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Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon may be streaming giants, but can even they stand up to the combined might of the Avengers, the Galactic Empire, and… Olaf? Nope, we don’t think so either, but we’ll find out for sometime next year when Disney launches its new streaming service, which will be going head-to-head with them and bring with it a massive programming counter-punch. And if you’re wondering what this service is all about, you’ve come to the right place — scroll down to get all of your Disney streaming service questions answered and read a guide to the different original shows and films that will be featured!
What is the Disney streaming service’s name?
For a brief time reports claimed that the service would be called “Disney Play,” but that has been labeled false from the Mouse House. Now we know that’s actually called “Disney+.”
What is the price of the Disney streaming service?
Less than Netflix — that much we know. While that service charges subscribers between $8 and $14 a month, Disney’s cost will be lower than that, part of the reason for which comes from the fact that much of its content will come from within the company’s deep library (more on that in a moment!).
What TV shows are included on the Disney streaming service?
For starters, let’s remember that besides Disney-related product, the company is also the owner of Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and the Muppets — which means that there is an opportunity for a ton of original content. As the head of Disney, Bob Iger, told Variety, “We have the luxury of programming this product with programs from those brands or derived from those brands, which obviously creates a demand and gives us the ability to not necessarily be in the volume game, but to be in the quality game.”
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
At this point, there are going to be no less than three series set in the Star Wars universe. For starters, much to the delight of fans, we’re getting season seven of The Clone Wars, the CG-animated show that’s set between Episode II (Attack of the Clones) and Episode III (Revenge of the Sith) of the live-action film saga. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, there had been plans for another season of the Dave Filoni-produced show, but it was shelved to make way for a brand new series called Rebels (which has led to Resistance). But now, with a need for content, this show is back on.
Ashley Eckstein, the voice behind one of the show’s most popular characters, Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice Ahsoka Tano, told ComicBookResources.com, “We’re currently recording. That’s all I can say! [laughs] So it’s coming to the Disney streaming service. And that’s about it. But, you know, I can promise — obviously, Dave Filoni is a part of it and he’s done his best to bring back a lot of the key people that were a part of the show; pretty much all the cast members and then also some of the main crew members. The stories are incredible, the people are incredible and anything that Dave Filoni touches is going to be amazing.”
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian is a massive 10-hour adventure being produced for a whopping $100 million. Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man and Disney’s live-action Jungle Book will be guiding it. While speaking to the New York Times, he commented, “Star Wars is a big world, and Disney’s new streaming service affords a wonderful opportunity to tell stories that stretch out over multiple chapters.” Additionally, Jon posted on instagram, “After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.”
Besides Jon Favreau, additional executive producers are Dave Filoni (guiding force of the various animated series and expected to direct the first episode), Kathleen Kennedy, the head of Lucasfilm; and Colin Wilson. Other directors include Taika Watiti (who did so amazing a job on Thor: Ragnarok), Bryce Dallas Howard (who like her father, Ron, is doubling as an actor and director these days), Deborah Chow, and Rick Famuyiwa.
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Star Wars: Rogue One
Let’s face it, the Star Wars franchise loves its prequels, and this show is going to be another one. Way back in 2016, released to theaters was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, about a team that steals the Empire’s plans for the Death Star, that would ultimately lead to its destruction at the hands of Luke Skywalker. That film was a prequel to Episode IV: A New Hope, and this show is a prequel to the prequel. Not much is known about it beyond that, except for the fact that Diego Luna will be reprising his role of Cassian Andor.
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Marvel Series: Loki
Tom Hiddleston will be reprising his role of the god of mischief, who, incidentally, we all saw die at the hands of Thanos in the film Avengers: Infinity War. What this means is that this limited series will take place prior to the events of that film, or there will be a happier ever after for the character in May’s untitled Avengers 4. Tom has previously played Loki in Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, The Avengers, and, of course, Avengers: Infinity War.
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Marvel Series: Scarlet Witch
Elizabeth Olsen will be bringing the mystical warrior to life in this limited series. As is the case with Loki, we’re not sure of the setting time wise, because Scarlet Witch was one of the characters we saw turned to dust at the end of the last Avengers film thanks to Thanos and his reality-changing gauntlet. Elizabeth originated the role in The Avengers: Age of Ultron, reprising it in Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War.
