The two shows, along with the live-action Pinocchio remake are not expected until late-summer 2022. While we fans might obsess about superheroes and spaceships, for Disney there’s always the bottom line to consider. Consequently, information about upcoming shows sometimes arrives via the business, rather than entertainment pages. Thanks to reporting on ComicBook.com, off the back … >
Friday 12th November will bring treats to celebrate the streaming service’s 2nd birthday. Disney has announced a global celebration to mark the second anniversary of its home streaming service. Subscribers will be treated to new releases across the service’s six brands, Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and Star, as well as a ‘special … >
Disney is celebrating the Jungle Cruise success with regards the box office first weekend — is the news that good? The intention isn’t to criticise Disney; any organisation will find the positives behind everything it does. We’re just taking a look at their press release and adding some context. What was the Jungle Cruise success? … >
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 … >
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 … >
A West Side Story teaser trailer has been revealed by Disney for Steven Spielberg’s remake of the classic movie The original stage show and film West Side Story is regarded as both a classic and (by some) as a pinnacle. It’s hard to imagine a more powerful telling of the story, though of course it will … >
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, … >
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 … >
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 … >
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 … >