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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: 2) by schad on Saturday November 10 2018, @08:00PM
It's possible that a reasonable defense of your position can be made, but you need to do a lot more research before you can make it. Just about every factual statement you've made has been incorrect, usually obviously so. For example:
This is false. Disney has released, through its wholly-owned and directly-controlled subsidiary studios, plenty of R-rated films, including some quite famous ones (such as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill). Disney literally created a studio -- Touchstone Pictures -- for the specific purpose of releasing movies deemed too mature for its "Disney-branded" studios.