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Marvel Series: Falcon & The Winter Soldier
Captain America’s two best buds — Anthony Mackie’s Falcon and Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier/Bucky will apparently be joining forces in this limited series. The two actors had previously worked together in Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. Particularly in the former they had a fun repartee between each other. Both men turned to dust at the end of Infinity War, so, once again, we have no idea of setting in time.
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High School Musical: The Musical
Sorry, no one from the original films will be in the show, which is definitely taking a different approach from the earlier version. Notes The Hollywood Reporter, “The 10-episode series will be titled High School Musical: The Musical. Disney says the show will be shot as a docu-style series and follow a group of students at East High who stage a performance of High School Musical for their winter theater production only to realize that as much drama happens off-stage as on stage. Every episode will feature a new rendition of a song from High School Musical as well as an original song.”
The following is a breakdown of the characters to be featured on the show:
Ricky: A snarky sweetheart, a B-minus student, and our star. Ricky’s been dating fellow junior Nini for a year. When she unexpectedly breaks up with Ricky, he launches a bold plan to get Nini back — by auditioning to star opposite her in the school’s production of High School Musical.
Nini: The other star. Formerly relegated to the chorus of her school’s musicals, Nini just got back from summer camp, where she found her voice — and confidence — playing the lead in The Music Man. Unfortunately, Nini also found a new boyfriend at camp. Drama. Fiercely loyal to her two moms, she’s stronger than she first appears: an iron butterfly.
E.J.: Nini’s new love interest, the type of ambitious entrepre-nerd who brings homemade props to auditions. Don’t cross E.J. if you get something he wants — like a starring role, opposite “his” girl Nini.
Ashlyn: Brash and gutsy, Ashlyn’s mouthy attitude covers “new kid” self-doubt. A slightly woo-woo horoscope reader, she’s finding her place in the school hierarchy. Or trying to.
Big Red: Ricky’s lifelong wingman. A skate rat, Big Red is the spiritual cousin of both Bill and Ted: always fuzzy, he’s been sleep-deprived since preschool. Big Red is weirdly devastated by Ricky and Nini’s breakup — his surest role is as their wisecracking third wheel. He has secretly crushed on Nini since middle school, and her breakup with Ricky proves a moral best-friend dilemma.
Gina: Don’t call her an understudy, call her a “wonderstudy.” A polished pro with an Equity card and the unwavering belief that the drama teacher made a huge mistake not casting her as a lead.
Vikram: Captain of the color guard and the student choreographer of High School Musical. Beyoncé is his iPhone lockscreen wallpaper, and he already has his Tony Award for Best Choreography speech written out.
Miss Jenn: The school’s new drama teacher, Miss Jenn is high-energy and low-reality. She truly believes musicals can save lives. If only she believed in telling the truth on her résumé.
Other shows on Disney+ will include High Fidelity, the romantic comedy-drama that was made into a film in 2000 and starred John Cusack; a comedy-drama from the Mighty Ducks franchise, an animated Monsters, Inc. from Pixar, and a show based on the Muppets.
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Movies on Disney+
Don’t look for any of your recent favorites… yet. Prior to deciding to launch their own service, Disney had licensed many of their films out to other streaming services. When those contracts run out, the only place you’ll be able to find them is on Disney+. At the same time, beginning with any films released in 2019 and beyond, once they’re out of theaters, the streaming service is the only place to watch them. Next year’s roster of films from the studio includes Marvel’s Captain Marvel, the live action Dumbo from director Tim Burton, Aladdin, and The Lion King; Pixar’s Toy Story 4 (yay!), Avengers 4, Artemis Fowl, Frozen 2, and Star Wars: Episode IX.
The service will have the original movie Timmy Failure, based on the best-selling books about a boy detective, which will have a $45 million budget; plus there will be a number of originals and they’ll be reaching into their library for a number of remakes. Reportedly we’re going to get 3 Men and a Baby, Don Quixote, Father of the Bride, Flora & Ulysses, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Lady and the Tramp, Magic Camp, Noelle, The Paper Magician, The Parent Trap, Stargirl, The Sword in the Stone, Peter Pan, and Togo.
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The Impact of The Disney/Fox Merger on Disney+
As has been widely reported, Disney has purchased 20th Century Fox, which can only mean good things for their streaming service. There will be a whole other library of content in terms of TV shows and movies to feature, plus the opportunity to create new series/films based on properties like X-Men, Planet of the Apes, Deadpool, Die Hard, and many more.
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So When Does It All Begin?
Disney seems pretty confident that the service will be launched no later than the latter part of 2019, though obviously hope is high that it can get started sooner.

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