Disney+ has partnered with Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts and writer Chris Ford on a new Star Wars series. Described as a coming-of-age story similar to Amblin Entertainment adventure movies of the 1980s, such as E.T and The Goonies, the untitled series has been given the code name Grammar Rodeo. This is in reference to […]
Disney+ has commissioned a new Star Wars animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, to premiere on the streamer next year. This latest journey to a galaxy far, far away spins out of the recently concluded Star Wars: The Clone Wars and follows a group of experimental clones first introduced in that show […]
Disney+ is preparing a new female-focused Star Wars series with the exec producer behind Netflix drama Russian Doll attached, according to reports. The show, whose precise plot remains under wraps, is from Leslye Headland, who co-created Russian Doll and was also showrunner on the critically acclaimed drama. The new project is being developed as a […]
Producer-writer Jon Favreau is writing and executive producing a live-action Star Wars series for Disney’s upcoming global SVOD service. He will work with Star Wars studio Lucasfilm on the series, which is a number Disney is lining for the network. “I couldn’t be more excited about Jon coming on board to produce and write for […]
The Walt Disney Company’s upcoming international SVOD service will offer Star Wars and Marvel Universe content, Bob Iger has revealed. One of the key questions over the upcoming app, which is due for launch in 2019, was whether it would offer series and feature films from its premium Lucasfilm and Marvel Entertainment subsidiaries. At a […]
The Walt Disney Company’s upcoming international SVOD service will offer Star Wars and Marvel Universe content, Bob Iger has revealed. One of the key questions over the upcoming app, which is due for launch in 2019, was whether it would offer series and feature films from its premium Lucasfilm and Marvel Entertainment subsidiaries. At a […]
Corus Entertainment has secured a multi-year licensing deal for the entire Star Wars franchise. The deal comes into effect this autumn, when Star Wars movies will begin playing on Corus channels, which include Global, Showcase, W Network and ABC Spark. Corus nets will get the seven movies already released, including 2015’s Star Wars: The Force […]
Disney has unveiled the Disney Digital Network, a new home for digital stories that brings together Disney characters and a “curated set” of Maker Studios creators. In an announcement at its Digital Content NewFronts event in New York, Disney said that the network will consist of more than 300 socialmedia channels and a slate of […]
Netflix’s reboot of US comedy series the Gilmore Girls is leading the pack in Germany, some distance ahead of Amazon’s biggest ever commissioned series, The Grand Tour, our latest In Demand charts reveal. The latest exclusive data set from influential analytics firm Parrot,covering November 27 – December 3, reveals the Gilmore Girls: A Year in the […]
Canal+ has inked a deal with Disney and will get first and second window rights to several of the studio’s series and movies for its international service. The deal with The Walt Disney Company also sees a raft of Disney channels carried on Canal+’s Overseas service. The content element of the two-part agreement covers all […]
