”) comes “Big Sky,” an intense thriller that follows private detectives Cassie Dewell […]
Disney has released a new trailer for the upcoming “Star Original” series “Solar Opposites”, which is coming to Disney+ in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and across Europe on February 23rd 2021. Co-created by Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty) and Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty), Solar Opposites centres around a team of four […]
Disney’s FX has ordered a new pilot called “The Spook Who Sat By the Door” which is based on Sam Greenlee’s spy novel, that looks at the fictional story of Dan Freeman, the first African American CIA officer hired by the agency in the late 1960s. The story chronicles the quest of Freeman, who was […]
Hulu has ordered a pilot for a new half-hour comedy series starring comedian Chris Estrada called “Punk Ass Bitch”, which is based on Estrada’s comedy, which ABC Signature Studios will make. The show will tell the story of Julio Lopez (played by Chris Estrada), a punk-ass bitch with a heart of gold who goes out […]
With Disney looking to create more shows for its TV networks and streaming services, Disney Television Studios has created a brand new division called the “Creative Acquisitions Department”. This new division will be looking for books, new stories, podcasts and other intellectual property that can be developed into shows. Once an IP has been acquired, […]
Disney+ in Canada is set to get a massive expansion of content on February 23rd, with the launch of a sixth brand called “Star”. This new brand will include thousands of hours of movies and television from Disney’s creative studios, including Disney Television Studios, FX, 20th Century Studios, 20th Television, Touchstone, and more, enhanced by […]
During the Sundance festival, Disney’s Searchlight Pictures has secured the global distribution rights to a new documentary, Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised). The documentary will be coming to cinemas first, before heading to Hulu in the United States, Star+ in Latin America and to Disney+ internationally. This film has […]
Robert Mills has been named the executive vice president of the Walt Disney Television’s unscripted and alternative entertainment division. This is a new role, he will lead a new production unit called Walt Disney Television Alternative, which is creating alternative programming, specials and late-night for ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals, in addition to overseeing ABC […]
To tie-in with the release of “Star” as the sixth tier of Disney+ on February 23rd, Disney is bringing back the “Disney+ Drive-In Cinema Experience”. There will be a number of open-air showings of movies that will soon be available on Disney+ in Australia including “Alien”, “Die Hard”, “Speed” and many more. The “Disney+ […]
Disney’s ABC has ordered a new pilot for a new drama series called “National Parks”, which follows around a small group of elite NPS agents as they solve these crimes while protecting these national treasures. This new drama has been c0-written by Kevin Costner, along with Aaron Helbing and Jon Baird. These three will also […]
National Geographic Documentary Films has announced a new feature documentary about the nation’s top infectious disease expert and dedicated public servant, Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D., from Emmy winners John Hoffman (“The Weight of the Nation,” “Sleepless in America”) and Janet Tobias (“Unseen Enemy”) and Academy Award winner Dan Cogan (“Icarus”), and two-time Academy Award nominee […]
Following Disney’s ABC ordering a number of pilots for new shows including “The Wonder Years”, “Epic” and “Maggie”, they’ve also ordered a pilot for “Queens”. In the show, four estranged and out-of-touch women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – […]