After delisting Mulan from a potential theatrical run in June, Disney has firmed up its plans for its newest live-action remake. Starting September 4, Mulan will premiere exclusively on Disney+ in various territories, including the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, according to Disney CEO Bob Chapek.
Unlike other Disney+ streaming premieres, however, Mulan will launch with an extra price point on top of the service's $7/mo subscription rate. Paying Disney+ users in the US will have to fork over an additional $30 for what Chapek described as "premiere access,"
which likely equates to a temporary rental of the film instead of full-blown ownership a la platforms like iTunes and Amazon Video. Other territories' rates have not yet been confirmed. (Chapek took the opportunity to confirm that Disney+'s worldwide subscriber numbers are somewhere near 60.5 million.)[Update, 9:30pm ET: Disney has since confirmed that a $30 payment for Mulan will permanently unlock it in your Disney+ account, so long as you remain a paying subscriber.]
The beginning of the end of movie theaters?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 06 2020, @01:16PM (1 child)
Nevermind
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday August 06 2020, @02:23PM
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51707188 [bbc.com]
https://www.cbr.com/mulan-star-celebrating-hong-kong-return-to-motherland/ [cbr.com]
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2020/07/689_292328.html [koreatimes.co.kr]
Fans of the animated film will hate it, China critics will boycott it, and China itself probably won't watch it either. This might have been a bomb even without the pandemic, but now it's just an experiment to see what people WON'T pay to rent a VOD.
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