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As part of today's Disney+ Day, the company has unveiled its slate of 20th Century Studios movies coming to its international channel Star in 2022. The projects will debut on Hulu in the U.S. and Star+ in Latin America. Rosaline is a fresh comedic twist on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, with the classic love story now…

Disney’s stand-alone Star+ streaming service has launched in Latin America. The service, which is packaged as a component within Disney+ in territories like the UK, Singapore and others, includes both scripted and unscripted fare created in Latin America. Offerings range from live sports from ESPN, new international…

Disney Plus has made good on its plans to offer general entertainment service Star in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, giving the company a new streaming outlet for more grown-up programming. Also today, Disney+ with Star launched in Singapore, the first market where Disney+ has launched with the new Star…

Disney+ has no plans to enter the live sports arena in Europe any time soon, according to the Mouse House’s top European executive, meaning that the streaming giant will not be competing for Premier League rights in the UK. Speaking at a Disney+ press event to mark the launch of international service Star on…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+’s European originals strategy is out of the launch bay after the Star Wars and Marvel streamer fired up the jetpack on a slate of 10 shows, including the first projects for international general entertainment brand Star. Disney announced at its investor day last December that Disney+ will greenlight…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+’s new international streaming service Star has commissioned a mafia series, penned by The Last Kingdom and Baghdad Central scribe Stephen Butchard and co-produced by two high-profile outfits in the UK and Italy. Exclusively revealed by Deadline today, The Good Mothers forms part Disney+ and Star’s…

Disney has revealed more details of its international launch of general entertainment streaming service Star. The service will launch as a branded tile on its Disney+ platform in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and Singapore on February 23, 2021. The company will increase the price of the Disney+ service to…

Lee Daniels’ long battle to find a home for his canceled Fox series Star seems to have taken a new and bigger twist today. In a video post on social media Friday, the Oscar nominee announced that the axed musical drama will be returning as a “movie of the week to wrap up things up for y’all,” after three seasons on…

A week ago, Lee Daniels admitted a revival of Star "ain't happening," but today the co-creator of the now canceled music drama offered hope to fans pounding Fox for pink slipping the series. "We will have something with some closure," Daniels announced on social media Friday afternoon for the Jude Demorest, Ryan…

"For me, it’s about opening the door for people, giving access to writers who might not be heard right now," says Mixed-ish showrunner Karin Gist about utilizing her perch on shows like ABC’s upcoming Black-ish prequel and the now-canceled Star to broaden the horizons of the small screen. "So, for me, I just read as…

Weeks after Fox pulled the plug on Star, co-creator Lee Daniels admitted Thursday that the show could not find a new home and will not be back, despite his best efforts. Word was that Daniels was attempting to rustle up interest in fourth season of the musical drama with the likes of BET, OWN and Amazon, but clearly…

Star co-creator Lee Daniels took to Instagram Tuesday night to provide an update on the music drama series, which has been looking for a new home since Fox canceled it earlier this month after three seasons. “Fighting guys! Will know this week… or top of next! 💫💫.” Daniels wrote next to a clip from the series. “I'm…