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Disney+ has a loaded slate for July with a lot of aquatic adventures and the final few episodes of their latest MCU series, Secret Invasion. They’ll also have a feature-length Mickey Mouse movie premiere at the end of the month. Here’s everything coming to the service in July. Coming to Disney+ (July 2023) July 2 […]

Former Disney Channel star Alyson Stoner came out as pansexual in the public eye back in 2018. In an essay for Teen Vogue, they shared their experience falling in love with a woman. But that fateful essay also lost them their job, per TooFab. In a new interview on the I’m Literally Screaming with Spencewuah podcast, […]

The popular Disney+ series, High Musical: The Musical: The Series, has gotten a huge update regarding its future. Rick Porter of The Hollywood Reporter exclusively broke the news that the High School Musical series will conclude with Season 4. The upcoming fourth season is set to premiere on August 9 with all eight episodes being […]

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is the longest-tenured character in the MCU. Jackson made his debut as the character at the end of Iron Man — the first film in this entire franchise — and has been a pillar of the franchise since then. Ahead of the release of Secret Invasion, the 74-year-old actor has […]

In 2023, we’re very lucky to be able to get so much content from the comfort of our own homes. But it’s a blessing and a curse, as Pixar exec Pete Docter has shared. Variety recently interviewed Docter, and in this interview, he talked about a variety of topics including the negative reviews of Elemental […]

Frozen and its sequel were far too successful to resist continuing the franchise. A third film is on the way, but one of the first two film’s co-directors, Jennifer Lee, has made a shocking admission about her role in the threequel. The Wrap reports that Lee will not be returning for Frozen 3. Speaking to […]

Disney’s latest live-action remake, The Little Mermaid, is currently swimming in box office grosses — making it clear that the studio will not stop remaking their animated classics as long as they’re making money. A live-action Bambi film has been a long time coming, and get the tissues ready as it’s being developed with Academy […]

It’s long been known to be in the works, and now Disney is making it official by announcing the release date for its upcoming live-action version of Moana with Dwayne Johnson. The film will premiere on June 27, 2025, which is actually about a week earlier than its previously announced premiere date of July 2, […]

On a day when Disney has had to announce a number of release date delays to their MCU projects, it appears that the galaxy far, far away wasn’t safe either as two Star Wars films have had release dates shifted due to the WGA writers’ strike. It’s being reported that the Star Wars film scheduled […]

Andor was a groundbreaking show for the Star Wars universe in many ways, and it almost included the very first f-bomb in the franchise’s history. In the Season 1 finale of Andor, there is a funeral for Maarva Andor (Fiona Shaw) — the titular character’s adoptive mother. Maarva had pre-recorded a message for the funeral […]

Yet another MCU project has been affected by the WGA writers’ strike — this time it’s the Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again. Deadline reports that production of Daredevil: Born Again has shut down for the day in New York City due to one of the strike’s picketing locations. The series was supposed to shoot today […]

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is just over three weeks away from release, but the box office opening projections are in. While it’s not tracking horribly, it looks like it’ll come in behind the fourth entry in the franchise, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It’s being reported by The Hollywood Reporter that the […]

A new TV spot for the upcoming Star Wars spinoff series, Ahsoka, has dropped along with the official premiere date of the Disney+ show. Disney+ announced that Ahsoka — an eight-episode series — will premiere on the streaming service on August 23. The TV spot, titled “Begin,” shows quick glimpses of Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson), Sabine […]

Jesse Garcia had a breakout role in Flamin’ Hot — the upcoming biopic about a Frito-Lay janitor who created Flamin’ Hot Cheetos — but he has another big role coming up: Leading Disney+’s remake of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good, Very Bad Day. Speaking with ClutchPoints about Flamin’ Hot, Garcia discussed the upcoming […]

Hold on to your broomsticks, ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ just got a huge update. Disney is officially developing ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ according to Sean Bailey, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, confirmed while discussing upcoming live-action projects in a profile published by The New York Times on Sunday (June 4). This news follows the […]

The Lion King live-action remake made bank at the box office for Disney in 2019 — it grossed over $1.6 billion globally — and was the second-highest-grossing film of the year both domestically and globally. With figures like that, it’s not hard to imagine why Disney would want to pounce on that success, but the […]

Conservative critics are once again targeting Disney for what they perceive as pushing “woke” agendas on children, according to the New York Post The latest controversy involves an apparent male employee at Disneyland’s Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in Anaheim, California, who was seen wearing a costume dress and makeup while portraying the “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentice.” A […]

The upcoming live-action remake of Disney’s Moana will have a few new parts, including a director as the film has tapped Thomas Kail — a Tony Award-winning director for his work on Hamilton — to direct the film. The Hollywood Reporter broke the story that Kail will helm the live-action Moana film. The project was […]

Disney made the decision to move ahead with its planned production schedule for Deadpool 3 despite the WGA writers strike, and now it must deal with the consequences. Chief amongst those includes the fact that Ryan Reynolds will not be allowed to improvise or ad-lib lines in any way during the filming of the highly-anticipated […]

The six-episode Star Wars-Disney+ event that was Obi-Wan Kenobi has come and gone, but while it was intended as a limited series, the door cannot be closed on another season led by Ewan McGregor. Deborah Chow had already worked in the Star Wars universe when she directed two episodes in the first season. Perhaps that […]

