News The Disney+ (The New Streaming Service) Thread

[cylkoth]

I wonder why they don't put more Fox stuff on there... like the animated movie Anastasia seems like it would fit right in... And obviously the X-Men movies...

Well it's simply really. They are not going to treat this as if it were a library, where they put everything they own (that fits the family friendly brand) up on a permanent basis. Its being treated the same as every other pay tv channel channel that's owned by giant media corps. Content will be added in waves and rotated on and off every quarter as we're used to seeing.
Keeps a subscriber hooked in for longer periods than it would if folks could just walk in and watch the handful of titles they're interested in and leaving.

 

[kitik]

Disney+ has announced their May schedule (for the US at least) and it seems pretty big. They're adding a ton of content to the library. Even some old Fox movies. Lots of NatGeo shows being added, and Disney is pulling some old nature shows out of the vault too. It seems like a surprisingly good mix of both old stuff and newer stuff for kids. This may be their biggest monthly addition to the library yet.

(That said, 3 of the things listed for May were originally scheduled for April, and apparently got pushed back a month. So as always, take this schedule with a grain of salt. The Disney+ schedule is always open for changes.)

Spoiler: click this for the long list of May content

Apr 22
Jane Goodall: The Hope

Apr 23
Disney Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures (Season 3)

Apr 24
America’s Funniest Home Videos (Season 12-19, 23)
Man In Space
Mars and Beyond
The Olympic Elk
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Episode 710 - The Phantom Apprentice)
Disney Family Sundays (Episode 125 - WALL-E: Recycling Container)
One Day at Disney (Episode 121 - Tia Kratter: Pixar University)
Be Our Chef (Episode 105 - Beyond the Reef)
Disney Insider (Episode 104 - ???)

Apr 30
National Treasure

May 1
Awesome Animals (Season 1)
Birth of Europe (Season 1)
Bride of Boogedy
Buried Secrets of the Bible with Albert Lin (Season 1)
Car SOS (Seasons 1-7)
Disney Kirby Buckets (Seasons 1-3)
George of the Jungle
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Homeward Bound 2
How to Play Baseball
In Beaver Valley
Lost Treasures of Egypt (Season 1)
Love & Vets (Season 1)
Nature's Half Acre
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Prairie Dog Manor (Season 1)
Primal Survivor (Seasons 1-4)
Prowlers of the Everglades
Secrets of the Zoo
Secrets of the Zoo: Tampa
Survive the Tribe (Season 1)
United States of Animals (Season 1)
Unlikely Animal Friends (Season 3)
Water Birds
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Prop Culture (Episode 1 - Mary Poppins)
Prop Culture (Episode 2 - Tron)
Prop Culture (Episode 3 - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Prop Culture (Episode 4 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Prop Culture (Episode 5 - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
Prop Culture (Episode 6 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe)
Prop Culture (Episode 7 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Prop Culture (Episode 8 - The Muppet Movie)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Episode 711 - Shattered)
Disney Family Sundays (Episode 126 - Star Wars: Clock)
One Day at Disney (Episode 122 - Robin Roberts: Good Morning America Co-Anchor)
Be Our Chef (Episode 106 - Slimy Yet Satisfying)

May 2
John Carter

May 4
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Episode 712 - Victory and Death)
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (Episode 101 - Directing)

May 8
Disney Family Sundays (Episode 127 - Star Wars: Hanging Art)
One Day at Disney (Episode 123 - Joe Hernandez: Attractions Host)
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (Episode 102 - Legacy)
Disney Insider (Episode 105 - Running Through Disney, Sorcerer's Arena, Opening the Archives)
Be Our Chef (Episode 107 - Anyone Can Cook)

May 15
Fury Files
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
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It's a Dog's Life with Bill Farmer (Episode 101 - Whale Poop Dogs & Sheep Herding Dogs)
Disney Family Sundays (Episode 128 - Beauty and the Beast: Stained Glass)
One Day at Disney (Episode 124 - Stephanie Carroll: Ranch Hand)
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (Episode 103 - Cast)
Be Our Chef (Episode 108 - Worth Melting For)

