A new survey from PiplsayPiplsay has given an insight into what American’s think about the new streaming service, Disney+, just under three months after its launch. This survey asked 63,833 individuals, who were based in the US and over the age of 18, of which revealed some interesting facts. Such as how there was a […]
On Tuesday, Disney president Bob Iger trumpeted the launch of streaming service Disney Plus in a conference call that generated major entertainment headlines and investor interest. The big news has been covered: Disney Plus currently has 28.6 million subscribers (inclusive of five nations where it has launched so far), beating many estimates. Fans got their […]
A couple of years ago, Disney secured the rights to make the novel “29 Dates” into a movie for Disney+ and the DisInsider is reporting that the movie will be directed by Richard Wong, who previously directed the indie movie “Come As You Are”. “29 Dates” will be a Disney+ Original movie and will be […]
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is the latest Disney+ Original movie and is based on the popular children’s book. It tells the story of a quirky boy called Timmy Failure, who, operates Total Failure Inc., a Portland detective agency with his imaginary polar bear called “Total”. Timmy is a strange oddball of a character, who […]
Last week, Disney removed a number of titles in the US from Disney+ including “Garfield: The Movie” and “Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer”, plus the animated Disney classic, “The Sword in the Stone”. The good news is that “The Sword in the Stone” has been restored to Disney+. This isn’t the first title […]
Last week, a number of titles were removed from Disney+ in the US including “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”, “Garfield: The Movie” and “Sword and the Stone”. The good news is, “Sword and the Stone” has been re-added to Disney+, which means it joins Avalon High, Never Been Kissed and the Sandlot, as […]
One of the biggest selling points for Disney+ was the low price of $6.99 a month, which has brought in nearly 30 million subscribers. On a recent Investors conference call, Disney CEO Bob Iger was asked about a potential price rise for Disney+ and said: We haven’t had a conversation about price since we launched […]
Disney’s CEO Bob Iger was asked during this month’s Investors Financial Call about some of the things they’ve learned from launching Disney+ and if they are planning on making any changes post launch, to which Bob Iger replied: “Well, I don’t know if you call this a surprise, but certainly it’s a learning because we […]
During the Walt Disney Companies quarterly investors conference call, CEO Bob Iger spoke about the upcoming Marvel shows coming to Disney+: Many of you probably saw our Super Bowl spot featuring three original new Marvel series for Disney+: Loki, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which will premiere on the service in August, and WandaVision, […]
The Walt Disney Company has announced its first quarter financial results for 2020, which has revealed some major details about Disney+ including news that they’ve managed to get 26.5 million subscribers globally by December 28th 2019. Disney CEO Bob Iger also revealed during the conference call, that as of Monday, Disney+ has 28.6 million subscribers. […]
Walt Disney Studios has announced it will be releasing Hamilton in theatres on October 15th 2021 in Canada and the US. The show was filmed onstage at The Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City. It will star the original Broadway cast including Lin-Manuel Miranda, who said: “I fell in love with musical storytelling growing […]
It’s Monday and time to take a look ahead at what’s coming to Disney+ this week and the big new addition is the streaming premiere of Toy Story 4 and a brand new Disney+ Original movie, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is also coming on Friday. While this list is primarily aimed at US/Canada readers, […]
Here is a look at what’s coming to Disney+ in February 2020. There is new library content arriving plus new Originals including Timmy Failure and the seventh season of the Clone Wars, plus the debut of the “Toy Story 4”. This list is focused on the US, so availability will vary by region and is […]
Disney has announced that production has commenced in Boston on “Godmothered,” an original live-action movie for Disney+ starring Isla Fisher (“Confessions of a Shopaholic,” “Wedding Crashers”) and Jillian Bell (“Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “Rough Night”), directed by Sharon Maguire (“Bridget Jones’s Diary,” “Bridget Jones’s Baby”). The screenplay is by Kari Granlund (“Lady and the Tramp”) […]
Disney has announced a number of new shows for Disney+, including the next generation of the critically-acclaimed series “The Quest,” now featuring teen participants and adding more epic world building interactive elements. The streaming service has also greenlit the ultimate brainteaser competition series “The Maze,” National Geographic’s “Meet the Chimps” and an untitled docuseries that follows […]