[ad_1] Another nature flick, Penguins, is due to reach Disney+ in 2020. There’s plenty of pressure on Disney to recruit A-list actors for roles like this. It knows that services like Netflix can attract their own top-tier documentary narrators, and it wouldn’t do if Disney+ arrived with docs that didn’t have a similar cachet. This […]
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Netflix should certainly feel threatened by Disney+
[ad_1] Disney+ will be the biggest competition Netflix has seen since Amazon Prime. Disney’s strategy seems fairly simple, though: Catch Netflix in a pincer maneuver. Disney+ will hosts family-friendly and educational content parents will love, while Hulu, like Buena Vista and Miramax before it, will become Disney’s repository for material it doesn’t want its name […]
The ‘Chef’s Table’ team is making non-fiction shows for Disney+
[ad_1] Marvel 616 (that’s the working title) is an anthology documentary show that ties Marvel’s comic book universe and its creators to their historical and cultural contexts. Disney didn’t provide an example, but Spider-Man‘s focus on a flawed, more nuanced character might be a good candidate. The other show, Earthkeepers (also a working title), is […]
Hawkeye is the latest Avenger to reportedly get a Disney+ spinoff
[ad_1] Disney has a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe-adjacent shows in the works for its upcoming streaming platform, and it seems one of them is a limited Hawkeye series starring Jeremy Renner. The Disney+ show is reportedly an adventure series featuring Clint Barton (Renner) and Kate Bishop, a character from Marvel Comics who takes over […]
Apple TV+ needs more than just A-list talent
[ad_1] The second half of the presentation didn’t seem designed to appeal to ordinary users at all and had the feel of an industry event. But, beyond that, Apple’s pitch to entice customers to spend cash on its streaming TV service was vague. If the selling point was that Apple has the money to buy […]