Big news from Disney+, as it has just been announced that “The One and Only Ivan” will be premiering on the network on August 14.
Back in July, Walt Disney Studios made the announcement that the upcoming fantasy movie, starring Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie and more, would be moving to a Disney+ release, giving August 21 as its date for debut. Now, the movie has been moved up a whole week to August 14, so excited fans will get to watch the heartwarming tale of Ivan the gorilla even sooner.
A brand-new trailer was released for the movie, too! You can watch the trailer below:
It seems like we can barely figure out what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone next month! We do however have some solid insight on what’s coming new to Disney+ for August. Gather the family and grab the popcorn as August is going to be a great month for streaming!
As shared on D23.com, next month is chock-full of premieres on Disney+! From feature films and documentaries including Howard, The One and Only Ivan, Magic Camp, and Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe to an all-new season of National Geographic’s Weird But True!, August can’t come fast enough. Add in the series finale of Disney Family Sundays, new episodes of the Disney+ Original Muppets Now, and library titles such as Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Peanuts Movie, X-Men, Ant-Man and the Wasp, ZOMBIES 2, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Fantastic Four, and more, and our plans for August are set!
All the confirmed film and television titles coming to Disney+ in August are listed below:
Friday, August 7 Hidden Kingdoms of China Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge: Adventure Awaits The Peanuts Movie UFO Europe: The Untold Stories (Season 1) X-Men Howard (Premiere) Muppets Now (Episode 102 – “Fever Pitch”) One Day at Disney (Episode 136 – “Ryan Meinerding: Marvel Studios Creative Director”) Disney Family Sundays (Episode 140 – “Goofy: Pencil Cup”) (Series Finale) Pixar in Real Life (Episode 110 – “WALL·E: BnL Pop-up Shop”)
Friday, August 14 Alaska Animal Rescue (Season 1) Ant-Man and the Wasp India’s Wild Leopards Jungle Animal Rescue (Season 1) Nature Boom Time (Season 1) Sam’s Zookeeper Challenge (Season 1) Scuba Sam’s World (Season 1) Spaced Out (Season 1) T.O.T.S. (Season 1) T.O.T.S. Calling all T.O.T.S. (Season 1) The Greatest Showman Wild Cats of India (Season 1) ZOMBIES 2 The One and Only Ivan (Premiere) Muppets Now (Episode 103 – “Getting Testy”) Magic Camp (Premiere) One Day at Disney (Episode 137 – “Pavan Komkai: Broadcast Engineer”) Weird But True! (Episode 301 – “Dinosaurs”) (Premiere)
Friday, August 21 Back to the Titanic Beauty and the Beast Mars: One Day on the Red Planet Muppets Now (Episode 104 – “Sleep Mode”) One Day at Disney (Episode 138 – “Heather Bartleson: Holiday Services”) Weird But True! (Episode 302 – “National Parks”)
Friday, August 28 Alice Through the Looking Glass Fantastic Four Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (Premiere) Muppets Now (Episode 105 – “The I.T. Factor”) One Day at Disney (Episode 139 – “Eric Baker: Imagineering Creative Director”) Weird But True! (Episode 303 – “Farming”)
We’re excited to share Disney+ is launching “Summer Movie Nights” each Friday night over the summer. The movie nights begin July 3rd with the highly anticipated Hamilton, plus an oldie but goodie – The Mighty Ducks! Check out the movie line up and teaser from Disney+ below.
First up – the Disney+ teaser for “Summer Movie Night”
Disney+ “Summer Movie Nights” Schedule is as follows:
As previously announced, Hamilton is streaming exclusively on Disney+ on July 3. Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter to share the trailer which only makes us all the more impatient!
Kingdom Hearts fans have been a very loyal and dedicated fan base over the years, following the story across a variety of gaming consoles. However, a new platform is reportedly in the works to continue on the story of Light versus Dark. Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts video game is apparently in development of getting an animated television show that would be available on Disney+.
While nothing has been officially stated by Disney on this matter, there’s been a bit of discourse about it on Twitter, which has our hopes up for this being a possibility in the future.
Emre Kaya, a writer for The Cinema Spot, got the discussion started by tweeting that Square Enix was asked to make a pilot using the animation software that was used in the video games, as things didn’t work out well with Disney.
It was with Kaya’s tweet that we also discovered that it would most likely be an animated show, as most fans were worried what a live-action version of this video game could look like. After seeing how 20th Century Fox’s Assassin’s Creed movie turned out, fans have the right to be worried when it comes to adapting video games into live action media.
The conversation only continued to grow when Skyler Shuler, The DisInsider editor-in-chief, added more information regarding the development of the show.
It would be a series, rather than a movie. Whether the series would follow the events of the video games or tell a new story, we’re currently unsure. It hasn’t been reported if the voice actors for the main characters of the game like Sora, Roxas, Aqua or Axel would have a part in the show. However, the voices actors for Goofy (Bill Farmer) and Donald (Tony Anselmo) would be reprising their role, as well as Jim Cummings, who voices many beloved Disney characters.
While nothing is officially reported or has a release date been announced, the idea of this becoming a reality is definitely exciting.
More exciting announcements regarding the Kingdom Hearts franchise should be occurring next month, according to the Kingdom Hearts Twitter account.
