Disney is making big announcements about all its big franchises and platforms. We’re covering them all right here!
Today, Disney is revealing its plans for the future in a four-hour presentation, which you can watch in real-time on its website. It’s expected to drop a “Death Star-size trove” of information about Star Wars projects, and you can bet they’ll be info about Marvel and other franchises, as well.
We’ll be here recording the big content announcements for you, and the first has already dropped:
Over the next few years, roughly 10 @Marvel series, 10 @StarWars
series, 15 Disney live action, @DisneyAnimation, and @Pixar series, plus 15 all-new Disney live action, Disney Animation, and Pixar features will be released directly on @DisneyPlus.
Holy god, that is a lot of TV shows, and pretty much confirms that the rumors about an exploding Star Wars TV universe beyond The Mandalorian is true.
A release date for Raya and the Last Dragon:
Over the next few years, roughly 10 @Marvel series, 10 @StarWars series, 15 Disney live action, @DisneyAnimation, and @Pixar series, plus 15 all-new Disney live action, Disney Animation, and Pixar features will be released directly on @DisneyPlus.
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
Disney has a f**kton of subscribers for its streaming platforms:
Across @DisneyPlus, Hotstar, Hulu, and ESPN+, Disney Direct-to-Consumer services have over 137 million subscriptions. In 2021, @DisneyPlus will launch in more markets including Eastern Europe, South Korea, Hong Kong, and more!
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
Expect more original content coming to Hulu, which Disney owns, if you forgot:
In the U.S., @Hulu will launch exclusive original films produced by 20th Century Studios and Searchlight. Expect more news on this front in the coming months.
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon will play Silicon Valley swindler Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout on Hulu. Including the hilarious McKinnon was the one and only way to get me interested in another story about Elizabeth Holmes, so kudos.
You may have heard the unbelievable tale of Elizabeth Holmes, but never quite like this. The Dropout will tell the story of the con artist, played by Kate McKinnon, that captured the world. Coming to @Hulu and Star. pic.twitter.com/Pj5NXUM3aK
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
Next up, The Handmaid’s Tale season 5 is officially coming to Hulu! And the cast has a message for fans:
Lots of old shows coming back to FX:
And there will be FOUR new seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia!
Some other cool new shows coming include comics adaptation Y: The Last Man and a show based on Alien:
There’s also a new show called Shōgun coming. According to the presenter, it’s “set within the real game of thrones that was feudal Japan…”
Lastly, FX is developing a retelling of James Clavell’s saga Shōgun. @Justin_Marks_ and Rachel Kondo are adapting the epic with award-winning producer Tim Van Patten. pic.twitter.com/afFigszieg
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
New Star Wars shows are officially coming, including one about Ahsoka Tano:
These shows will be related and culminate in a “story event.”
We got a preview for the upcoming Cassian Andor series, simply called Andor. Check out the trailer:
Here’s a big one: “Hayden Christensen is returning in the role of Darth Vader.” He’ll be in the upcoming show about Obi-Wan Kenobi, set 10 years after the events of Revenge of the Sith. He and Obi-Wan will have “the rematch of the century.”
Whoa.
All we got was the logo:
A look at The Bad Batch, the upcoming animated Clone Wars show:
A new short film series Visions will give Star Wars the anime treatment:
Star Wars: Visions, an Original Series of animated short films, celebrates the @StarWars galaxy through the lens of the world’s best Japanese anime creators. Coming in 2021 to @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/syUmiL7SdI
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
A Lando Calrissian show is coming:
The galaxy’s favorite scoundrel, Lando Calrissian, will return in Lando, a brand-new event series for @DisneyPlus. Justin Simien (@JSim07) is in the early stages of developing the project.
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
We finally have some more info about Leslye Headland’s “female-centric” Star Wars show. There will also be a project starring R2-D2 and C-3PO called A Droid Story:
Moving beyond Star Wars, Warwick Davis will return in a new show that continues the story told in Ron Howard’s 1988 fantasy film Willow:
Willow, an Original Series from Lucasfilm starring Warwick Davis, with pilot directed by @JonMChu, is coming in 2022 to @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/6t6s09gNbZ
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
The “final” Indiana Jones film is coming:
Lucasfilm is in pre-production on the next installment of Indiana Jones. At the helm is James @Mang0ld, director of Ford v Ferrari, and Indy himself, Harrison Ford, will be back to continue his iconic character’s journey. Adventure arrives July 2022.
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
Disney is adapting Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood & Bone:
Tomi Adeyemi’s New York Times bestselling novel Children of Blood & Bone is being developed by Lucasfilm in partnership with 20th Century Studios. This coming-of-age adventure follows a young African girl’s quest to restore magic to her forsaken people, the Maji.
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
Kathleen Kennedy mentioned Taika Waititi is writing his new Star Wars movie, and there’s another one — a Star Wars movie called Rogue Squadron — coming in 2023, from Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins.
A Beauty and the Beast show is coming, all about Gaston and LeFou, played by Luke Evans and Josh Gad like in the recent movie. The rumors were true. Yay?
A Lion King prequel movie is coming. Plus, meet the cast of the upcoming The Little Mermaid remake:
A sneak peak at the upcoming live-action remake of Pinocchio:
There’s a TV show based on Big Hero 6 coming, all about nurse-bot Baymax. Beyond that, we’ve got musical series about Tiana from The Princess and the Frog and Moana from Moana:
Just Announced: @DisneyAnimation’s first-ever original animated series are coming to @DisneyPlus: Baymax!, Zootopia+, and Tiana are coming in 2022, and Moana, the series, in 2023. pic.twitter.com/s7aOht4uU6
— Disney (@Disney) December 11, 2020
Pixar is making Lightyear, the fictional movie that inspired the fictional toy Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans:
Okay, time for the Marvel stuff. First up, a new trailer for WandaVision, coming out January 15:
The upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will connect both to WandaVision and the as-yet-unsubtitled Spider-Man 3:
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness, debuts March 25, 2022. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, & Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez. Directed by Sam Raimi, the film ties to WandaVision & the next Spider-Man film.
— Disney (@Disney) December 11, 2020
A preview for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the next MCU series to debut on Disney+ after WandaVision:
Look out for it on March 19. And after that, the new Loki show is coming in May:
What else will the day bring? Let’s find out. Updates are coming!
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