Disney Will Prioritise AVATAR And PLANET OF THE APES Franchises; HOME ALONE Being Rebooted For Disney+

Disney Will Prioritise AVATAR And PLANET OF THE APES Franchises; HOME ALONE Being Rebooted For Disney+

Disney has shed some light on what it has planned for Fox's franchises moving forward on both the big and small screens, and they include some noteworthy reboots. Find out more details after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Aug 07, 2019 01:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Avatar
During a quarterly shareholder call yesterday evening, Disney revealed that it posted a $170 million operating loss during its fiscal third quarter due to the Fox acquisition, and that's going to change how the studio handles the franchises it purchased during that merger. 

Now, Disney will reportedly focus on established properties like Avatar and Planet of the Apes, and while we know that James Cameron is already hard at work on a sequel to the former, this is the first time Disney boss Bob Iger has promised that the Apes franchise will live on after the previous trilogy wrapped up with War for the Planet of the Apes
 
According to Iger, Disney will now take Fox "in a new direction, with an all new development slate that will focus on a select group of properties." Before the acquisition, Fox promised that additional Alien and Maze Runner movies were on the way, but whether that's still the case remains to be seen. 

In other news, it was confirmed during this call that Disney+ will reboot the Home Alone, Cheaper by the Dozen, Night at the Museum, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchises for the streaming service. Home Alone is obviously a beloved classic, so that could prove to be controversial to some.
 
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The Simpsons Are Coming To Disney+


While The Simpsons will continue to air on FOX (it was recently renewed for seasons 31 and 32), it appears as if FX will no longer have the streaming rights to the long-running series. While some previous episodes will remain on FXNow for a short while, come November 12th, the beloved animated family will air all thirty of its previous seasons exclusively on Disney+ which is obviously huge.
 

Disney+ Will Explore A Post-Endgame MCU



Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige was on hand to present the Marvel Studios portion of the Disney+ presentation and it's clear that the MCU is about to have a huge impact on the small screen.

While the Marvel TV shows we've seen in the past have only been loosely connected to what's happening in the movies, Feige promises that these will link seamlessly with what's going on in theaters, noting that "they will change and evolve characters as well as introduce new ones."

He also teased the fact that the "post-Endgame MCU will be very different."
 

The Entire Star Wars Franchise Will Be On Disney+ Within A Year



While Disney may own Lucasfilm, their acquisition of Fox means that they've regained the distribution rights to the original trilogy of Star Wars movies (and the prequels). Now, all six of those are coming to Disney+ along with the current trilogy (including Episode IX) and Rogue One.

Oddly, there was no mention of Solo, the disappointing spinoff that massively underperformed. 

Having all of these movies in one place is obviously going to be a huge draw for fans and another massive blow to Netflix after Disney decided to pull The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi from there.
 

Toy Story Fans Will Be Happy



Disney is clearly hoping for big things from Toy Story 4 because two shorts will be released by Pixar on the streaming service both at launch and during the first year.

Forky Asks a Question will be an animated series featuring the spork turned toy who will be a key player in the upcoming fourth instalment, while Lamp Life promises to explore what happened to Bo Peep between the events of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 4.

 
Disney Animation fans can also looking forward to a Frozen 2 "Making-Of" documentary. 
 

New Star Wars TV Shows



The Mandalorian will be good to go on day one when Disney+ launches and Alan Tudyk will reprise the role of K-2SO alongside Diego Luna as Cassian Andor in a currently untitled series. 

Not much beyond that was revealed and that rumoured Obi-Wan Kenobi show hasn't been confirmed yet.
 

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Gets Bigger



As promised, a number of Marvel TV shows are coming to Disney+ and while there was no mention of Hawkeye, those which have been rumoured for a while now have been officially confirmed. 

Those include Loki starring Tom Hiddleston, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan reprising their respective roles, the oddly titled WandaVision with Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen as The Vision and the Scarlet Witch, and an animated What If? series featuring the voices of the actors who played the characters on screen.

The first of those will see Peggy Carter become Captain America and a skinny Steve Rogers donning an Iron Man suit in World War II.
 

How Movie Releases Will Work



Right now, there's an awful lot of discussion going on about whether streaming services are killing theaters and it seems Disney is keen to avoid hurting them and losing the money they make with box office hits like Avengers: Infinity War

Instead, once movies finish their theatrical runs, they'll immediately debut on Disney+ and that means we'll get to see them much sooner than if we were to wait for the DVD and Blu-ray releases. So, yeah, physical media might be dying now.
 

