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The service has exceeded Disney's expectations, causing outages and login for some users
The original Star Wars trilogy is streaming in 4K with Dolby Vision, which is a really nice incentive to sign up to the service, even if
Simpsons, from before the HD era, are displaying in widescreen rather than the 4:3 aspect ratio that some hardcore fans would've preferred
The image appears to have been cropped to make it 16:9, which is similar to how FXX displayed the show on its own Simpsons app a few years
As the likes of Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, and now Apple Plus have engaged in an arms race for exclusive and original content, Disney
boasts a very clear focus to make it an essential purchase.On Disney Plus, you'll find Disney classics, Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and even
All of these studios are creating exclusive content for the platform, too
Read on as we explain how to sign up to Disney Plus, exclusive shows to expect on the service, and where to download the Disney Plus app.How
to sign up to Disney PlusYou can sign up for Disney+ here
You can also sign up to a bundle that includes ESPN+ and Hulu for $12.99 a month, saving you $5 on subscribing to the services
entertainment, Hulu will end up being a valuable location for the more adult shows from Fox's library
Likewise, ESPN+ is ideal for the sports lover in your life, assuming there is one, and not just a bunch of Star Wars and Marvel fans
desperate to jump into that content.That should be enough entertainment to keep you going for the time being, and more and more films will
your deviceDisney Plus is live, so it's time to get streaming
The Disney Plus app has released on pretty much every major platform, and you can also stream through the Disney Plus website
Here are the links to Disney Plus apps across various platforms:As you can see, Disney Plus has launched on pretty much every major platform
Disney confirmed the list of platforms that will support Disney Plus sometime before launch
account on Twitter is getting its fair share of complaints about login issues across various platforms, and now Disney has responded to the
outages officially, explaining that it's "working quickly to resolve any current issues." It explains that the service has "exceeded our
highest expectations", suggesting considerable early success for the entertainment giant
A lot of people want to watch DuckTales, clearlyAs flagged by Variety, Downdetector reports on Disney Plus have been spiking since the
streaming service officially launched
The message reads "There seems to be an error connecting to the Disney+ service
Please try again later if the issue persists." Variety also reported that customers are complaining about the wait times via the customer
credit: Marvel Studios)Disney Plus FAQ: quick questions answeredWhat is Disney Plus? Like Netflix, this is a streaming service, but it's
cost? $6.99/month in the US (or $69.99 per year), $8.99 in Australia and Canada ($89.99 per year), $9.99 in New Zealand ($99.99 per year),
No UK pricing has been announced.Where can I find it? Disney Plus has launched on on iOS, Android, Apple TV, PS4, Xbox One, Amazon's
devices, browsers, and Android TV.Will Disney Plus beat Netflix? We pit Disney Plus vs Netflix to see who comes out on top, but there's
separate content hubs for Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and National Geographic
Plus)Disney Plus release date: it's officially launched in the US and CanadaThe Disney Plus streaming service launched in the early hours of
November 12, hours before its official launch time of 6AM ET
If you're in the US, Canada or the Netherlands, what are you waiting for? Sign up
Good luck avoiding those spoilers for The Mandalorian
It's going to be a tough four monthsDisney will eventually bring the service to the entire world, but rolled out over a two-year period
The price is then $8.99 for both Canada and Australia (or $89.99 per year), while in New Zealand it's $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year
Disney Plus with ESPN+ and Hulu in a bundle for a nice $12.99 per month
And Verizon customers in the US are lucky: if you're signed up to its 5G unlimited wireless, Fios home internet or 4G LTE plans, you get a
year of Disney Plus for absolutely free.Expect more on the Disney Plus UK price and the price for other countries as Disney keeps rolling
"I can say that our plan on the Disney side is to price this substantially below where Netflix is
That is in part reflective of the fact that it will have substantially less volume," said Robert Iger, Disney's chairman and CEO
"It'll have a lot of high quality [content], because of the brands and the franchises that will be on it that we've talked about
But it'll simply launch with less volume, and the price will reflect that."Iger also suggested that the price could rise gradually over time
