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Disney’s decommissioned ‘20,000 Leagues’ ride gets a second life in VR
Disney’s classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride closed 27 years ago, but that won’t preclude you from hopping aboard. Polygon notes that Defunctland, Kevin Perjurer’s unofficial theme park preservation project, has recreated the 20,000 Leagues att… Source
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Original Content podcast: ‘The Mandalorian’ season two goes deep into Star Wars mythology
“The Mandalorian” just wrapped up its second season on Disney+, with an action-packed and surprise-filled finale. In many ways, it feels like a seamless continuation of the first season’s storylines, with the titular bounty hunter searching for a Jedi who can take responsibility for the alien moppet known to the…
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What to watch over the 2020 holidays
In a normal year, we'd say the holidays are a perfect time to kick back, relax and catch up on all the movies and TV you missed during the year. But given that many people have been stuck at home since March, with TV as a sole respite from the…
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Disney+ has plans for 10 Marvel shows and 10 Star Wars shows in the next few years
Disney just wrapped up the first segment of an investor day in which it laid out its plans for its direct-to-consumer streaming business, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and Hotstar/Star. The company kicked off the presentation with some new subscriber numbers — 86.8 million for Disney+ (roughly 30% of those are…
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Disney will fuel international growth with Star brand and Star+ app
Disney+, the on-demand streaming service that launched a year ago and has already courted over 86 million subscribers, is ready to expand to more international markets. At its annual investor day Thursday, the American entertainment giant announced a new streaming brand called “Star” that will feature content from ABC, FX…
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ hits Disney+ alongside theaters on March 5th
Disney’s next animated epic, Raya and the Last Dragon, will debut on Disney+ the same day as it hits theaters: March 5th, 2021. It’ll be a premium release like Mulan, the company announced during its investor day presentation. We don’t know how much… Source
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