How Much Will It Cost?



So, all this great content is going to cost a ton, right? Nope. Disney is looking to deliver a Netflix killer and in a bid to stand out from the crowd and ensure that people believe it's worth signing up, all Disney+ will cost you is $6.99 a month! That's cheaper than Netflix and there's even an option to pay for the entire year at $69.99 (which works out to be $5.83 a month and is definitely affordable).
 

When Does It Launch?

Here's the official worldwide release schedule for the streaming service courtesy of Disney. In North America, however, we know that Disney+ will officially debut on November 12th.


 

New TV Shows

- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
 
- The Mandalorian
 
- Diary of a Female President
 
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
 
- Loki
 
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
 
- WandaVision
 

New Animated TV Shows And Shorts

- Forky Asks a Question

- SparkShorts
 
- Lamp Life
 
- Monsters at Work

- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
 
- Marvel’s What If…?
 

Documentaries And Unscripted Series

- Encore!
 
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
 
- Marvel’s Hero Project
 
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
 
- Be Our Chef
 
- Cinema Relics
 
- Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2
 
- Magic of Animal Kingdom
 
- Marvel’s 616
 
- (Re)Connect
 
- Shop Class (working title)
 
- Earthkeepers (working title)
 
- Ink & Paint
 

Original Movies

- Lady & The Tramp
 
- Noelle
 
- The Phineas and Ferb Movie (working title)
 
- Stargirl
 
- Timmy Failure
 
- Togo
 

Recent Releases

- Captain Marvel
 
- Dumbo

- Avengers: Endgame

- Aladdin

- Toy Story 4

- The Lion King

- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

- Frozen 2

- Star Wars: Episode IX
 

Films

101 Dalmatians
A Bug’s Life
A Goofy Movie
An Extremely Goofy Movie
Bambi
Bao
Big Hero 6
Born in China
Cars
Fantasia
Finding Dory
Finding Nemo
Free Solo
Frozen
Fun and Fancy Free
Hercules
High School Musical
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Inside Out
Iron Man
Lady and the Tramp
Lilo & Stitch
Mary Poppins
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
Moana
Monsters University
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pixar Short Films Collection Vol 1
Ratatouille
Remember the Titans
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated series)
Steamboat Willie
The Good Dinosaur
The Incredibles
The Little Mermaid
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Prince & The Pauper (1990)
The Princess Diaries
The Rocketeer
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (short)
The Sword in the Stone
The Three Caballeros
Thor: The Dark World
Toy Story
Tron (1982)
Up
Wall-E
Zootopia
 

TV Shows

Amazing Planet
Andi Mack (Seasons 1-3)
Boy Meets World
Brain Games
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
Dr. K’s Exotic Animals
Dr. Oakley Yukon Vet
Drain the Ocean
DuckTales (1987)
DuckTales (2016, Season 1)
Earth Live
Goof Troop
Great Migrations
Howie Mandel’s Animals Doing Things
Kim Possible
Malcolm in the Middle
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (animated series)
Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man (animated series)
Mickey and the Roadster Racers (Seasons 1-2)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Mickey Mouse Shorts
One Strange Rock
Raven’s Home
Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue
Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (series)
That’s So Raven
The Incredible Dr. Pol
The Simpsons
Unlikely Animal Friends
Wicked Tuna
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Kumkani
Kumkani - 8/7/2019, 2:10 AM
Don't think I care for that Home Alone reboot
dracula
dracula - 8/7/2019, 2:17 AM
@DnA - Yeah, seriously its first 2 films were a kid taking on robbers, they are well liked, but seriously how much more can you do with that. They tried something different with Home Alone 3 and it was crap
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 8/7/2019, 2:29 AM
@dracula - I mean, I for one am looking forward to the HACU. Where it leads to an eventual team up with The Goonies and Stranger Things.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/7/2019, 6:38 AM
@dracula - home alone four is worst all I like in home alone time three was guy screaming after nut shot
BertieGregory
BertieGregory - 8/7/2019, 7:13 AM
@DnA - All CGI Home Alone with CGI animals that look real. Oh wait, wrong thing...
Battabing
Battabing - 8/7/2019, 9:31 AM
@dracula - Aren't they up to Home Alone 5 now? I think I saw a 5 movie collection set at WalMart.

