What if...?

What if…? is coming to Disney this August — catch the trailer now

Marvel’s animated What if…? comes to Disney+ this August, and there’s a first-look trailer available now Marvel’s byline to their press release for What if…? tells us little (apart from the use of caps in the title being inconsistent!): “Space. Time. Reality. It’s more than a linear path.” WHAT IF…?, an Original Series from Marvel Studios, is … >

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Black Widow audience

Black Widow audience figures impress on opening

On Friday 9, Disney put out a short press release on the encouraging Black Widow audience figures. Now we’ve had the weekend and the picture is very much more impressive You can read the first Disney press release (from Friday) here; in a nutshell: Domestically, the long-awaited film has set a Thursday night preview record for the … >

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Disney+ tops the chart with Falcon and the Winter Soldier s1 ep2 A New Captain America

Disney+ tops the Nielsens as Hulu comes in at #10 and more new entrants

It’s success for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Disney+ tops this week’s Nielsens As we suggested last week, Disney+ tops this week’s Nielsens (US streamed viewing figures of certain services) and we expect some celebration later. There’s plenty of churn, several new entries, and even a Hulu show coming into range. As ever we’ve processed the Nielsen data, … >

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Cruella Premier Access

Cruella Premier Access trailer released by Disney+

There’s a Cruella Premier Access trailer available ahead of the film’s May release, focusing on the character’s origin As we’ve previously reported, Cruella is being released both in cinemas and via streaming, but only to Disney+ subscribers who pay an extra fee (no details yet, we are expecting it might be around £20). In the way of making … >

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Loki TV series poster

Loki TV series — Disney releases official trailer ahead of June release

The Loki TV series is coming in June and Disney has released an official trailer Yet another show in the MCU 4 era (ie post Endgame, like WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), the Loki TV series brings back Tom Hiddleston as the titular God of Mischief. He’s run away with the Tesseract, and is a fish-out-of-water when he … >

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Cruella Disney summer schedule shuffle

Disney summer schedule shuffle moves Cruella to Premier Access

The Disney summer schedule shuffle sees new dates and more choices for several titles To quote Disney themselves (from the press release): … new release details for a number of titles on Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming slate of films. The announcement updates rollout details for the forthcoming Disney live-action Cruella, Marvel Studios’ Black Widow and … >

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Streaming one billion subscriptions

One Billion subscriptions and counting — the continued rise of streaming

There are now over one billion subscriptions to streaming services worldwide according to the Motion Picture Association Each year the Motion Picture Association produces a state of the industry report, and the latest for 2020 (it’s 63 pages but quite readable) can be downloaded and studied. Of course any industry trends were trampled on by COVID-19, … >

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Disney+ hits 100 million subscribers

100 million subscribers barrier broken by Disney+ after 16 months

It’s good news for Disney+ as they reach 100 million subscribers On March 9, Disney+ shared the following impressive update: Disney+ has surpassed 100 million global paid subscribers in just 16 months since its launch, Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), announced today during the Company’s virtual Annual Meeting of … >

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