Disney Investor Day Postmortem: Studio Has No Immediate Plans To Melt Down Bulk Of 2021 Theatrical Sked Into Streaming Like WarnerMedia

Jason Kilar To make sense of all that has transpired in 2020 and what it portends for the media and entertainment sectors going forward, Variety spoke with a cross section of industry leaders about the broad theme of change. For more, click here.The pandemic is absolutely accelerating change because consumers are changing.In the case of WarnerMedia, this means that we need to talk about the fan.

direct to your inboxWhen Shearings Holidays went to the wall seven months ago, few people could imagine what would become of the transport interchange site just off the M6 in south Warrington.This was the place where thousands of coach touring holidays had begun over the years - as excited holidaymakers parked there before leaving their cars and hopping on to coaches for tours of the nation's cities and beauty spots.Close to the picturesque village of Appleton Thorn with its Grade II-listed

Last year we had a lot of comebacks, and we mean A LOT! From Spice Girls to Westlife, 90s bands came back with a passion.

Refresh for updates Coming out of Disney Investor Day, there were a number of release date changes, many of which were announced yesterday, i.e. Black Panther moving from May 6, 2022 to July 8, 2022.

Disney shares are once again in record territory, bucking an overall selloff in the markets to rise 14% to north of $176. Trading volume is more than three times its normal level.

streaming-subscriber updates — and no one seems all that concerned about increasing prices.Disney’s stock price closed Thursday at 4 p.m. ET at $154.69 per share.

Disney unveiled dozens of new films and TV shows for Disney+ during its investor day Thursday and confirmed several others. Here is a rundown of what is headed to the streamer in the coming weeks, months and years.

Disney+ hits 87 million subscribers, and it’s getting more expensiveWhen Disney launched its streaming service a year ago, the company estimated it would attract 60-90 million subscribers by 2024. On Thursday, it was announced that the streaming service has blown past that mark to 86.8 million subs in the first year alone.

Disney Investor Day premiered a clip from the forthcoming animated Marvel Studios project What If…? As the title suggests, prepare for the unexpected.

It might not entirely be Bob Chapek’s Walt Disney Company yet, but today’s virtual Investor Day made it very clear that Baby Yoda is boss.

The Marvel universe is coming fast and furious to Disney+ in 2021 with the much anticipated The Falcon and the Winter Soldier landing next spring.

Almost 30 years after the last movie, Whoopi Goldberg is coming back as Deloris Wilson.

Disney+ is going rogue with another new Star Wars series.

Just as we told you, a Mandalorian spinoff series is already in the works from Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, in fact there are two: The Rangers of the New Republic and Ahsoka Tano, that famed Clone Wars cartoon character brought to live by Rosario Dawson this past season.  Lucasfilm Boss Kathleen Kennedy announced the news today at Disney Investor Day, and she expects one of the series to hit next Christmas on Disney+.

With Covid-19 decimating theme parks, sports, production and other pillars of its business, the Walt Disney Co. should be limping toward the end of 2020.

Disney shook up the entertainment world with the launch of Disney Plus, its heavyweight entrant into the subscription-video-on-demand arena: The turn into 2020, after all, was supposed to lead to the Year of the Streaming Wars.

Downtown Disney and a portion of California Adventure will continue to operate, however, some locations will be closed after it was announced on Saturday a regional stay-at-home order had been triggered for Southern California. The order will go into effect for SoCal and San Joaquin Valley at 11:59 p.m.