Right after the first four Indiana Jones films hit Disney+, the streaming service has it all in June from a dual-premiere of Searchlight’s latest Cheetos flick to the debut of a new MCU series. Here’s everything coming to the streaming service next month. New to Disney+ in June 2023 June 2 Pride from Above June […]

Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) will soon lead her own show — Agatha: Coven of Chaos — and it appears that the show will follow the formula laid out by the series the character first appeared in, WandaVision. Patti LuPone, who stars in Coven of Chaos as Lilia Calderu, was recently on Vanity Fair’s Little Gold […]

John Stamos isn’t ashamed to admit he’s a Disney adult, and he’s got a certain Barbie actor to thank. On Keke Palmer’s podcast, This Is Keke Palmer, Stamos revealed he has Ryan Gosling to thank for making him feel less awkward as such a big fan of the theme parks and franchise, per People. “Six […]

Disney’s latest live-action remake, The Little Mermaid, is in theaters now, and Oscar-nominated hairstylist Camille Friend detailed the experience working with Halle Bailey and the bonkers price of the iconic hair extensions and locs. Speaking with Variety, Friend — who has worked with the likes of Lupita Nyong’o in the past — talked about the […]

Marvel Studios recently had to pause the pre-production process of Blade due to the WGA writers’ strike, but it has now been hit with delays on two more high-profile projects. A couple of the projects on their upcoming MCU slate that was close to or in the midst of shooting — Thunderbolts and Wonder Man […]

Disney’s latest live-action remake, The Little Mermaid, is set to hit theaters this week and is due to hit a major benchmark for these films that only four others have if it hits its projections. Deadline reported that The Little Mermaid is currently eyeing a $100 million debut — $120 million over the four-day holiday […]

It might be dominating all the headlines related to the company lately, but Disney insists its feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t hurting the financials of its business operations in the least. Josh D’Amaro, the chairman of Disney’s Parks, Experiences and Products unit made an appearance Monday at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media […]

Whenever there’s a new live-action remake from Disney, the question of what has been changed (or what hasn’t) always comes up. In the case of The Little Mermaid, it follows the same plot structure, but there are a few key differences. Warning: Spoilers for The Little Mermaid ahead In case you’re not familiar with the […]

To say that Disney’s recent live-action remakes have been hit or miss is putting it lightly. You’ve had good ones like Cruella (if that counts), but you’ve also got Pinocchio and Tom Hanks’ second-worst performance of 2022. However, the notion that these films don’t need to be made is wrong, at least for my money, […]

A Moana live-action remake seemingly came out of nowhere when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced it last month, In that announcement, Johnson announced his involvement in the remake — including that he would be returning as Maui — but it appears that the film’s lead, Auli’i Cravalho, may have other plans. In an Instagram post […]

Leave it to Ted Cruz to ruin beer. On the heels of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ feud with Disney, Sen. Ted Cruz decided he wanted to get in on the prominent-Republicans-picking-fights-with-things-that-most-Americans-love game by targeting Bud Light. What did the beer company do, you ask? Something heinous like flying off to Cancun while its home state […]

A new Pixar film is on the way, but Elemental is currently tracking to have one of the lowest box office openings (domestically) in the studio’s history. According to Box Office Pro, Elemental is currently tracking for just $28-$38 million domestically. To be fair, it’s opening against The Flash — a major studio franchise flick […]

Let me be clear, my excitement for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will not change regardless of the first reactions out of its Cannes Film Festival premiere — even if some of the detractors include close friends. The latest Indiana Jones flick held its world premiere last night in France at Cannes, even […]

Disney is finally able to discuss a popular villain in its universe other than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with the announcement on Tuesday that Loki Season 2 will premiere on Disney+ on October 6. The news came at Disney’s annual upfront presentation to advertisers, and was delivered by Kevin Feige, producer and president of Marvel […]

Harrison Ford’s final outing as Indiana Jones will be having its world premiere pretty soon at the Cannes Film Festival, and the official runtime has been released — and it exceeds the previous franchise record by a wide margin. One Take News reported that the runtime for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny comes […]

After over 150 days in theaters, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water finally has a Disney+ and Max release date. The Way of Water was the long-awaited sequel to 2009’s Avatar. Despite a 13-year gap between the installments, the second film was able to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor and gross $2.3 […]

With the number of streaming services out there, it can be overwhelming and flat-out annoying to navigate and hope between them all. Luckily, Bob Iger and Mickey Mouse are looking out for us as Disney has announced a merger of Disney+ and Hulu. However, there is a catch. During May 10’s earnings call, Iger announced […]

In Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Dory,” the forgetful eponymous fish’s catchphrase is the lovably sing-songy “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!” If Dory were on Disney‘s legal team in its ongoing feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, she might want to tweak that to “Just keep talking, just keep talking!” Disney updated its federal lawsuit against the […]

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has finally hit theaters and while it did make an impressive $114 million at the box office during its opening weekend, it was not enough to beat out its predecessors. In fact, it ranks dead last in terms of opening weekends for Disney’s top summer Marvel releases since […]