May 22
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Disney Just Roll With It (Season 1)
Disney Mech-X4 (Seasons 1-2)
Disney Vampirina (Season 2)
Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Heartland Docs, DVM (Season 1)
Hello, Dolly!
Marvel's Future Avengers (Season 2)
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The Big Fib (Episodes 1-15)
It's a Dog's Life with Bill Farmer (Episode 102 - Dogs & Cheetahs & Companion Dogs)
Disney Family Sundays (Episode 129 - Bambi: Lanterns)
One Day at Disney (Episode 125 - Ed Fritz: Imagineering Ride Engineer)
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (Episode 104 - Technology)
Be Our Chef (Episode 109 - Tiana's Palace)

May 29
Disney Doc McStuffins (Season 5)
Disney Gabby Duran and the Unsittables (Season 1)
Disney The Evermoor Chronicles (Seasons 1-2)
Mickey and the Seal
The Moon-Spinners
Violetta (Season 2)
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It's a Dog's Life with Bill Farmer (Episode 103 - Mascot Dogs & Guide Dogs for Runners)
Disney Family Sundays (Episode 130 - Nightmare Before Christmas: Candy Bowl)
One Day at Disney (Episode 126 - Jerome Ranft: Pixar Sculptor)
Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (Episode 105 - Practical)
Be Our Chef (Episode 110 - Woody's Lunchbox)

I probably won't be spending much time with The Big Fib, but Prop Culture actually looks interesting. At the very least I'll check out some of the episodes for some movies, but if it's any good, I may watch them all. Heck, if it's at all interesting, I may end up hoping they make a second season.

And yes, you're reading the title for the first episode of It's a Dog's Life correctly.

The fourth episode of Disney Gallery The Mandalorian seems to be the one that will further show the Stagecraft technology that allows them to project virtual backgrounds and proper lighting on actors while still indoors on a closed set. Hopefully it'll be cool.

We'll see how long that Pirates of the Caribbean movie lasts. Could be another one of those here today gone tomorrow situations. At this point it would actually be a surprise if it stayed on D+ for the next 20 years straight. And it might be a similar story with other recognizable movies like Homeward Bound, George of the Jungle, and John Carter. It wouldn't surprise me if they had contracts to go to some other service in the future. Though hopefully at least one or two of them will stick around permanently.

But either way, that's a pretty dang huge list for May.

 

[JD]

The only way I could see stuff going to another service is if it's part of a preexisting contract, I just can't see them giving their stuff over to other services now that Disney+ is up and running, and has been a proven success.
I could see them pulling a D+ plus version of the old "Disney Vault" and putting stuff on and them pulling off, as a way to encourage people to watch it, or in the hopes that people will buy it if it isn't on there anymore.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

And yes, you're reading the title for the first episode of It's a Dog's Life correctly.

As someone who wouldn't care otherwise I gotta admit that intrigues me lol

 

[kitik]

But either way, that's a pretty dang huge list for May.

I should've double checked, because about half an hour before I posted this, as I was typing it all out, Disney+ announced that The Princess Bride is coming on May 1!!! Definitely an all time classic.

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Have fun storming the castle!

 

[kitik]

Dang it, no sign of Man In Space or Mars and Beyond. Hopefully they still randomly appear at some point over the next few weeks.

This week's new stuff (US version) :

And for some other countries:

Spoiler: UK

Spoiler: Spain

Spoiler: France

Spoiler: Italy

Spoiler: Australia/New Zealand

mostly the same as the US, but they also added Onward and Dark Phoenix

 

[Mage]

You with, the digital release of TROS already behind us, and the dvd/bluray coming soon..... I had thought Disney+ would already have it, or at least announced a release date.

 

[cylkoth]

Disney+ like HBO (owned by a studio/media corp), will not release a brand new movie on pay tv during the initial dvd sales release window. Expect the same delay before it arrives on D+ as always with recent theatrical films. Usually 6 months after disc release, though that has been shrinking lately with some studios.
They won't post a date because it may deter some from buying the disc.

 

[kitik]

Just realized: they forgot to mention the Disney Family Singalong that they added to D+ this week. How curious that Disney themselves didn't even mention it, not on any of their international lists.

 

[Saul]

For those in the UK how is Disney plus there? I know Sky TV has a lot of Disney content with marvel and star wars on their channels but I saw that it's possible to use online streaming platforms through sky too. Is disney plus one of them? Will disney content be reduced on SKY channels?

