Charles Pulliam-Moore
The Little Mermaid’s IMAX poster has what the entire movie needs.
Some genuinely magical lighting that makes living under the sea look like a fairytale fit for a princess.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore
Rather than dotting every single i and crossing all of its t’s The Mandalorian spent its extremely adequate third season trying to forge new lore for lore’s sake.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Andrew Webster
An Everything Everywhere All At Once reunion.
A story about parallel worlds featuring cool martial arts and a cast that includes Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu? No, I’m not talking about that movie that dominated the Oscars, but American Born Chinese, a new series coming to Disney Plus. It starts streaming on May 24th.
Andrew Webster
In non-Star Wars news...
It may be called Star Wars Celebration, but at this year’s event Disney made sure to show off another one of its properties with a trailer for the next Indiana Jones film. The Dial of Destiny (yes, that is the real name) hits theaters on June 30th, but will premiere at Cannes in May.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Meet the directors of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
We already knew The Daniels were set to direct an episode of Disney Plus’ Star Wars: Skeleton Crew series, but at this year’s Star Wars: Celebration (Europe) event, the rest of the directing lineup was revealed to include Jon Watts, David Lowery, Jake Schreier, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Lee Isaac Chung.
Emma Roth
Disney has a new head of streaming.
The latest shakeup in the streaming industry has Hulu president Joe Earley replacing Michael Paull as Disney’s direct-to-consumer president, a role that oversees Disney Plus, ESPN Plus, and Hulu.
There isn’t any word on who will take over for Earley just yet, as Disney says he’ll keep leading Hulu until they find a replacement. Earley first joined Disney in 2019 to help launch Disney Plus and became the president of Hulu last year.
Joe Earley Named President, Direct-to-Consumer, Disney Entertainment - The Walt Disney Company
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