A new series inspired by Disney and Pixar’s Oscar®-winning feature film Monsters, Inc. is coming to Disney+ streaming service in 2020. The new series, Monsters at Work, from Disney Television Animation takes fans back to Monstropolis, where they’ll meet a new cast of monsters, including Tylor played by Ben Feldman and Millie played by Aisha Tyler. Don’t worry! The new series will feature special appearances from the film’s favorite buddies, Mike and Sulley, who will again be voiced by Billy Crystal and John Goodman.
At the D23 Expo, Feldman and Tyler shared a look at their characters and revealed that the series takes place immediately after Monstropolis makes the switch to laugh power.
Disney+ is available for streaming on November 12th of this year.
For those that have seen the new Toy Story 4 (don’t worry, no spoilers here), you were treated to an animation marvel.
The original Toy Story movie came out in 1995. Since that time Pixar has essentially perfected animation. Check out this video to really see the progress that has been made in the last couple decades.
Last week 100 Toy Story fans gathered at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to celebrate the release of Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 4” with a special advance screening followed by a big surprise.
Stars of the film, including Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, Annie Potts as Bo Peep, Tony Hale as Forky, Christina Hendricks as Gabby Gabby, and Keanu Reeves as Duke Caboom, made an unforgettable surprise appearance after the screening.
Disney has unveiled “Soul” as an upcoming original Pixar film, which will debut 1 year from now on June 19, 2020.
The studio announced Wednesday that it had dated the film. While plot details are scarce, Pixar did release the tagline for the movie: “Ever wonder where your passion, your dreams and your interests come from? What is it that makes you… YOU?”
Pete Docter, who won Academy Awards for “Up” and “Inside Out,” is directing the story that takes place between New York City and the cosmic realms. A voice cast has not yet been announced.
Thursday evening brought some major news on Disney’s new streaming service, Disney Plus. Just 24 hrs earlier, reports began coming out that this new rival to Netflix would be launched in November of this year and some of the possible content on that new service.
Thursday evening, those rumors were put to rest as Disney not only announced the launch date but also the price and some of the new content that will be coming soon.
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Disney+ will officially launch November 12th, 2019 and will cost $6.99 a month. This was all announced at Disney’s 2019 Investor Day in California.
When it launches, Disney+ will include 7,500 episodes of current and off-air TV shows; 25 original series and 10 original movies and specials; 400 library movie titles; and 100 recent theatrical films release, according to Agnes Chu, senior VP of content, Disney+.
It will be available on virtually any platform and will also be ad-free.
Disney+ will be the home for new releases from Walt Disney Studios, Pixar, Lucasfilm and Marvel beginning with the 2019 lineup, which includes “Captain Marvel,” “Toy Story 4,” “Dumbo,” “Avengers: Endgame,” “Frozen II,” the live-action remakes of “Aladdin” and “The Lion King,” “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” and “Star Wars: Episode IX.” It also features a lineup of original series and films.
It will also offer movies from Disney’s video library including all of the Star Wars films, content from NatGeo, and hundreds of episodes from Disney channel shows.
Maybe the most exciting part of this new service will be its brand new original content. Some of the programming that Disney is ramping up includes “The Mandalorian”; a prequel to “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”; the next season of Star Wars animated series “Clone Wars”; and a new series based on Pixar’s “Monsters Inc.” called “Monsters at Work.”
In addition, Disney+ is set to get several Marvel live-action series, including one centering on Loki (starring Tom Hiddleston); “WandaVision,” with Elizabeth Olsen returning as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany reprising his role as The Vision; and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” starring Anthony Mackie as Falcon and Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier. In addition, shows are in the works featuring Scarlet Witch, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Hawkeye, with Jeremy Renner set to reprise the role.
They will also debut new nonfiction series and behind-the-scenes looks at some of the latest in Disney movie making.
With Disney now owning a majority stake in the popular streaming service Hulu, they are looking at launching 3 separate streaming services in Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu. While not confirmed at this meeting, there is the thought out there that Disney could bundle these services together.
I don’t about anyone else but with a price tag of $6.99 and 3 young children, this will more than likely be a must in our household. It seems Disney has taken a shot at its main rival in Netflix (even as Netflix has a price hike going into effect next month).
