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No shocker here as Disney has moved Fox’s Joe Wright movie The Woman in the Window out of Oct. 4 to May 15, 2020. This was to be expected as the film has to undergo reshoots. Already, Disney has Fox Searchlight’s Lucy in the Sky on Oct. 4. Woman in the Window, based on the A.J. Finn novel of the same, follows an…

UPDATED with company statement. A former financial analyst at Disney has alleged in SEC whistleblower filings that the media giant routinely overstated its revenue, according to a report in business website MarketWatch. Sandra Kuba, who worked for 18 years in Disney’s revenue operations unit before being fired in…

Along with Monday’s announcement of Disney+ pricing and launch dates in four global territories, Disney has activated social media marketing and confirmed a discount for attendees of this weekend’s D23 Expo. A short video highlighting the Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm, National Geographic and Disney titles coming to the…

Disney is to begin rolling out its streaming service Disney+ internationally in November – with a number of territories going day-and-date with the U.S. The Hollywood studio has revealed plans to launch the service in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand – the first global details for the forthcoming…

As pro-democracy protests continued in the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday despite threats of Beijing’s military force, the Walt Disney Company could find itself caught between the two sides, on and off-screen. Disney has continually demonstrated a forward-thinking approach when it comes to doing business in China and…

Liu Yifei, the star of Disney’s upcoming live-action iteration of Mulan, is under fire for recent comments she posted on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo supposedly supporting the Hong King Police Force who have been accused of using excessive force against protestors and journalists. Yifei, who is…

Ewan McGregor may be picking up his lightsaber again. The 48-year-old Scottish actor is in talks about reprising his role as the heartfelt but headstrong Jedi master known as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a yet-to-be-titled Disney+ series, Deadline has confirmed. Details about the series following the Jedi master are being kept…

Michael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home, Training Day) is set as the lead in Love, Simon, the Disney+ series inspired by the praised 2018 movie based on Becky Albertali's New York Times bestselling novel. Cimino joins previously announced Ana Ortiz in the half-hour series which begins production this month in Los…

Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4 is finally crossed $1 billion putting Disney in an atmosphere that no other major studio has ever touched: Having 5 pics gross over $1 billion in a single year. It is projected that Frozen 2 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker later this year will bring that count to mindboggling 7 titles…

Disney and Charter have struck a new carriage deal a week before the launch of ESPN’s ACC Network, an important effort to expand its college sports portfolio at a sensitive time for the pay-TV ecosystem. The agreement encompasses Disney's streaming services including Hulu, ESPN+ and Disney+, which will launch November…

The international roll-out of Disney+ is moving a step closer with the appointment of Sky exec Luke Bradley-Jones to a lead role in Europe and Africa. Bradley-Jones, who has been Chief Marketing Officer for Sky in the UK and Ireland, becomes SVP, Direct To Consumer and General Manager of Disney+ for Europe and Africa…

EXCLUSIVE: "When we start thinking about our shows, it’s how do we do better than we did the last time," declares Marvel Television's chief Jeph Loeb as the small screen arm of the comic cyclopean heads into a new hydra (no pun totally intended) of offerings. "We will never be a factory. We don't know how to be a…