Maybe this time an adult Kevin can try to break into his childhood home to retrieve something he left there 20 years ago and.....Nah, I can't even be bothered to finish the thought.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/7/2019, 2:11 AM

Hold onto your butts!
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/7/2019, 2:14 AM
P.S. I'm obviously referring to the Fox properties, cause Disney recycling old shit ain't news, just look at Aladdin or The Lion King.
dracula
dracula - 8/7/2019, 2:16 AM
@Doomsday8888 - Well to be fare Avatar sequels and Planet of the apes were all in development
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/7/2019, 2:24 AM
@dracula
Heh, yeah i'm aware of that.
But even if they were not, something tells me that we would have been in this same situation anyway... :P
DoctorDoomSayer
DoctorDoomSayer - 8/7/2019, 3:49 AM
@Doomsday8888 - I'll be there streaming day 1.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/7/2019, 6:40 AM
@DoctorDoomSayer - good luck streaming it sucks shit go country stream you can’t no WiFi , stream in bad weather you can’t it effects WiFi movie pause, skips, restarts at random times one up for streaming yay
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/7/2019, 9:45 AM
@dragon316 - wtf is this comment lol
dracula
dracula - 8/7/2019, 2:13 AM
Planet Of The Apes makes sense, it is a proven franchise.
Wait for Avatar 2 to come out before you commit to anything, it's been 10 years and the biggest thing in the original was the effects, and that hype has obviously died down.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 8/7/2019, 4:18 AM
@dracula

Everyone underestimating James Cameron these days
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 8/7/2019, 5:03 AM
@dracula - No matter how long it's been Avatar films are guaranteed billion dollar earners, especially with those sweet December release dates.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/7/2019, 6:41 AM
@regularmovieguy - comic book movies was in same place at that time
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 8/7/2019, 6:46 AM
@dragon316

Not really. TDK made a billion a year prior to Avatar and Iron Man made a lot of money as well.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/7/2019, 6:47 AM
@LongMayHeReign - you do realize first avatar movie made billion easy with imax and 3D ticket sales right? If it was not for those two things it be close to billion but not there avatar has been done before in different movies rain Forrest animated movie humans cutting down trees fairy’s had find new home and defeat evil smog monster, aliens, terminator, titan ae, space kid .,all those movies are similar to avatar but avatar is more colorful beautiful look at with over sized boy elf’s with tails
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 8/7/2019, 7:25 AM
@dragon316

Do you realize how many more IMAXs, Dolby Cinema, CinemarkXD’s exist now than in 2009?

Bro, no one’s saying Avatar is Shakespeare. But you also don’t have to downgrade it’s success in 2009. The movie was so huge it took 10 years for a movie to compete with it.

The movie was a technical marvel and looks better than a lot of movies today.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 8/7/2019, 8:17 AM
@dragon316 - Was this meant for me because it makes no sense in respond to my comment?
dracula
dracula - 8/7/2019, 10:10 AM
@LongMayHeReign - we will see about that
dracula
dracula - 8/7/2019, 7:09 PM
@regularmovieguy - personally think he is overrated, he has good ideas, but really outside of Terminator, T2 and Alien, I don't see the big deal
dracula
dracula - 8/7/2019, 7:16 PM
@LongMayHeReign - Look at any big movie that didn't get a sequel for a very long time, rarely ends well
Sin City A Dame To Kill For: 9 years
Escape From LA: 15 years
Dumb And Dumber to: 20 years
Wall Street Money Never Sleeps: 23 years
Tron Legacy: 28 years
and others
All the ones I listed had the original stars, and outside of Tron had the original director, and they range from okay to crap and they failed. Even if it isn't the second movie, a long wait can kill sequels, Godfather 3, Indiana Jones 4 and others
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 8/7/2019, 8:56 PM
@dracula - How many of those movies followed a billion dollar film let alone the second highest grossing film in history? Also how many of those sequels opened in December the best time of the year to have long legs?

Avatar 2 compared to all those films is absolutely not equal. Avatar 2 will have the full power of the Disney marketing machine behind it, that alone will get it over the hump. We already saw how Aladdin got a billi in the middle of summer after the entire internet bitched and moaned about how wack trash garbage the genie looked.

You still think Avatar 2 isn't locked for a billion? LMAO good luck with that!
tmp3
tmp3 - 8/7/2019, 2:21 AM
Disney buying Fox is objectively terrible
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 8/7/2019, 2:30 AM
@tmp3 - It is the death of creativity, my friend.
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