 

[Mage]

Disney+ like HBO (owned by a studio/media corp), will not release a brand new movie on pay tv during the initial dvd sales release window. Expect the same delay before it arrives on D+ as always with recent theatrical films. Usually 6 months after disc release, though that has been shrinking lately with some studios.
They won't post a date because it may deter some from buying the disc.

Disney+NL tweeted today that Rise Of Skywalker will be available on may 5th. Same day as bluray release I believe.

 

[kitik]

Sounds like most places will get it sometime between May 3-5.
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-coming-to-disney-on-may-the-4th

From the bottom of that article:

In addition to new content offerings, Disney+ will also honor the artistry of Star Wars with a week-long concept art takeover on the service. Like a commemorative gallery, each film and series’ artwork will be updated on May 4th to feature its original concept paintings. From Star Wars: A New Hope to The Mandalorian, the updated art will feature work from celebrated artists such as the legendary Ralph McQuarrie and Academy Award-winning artist, author, and production designer, Doug Chiang. On the Disney+ home screen, the animated Star Wars brand tile, viewable on web and connected TV devices, gets upgraded with a new animation that honors the signature hyperspace jump.

 

[cylkoth]

Disney+NL tweeted today that Rise Of Skywalker will be available on may 5th. Same day as bluray release I believe.

Just read the news and came here to amend my post. Needless to say I'm shocked to see it made available so quickly. They must feel confident that disc sales/rentals won't be impacted severely by using it to boost subscriptions to Plus.

 

[kitik]

Huge list of new stuff on the US version this week, and they even seem to have forgotten One Day At Disney and Nature's Half Acre. (Though to partially make up for forgetting two titles, they listed Primal Survivor twice.)

some lists for folks in other realms:

Spoiler: UK

Spoiler: France

Spoiler: Spain

Spoiler: Italy

 

[tomalak301]

I'm still waiting for a movie like Enchanted (Where it's a Disney movie but it's not streaming anywhere) to come to the service. I haven't really seen any good reason why it's not on the service yet.

 

[JD]

The rights issues around that kind of stuff is so complicated that it's hard to guess why some stuff is on services and other stuff isn't.

 

[thribs]

Weird that Pirates wasn’t already on the American one.

 

[kitik]

Here's the video Disney posted that highlights all of their May schedule:

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No sign of Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair unfortunately. It'll probably be pulled from the schedule just like Man In Space and Mars and Beyond were. Too bad, because I'd totally check out those old specials from the 1950's and 60's.

Good news: there's a brand new Pixar SparkShort coming on May 22, called Out. Definitely the big surprise in that video.

Other than that, it's pretty much what we already knew: Star Wars, Maleficent, some new original shows, a decent helping of both more NatGeo and Disney Channel content added to the library, etc.

Here's a poster for you to look at:

The UK is also getting some stuff in May. Besides the usual originals, they're also getting:

-The Rise of Skywalker on May 4, along with season 1 of Star Wars Resistance and Lego Star Wars All Stars
-Lost Treasures of the Maya (season 1)
-Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
-Bizaardvark
-SparkShorts Loop and Out
-Marvel Rising: Battle of the Bands, Operation Shuri, and Playing With Fire
-Marvels Future Avengers (Season 2)
-Night at the Museum
-Zenimation

Plus more. Check the whole list here:
https://disney.co.uk/everything-new-coming-to-disney-plus-in-may

What the heck is Zenimation? No clue, but apparently it's something new from Disney. Could be yet another new original. Could also be a misprint that wasn't supposed to be on this list.




Australia/New Zealand are also getting some unique releases:
-101 Dalmatian Street
-season 2 of Star Wars Resistance to go along with Rise of Skywalker on the 4th
-Time Scanners season 1
-Maleficent Mistress of Evil
-TOTS season 1

Plus a bunch of the common releases that both the US and UK are getting, of both originals and older Disney material. Whole list:
https://whatsondisneyplus.com/whats-coming-to-disney-in-may-australia-new-zealand/

 

[Jayson1]

Anyone having trouble signing on? We got the service but for some reason it won't load on my Amazon Firestick.

Jason

 

[JD]

One thing I have run into that's kind of annoying, is that it doesn't save my login stuff on the website, so I every time I get on I have to sign on again. I watch everything on my TV/PS4, so it's not that much of a problem, just a bit annoying when I want to look for stuff while I'm on my computer.