CNBC:
Disney's new streaming service will be called Disney+ and launch in late 2019, CEO Bob Iger announced on the company's earnings call Thursday.
The company announced in August 2017 it would pull all its movies from Netflix in 2019, and start its own streaming offering for its past titles. Disney also purchased Fox for $71.3 billion in cash and stock, further bolstering its library.
The service will also feature new, original shows and movies, including original Marvel and Star Wars series. Marvel fan favorite character Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, will get an original series on the Disney+ service. A prequel series to Star Wars movie "Rogue One" about the character Cassian Andor, portrayed by Diego Luna, will also call the service home.
Are these streaming services the second coming of Cable?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Saturday November 10 2018, @04:00PM (1 child)
I would have enjoyed the inclusion of Tom Bombadil. That added extreme dimension to the perceived age of Middle Earth. Also, it explained how Merry and Pippin came by the swords they used to pierce the Witchking's enchantments so Eowyn could kill him. Without Bombadil, the struggle against Sauron is the sum total of what has happened in Middle Earth; with Bombadil it's an impermanent altercation against an eternal background.
Agree on the Scouring of the Shire.
It seems to me the underlying problem with Hollywood is that they tell the same stories over and over again with the same cast of characters. There are many more interesting story structures actually out there, but they don't make it to the big screen intact. It's probably because they don't test well with focus groups. I am still surprised that Cloud Atlas ever got made; it was a difficult story structure to follow but it came together nicely in the end.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Sunday November 11 2018, @04:02AM
I also would have liked to see Tom Bombadil, played by Robin Williams.