According to The Vulcan Reporter, Star Wars fans may be in for a surprise on May 4th, when the long shelved animated series, “Star Wars: Detours”, finally makes its debut on Disney+.
“Star Wars: Detours” is a CGI animated Star Wars parody series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, the creators of “Robot Chicken”. The series takes place between the Star Wars Prequels and The Original Trilogy, and according to Seth Green, 39 episodes were completed. The series was announced in 2012 during Star Wars Celebration, but after Disney acquired Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise, the series was shelved since Disney felt they would rather focus on more “serious” projects, such as the new sequel trilogy.
Voice actors that were involved in the show included Dee Bradley Baker, Abraham Benrubi, Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Felicia Day, Donald Faison, Nat Faxon, Seth Green as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jennifer Hale, Zachary Levi, Joel McHale, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Andy Richter as Zuckuss, Cree Summer, Catherine Taber[7] as Princess Leia, Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, “Weird Al” Yankovic as 4-LOM,Grey DeLisle, and Seth MacFarlane as Palpatine.
Following the announcement that Marvel Studios’ Black Widow will be released both in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access on July 9th, theater owners became upset with the decision and now the Chief Executive of AMC Theatres is speaking out.
Black Widow‘s release was pushed back to July 2021 from May 2020 as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, making it one of the summer’s most anticipated movies. The latest Marvel film will also be released on Disney+ Premier Access for a one-time fee of $30 on the same day it’s released in theaters.
According to The Wall Street Journal, theater owners want to secure better terms from Disney, such as a higher share of box-office revenue or a chance to show Black Widow exclusively due to the release decision. However, the ability to fight the company might be undercut by the need to bring moviegoers back into theater seats after long closures and limited capacities.
Some theater owners were already left fuming over Disney’s decision to release Raya and the Last Dragon in theaters and on Disney+ last month, and now the Black Widow decision adds more fuel to the fire.
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Adam Aron spoke out in regard to the Disney+ release of Black Widow, “We haven’t made any threats [but] it is widely known that AMC has threatened not to play movies if we could not find business terms that we found acceptable.”
Aron is referring to when AMC Theatres refused to show Universal films in the wake of the on-demand release of Trolls: World Tour last year, stating that “This policy is not aimed solely at Universal out of pique or to be punitive in any way, it also extends to any movie maker who unilaterally abandons current windowing practices absent good faith negotiations between us, so that they as distributor and we as exhibitor both benefit and neither are hurt from such changes.” This led to a multi-year deal between the two parties, including AMC Theatres receiving a percentage of revenues from digital releases.
These tensions highlight the changing dynamics between film studios and theaters as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed some cinema chains into bankruptcy, and as consumers and studios turned to streaming entertainment at home. Disney+ has recently reached the milestone of 100 million subscribers, and the number will keep growing as more content is added to the streaming platform.
A new trailer for Black Widow was just released by Marvel Studios to get us excited for the film’s upcoming release.
After a tumultuous year of its release getting pushed back due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Black Widow will now be released on July 9th, both in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access.
Star Wars Junkies have a lot to look forward to this May the Fourth. On that day, Disney+ will be streaming their second Star Wars series, “Star Wars: The Bad Batch”. Taking place after “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”, this animated series follows a “Bad Batch” of clones in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.
Created by Dave Filoni, the new series features the voices of Dee Bradley Baker and Disney Legend Ming-Na Wen.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the new Disney+ special event series starring Ewan McGregor as the iconic Jedi Master, will begin shooting in April. The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Kenobi faced his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker turned evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” is directed by Deborah Chow, director of two critically acclaimed episodes of “The Mandalorian,” Season 1.
The series also marks the return of Hayden Christensen in the role of Darth Vader.
Joining the cast are Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” is executive-produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Deborah Chow, Ewan McGregor and writer Joby Harold. The casting director is Carmen Cuba.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” will be available exclusively on Disney+.
