According to a report by Variety, Disney will increase its content budget by $8 billion in fiscal year 2022, making the content budget line item $33 billion. The increase came to light after Disney filed its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Disney intends to gain a further foothold in the streaming market … Read more
Disney has won in a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit from an ex-product designer for Disney Streaming Service (DSS) who claimed he was harassed because of his wife’s pregnancy. Steven Van Soeren sued DSS in November 2019 after working for Disney from August 2016 through May 2019. He alleged HR ignored his previous complaints about harassment and … Read more
Just hours after Disney+ finished revealing everything coming to the streaming service on launch day, November 12th, Disney has released a new trailer for their remake of Lady and the Tramp. Disney debuted the trailer during Dancing with the Stars on Monday night. In Disney+’s “Lady and the Tramp,” a timeless re-telling of the 1955 … Read more
It may be the end of August, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Disney has released the trailer for “Noelle,” an original film premiering on Disney+ on launch day, November 12th. The film stars Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader. In Disney+’s holiday comedy “Noelle,” Kris Kringle’s daughter is full of Christmas spirit … Read more
Disney+? Fifteen seconds to curtain, Disney+! That’s right, the music will be played and the lights will be lit when “Muppets Now,” a series of unscripted shorts starring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, The Great Gonzo, and the rest of the Muppets, premieres on Disney+ in 2020. And in a nod to their … Read more
There’ll be no need to fight over control of the Disney+ account. According to The Streamable‘s Stephanie Sengwe, Disney+ will allow for up to four simultaneous streams on up to ten different devices. This will allow for “family” and “extended family” to enjoy Disney+ from the same account, as Sengwe reports. In addition, Disney+ will … Read more
Walt Disney’s first superstar, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, is getting his own animated series on Disney+. Walt Disney Television Animation News, a fan-run Twitter account, first reported the news on Saturday. #OswaldTheLuckyRabbit The Series In The Works! An Employee from Disney Digital Network/Disney Advanced Media Labs/Disney Interactive posted that he has written some multiple episodes … Read more
After some recent struggles to capture attention, it looks like the Muppets may be returning to the format that made them stars. According to The DisInsider‘s Cami Cabrales, the felt-y, fuzzy, and funny troupe will star in a series of variety shorts coming to Disney+. The unscripted series is rumored to feature three different segments, … Read more
As exciting as it is to hear about new projects on Disney+ like The Mandalorian or the Lady and the Tramp remake, die-hard Disney fans like myself have been hoping to hear about how much of Disney’s vast back catalog of films and television programs would be on the new streaming service. And on Thursday … Read more
Sister Act fans, your prayers have been answered… but it may be without Whoopi Goldberg. According to a Variety report, Disney is currently developing Sister Act 3 for the upcoming streaming service, Disney+. The studio has reportedly tapped “Insecure” co-executive producer Regina Hicks and “Star” showrunner Karin Gist to pen the screenplay. But according to … Read more
Included in all of Thursday’s announcements related to Disney+, the company’s streaming service, a new series was announced… one that should excite Disney Parks fans. Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced on the quarterly earnings conference call that a docu-series which will take viewers behind the scenes at Walt Disney Imagineering is coming to … Read more
Disney has unveiled the title and website for Disney+, its newest streaming service. At https://preview.disneyplus.com/ you can sign up for the newsletter to get updated as soon as it’s unveiled. The home screen promises Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic. It seems Disney decided not to use the name Disney Play as we previously … Read more