Disney’s plan for streaming Marvel’s Black Widow after it hits theaters May 7 remained a mystery Thursday, as the company completed its investor day without detailing any adjusted release plans for the movie or other Marvel flicks next year, like Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Eternals. The fogginess around Marvel releases means …
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Disney will stream some of its new movies on Disney Plus at no added cost instead of bringing them to theaters at all, the company said Thursday. But it remains unclear if Disney’s biggest-budget films — like its Marvel movies Black Widow, Shang Chi and Eternals — are destined to premiere in theaters exclusively for a period of time before they …
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Disney Plus grew to 86.8 million subscribers a little over a year after its launch in November 2019, Disney said. That’s an additional 13 million subscribers added in just a couple of months since late September, likely spurred by new rollouts in Latin America. And looking down the road to late 2024, Disney projected that Disney Plus will have between 230 million …
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Disney said that Disney Plus will have 10 Marvel series and 10 Star Wars series “over the next few years,” as well as 15 series and 15 feature-length films that are Disney live-action, Disney animation or Pixar in the same time frame. The company also indicated that “a number of Disney and Pixar films” will be headed straight to Disney Plus instead of …
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Disney’s live-action remake of the 1998 animated film Mulan skipped a theatrical release in the US, being made available to stream on Disney Plus. Initially Disney‘s Mulan remake cost you an extra $30 on top of your new or existing subscription, but that period is almost over. As of today, Dec. 4, Mulan is free to all Disney Plus subscribers. See Disney Plus subscription options Disney’s live-action …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was already a great deal to begin with, but Black Friday kicked it up a notch, and the deal is holding strong going into Cyber Monday. Regularly priced at $15 per month, Target is currently offering a three-month subscription for $20, which …
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Season 2 of The Mandalorian is in full swing on Disney Plus, with a new episode dropping Friday, and Google is letting you bring its hero home. You can download The Mandalorian AR Experience onto your 5G Pixel and some 5G Android phones, Google said Monday in a blog post. “The Mandalorian AR Experience puts you in the shoes of …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Star Wars: Squadrons launched last month for PC, PS4 and Xbox, and surprisingly for a high-profile new release, it was priced at $40, not $60. You can do better. For a limited time, and while supplies last, GameStop has Star Wars: Squadrons (Xbox One) for $17. …
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Disney Plus grew to 73.7 million subscribers as of Oct. 3, Disney said Tuesday, an announcement that came on the first anniversary of the streaming service’s launch. By comparison, Netflix, the biggest subscription video service in the world, has more than 195 million global subscribers. But among the raft of newer services that’ve launched in the last year — such as Apple …
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Ahead of the holiday shopping season, Verizon on Monday said its kid-friendly GizmoWatch series will now carry a Disney edition. Kids can have characters like Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian on Disney Plus, Elsa from Frozen, as well as other Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters, set as their watch face. The GizmoWatch Disney Edition animates the characters on the watch face …
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