Disney’s streaming service is going to be the one-stop shop for everything Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars. But it’s not just the company’s huge battery of movies and shows that we can expect to see there, but original content as well. Variety is reporting that Disney plans to go big with some of the content, dropping big bucks and big names to attract viewers to its service....
We’re starting to learn more details about Disney’s upcoming streaming service set to debut in 2019. Disney chairman Bob Iger released a big update on the streaming service and how it will compete with the already established competition such as Netflix and Hulu. According to Variety, the service is currently going under the name “Disney Play,” though that name is not final. The...
It’s been over a week since director James Gunn was ousted from the director’s chair on Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3. After 9-year-old tweets from the director (that he had previously publicly apologized for) resurfaced. The Walt Disney Company quickly moved to push him from the third Guardians movie. Since then, actors like Michael Rooker and Selma Blair have left Twitter completely...
The third chapter of the latest Star Wars trilogy begins filming on August 1. Instead of letting casting news slip out through rumors and set photos, Disney is making an official announcement letting us know who to look for when the movie hits in Christmas 2019. If you consider casting news to be spoilers, here’s your warning to get out while you still can. Don’t scroll past Chill...
While the Incredibles are a “super family,” they’re still a family, which is a good way to sum of the first trailer for The Incredibles 2. Mr. Incredible is doing his best to take care of his polymorphing son, help his other son with dreaded math homework—all while trying to stay awake. The trailer is incredibly light on story detail, and it seems like most of what we see is early-...
When Fox finally greenlit the Ryan Reynolds-championed Deadpool, it seems like it mostly wanted the project to go away. The studio threw less than $60 million at the project. Now, the long-awaited Gambit film is about to start production, and the soon-to-be-Disney-owned project seems to be suffering from a case of overcorrection. Channing Tatum’s take on the Ragin’ Cajun is set to...
When it comes to the printed page, Marvel owns all their stuff. Once we bring actors and cameras into it, though, things get confusing quickly. Rights to Marvel’s characters as they appear on the big screen are mixed between Disney, Universal, Sony and, until this week, Fox. But Disney is in the process of acquiring a huge chunk of Fox assets, so the landscape is changing. Who owns who...
Pixar’s latest movie, Coco, is being released in just over a month, but details about the movie have been surprisingly scarce. The only thing we know is the basic plot and its ties to Mexican heritage. Aside from that, things were on a need to know basis, but the veil has been pulled back thanks to a new clip and behind the scenes featurette that shows off Pixar’s signature storytelling...
Remember when Disney movies used to give us nightmares, and used to fascinate us with new ideas and sights instead of just making “princess” movies and Pixar sequels? The 1986 film Flight of the Navigator was one of those, and now it’s making a comeback. The original film centered on a 12-year-old boy who falls down a ravine in the woods and is knocked unconscious in 1978, only to...
Alright, media companies, we need to talk. The streaming thing was really cool for a while, but the luster has worn off, and we're left with a situation that's somehow even worse than having to pay for a bunch of cable channels we don't watch. Something has to change, and I think we're reaching a breaking point with regard to how many discrete streaming services people are willing to...