as the service grows, which wouldn't be a massive surprise
This is exactly what has happened with Netflix as its investment in original content has escalated over the last few years.New episodes of
Not all content is available in 4K / HDR, of course, and naturally you'll still need a 4K TV to watch the content that is
But since all of the original Star Wars films have launched on the service in 4K with Dolby Vision, that bodes well for future films that
The all-in-one nature of the subscription is appealing by comparison.Disney Plus supports both Dolby Atmos as well as Dolby Vision, making
found on Disney Plus is apparently based on the 2011 Blu-ray release, but fans have noticed another bizarre change to the infamous
obscures the characters from view
It's an odd change, to say the least, but hey, we've gotten used to it from the original Star Wars trilogy
At least we can laugh about it.(Image credit: Marvel Studios/Disney Plus)Disney Plus: Marvel TV shows and movies16 movies from the Marvel
Cinematic Universe have launched with Disney Plus in the US, with more planned down the line
You can also look forward to exclusive new Marvel TV shows featuring your favorite superheroes, as the MCU officially extends to TV shows
and Sebastian Stan), coming in Q3 / Fall 2020, around a year after Disney Plus goes live
It'll be six episodes long, and will feature the return of Civil War's Helmut Zemo (Daniel Bruhl).The numerous fans of Tom Hiddleston will
be happy to hear that next in the new Marvel line-up will be the Loki TV show, a six-episode miniseries starring the trickster god
We also know from San Diego Comic-Con that the series will kick off after Loki's sudden escape in Avengers: Endgame, via the Tesseract
television, Jeph Loeb, did say there'll be more "street-level heroes" coming to the Disney Plus service too, with Marvel TV shows set to
Since then, however, Loeb's upcoming exit has been reported (via THR), and Kevin Feige now oversees the TV division that was previously
Marvel TV show that puts a different spin on the MCU
Called Marvel's What If?, the animated series is based on a comics series where reality played out a little differently for our favorite
Like how would Agent Peggy Carter have fared if she'd taken the super soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers? Many Marvel actors will be
reprising their roles for this anthology show, making it much more than just a weird curio.At Disney's D23 Expo in late August, now-Marvel
Even with those coming, there are plenty of Marvel spin-offs we still want to see make the jump to the small screen.When it comes to older
MCU movies, we can expect those to be pulled from Netflix as soon as contracts run out before being moved across to Disney Plus when it
In an earnings call with investors, Disney CEO Bob Iger clarified that 2019's Captain Marvel would be the first Disney movie exclusive to
moving from a previous December date
Lucasfilm)Disney Plus: Star Wars TV shows and filmsYou may remember that Disney bought Star Wars back in 2012, meaning it now has the rights
to the entire library of movies, as well as the ability to make original programming set in that universe
Expect plenty of Star Wars films and TV shows on Disney Plus as a result
Mandalorian is now live, a show created by Jon Favreau (the director of Iron Man and The Jungle Book)
It stars a Boba Fett-resembling character continuing the legacy of the bounty hunter, and the trailers sure make it look like full-fat Star
only new Star Wars episodic content confirmed for Disney Plus, either
Rogue One's Cassian Andor (played by Diego Luna) will also get his own prequel TV series exploring his life before the events of the 2016
confirmed is an Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series, with Ewan McGregor to reprise his role from the prequel movies, and a seventh season of Star Wars:
The Clone Wars animated series
But you can check out exactly what films and TV series are hitting the service in our Disney Plus Star Wars guide.Disney Plus: The Simpsons
classic television, including The Simpsons, which will see every episode in its 30-year history come to the Disney Plus streaming
'mutant' never being used onscreen)
The merger now means those characters can appear in the MCU, along with the Fantastic Four
They're likely to be saved for movies rather than TV shows, but either way, one day you're likely to see MCU projects based on both coming
The big Fox movie arriving on day one for Disney Plus is James Cameron's Avatar
Fox movies like The Princess Bride and The Sound of Music will follow
You can expect a reboot of Home Alone coming down the pipe, too, which we were all definitely asking for.Disney's live-action remake of
Mulan (2020) will be coming to Disney Plus too.(Image credit: Disney)Other Disney Plus movies, shows, and exclusivesMarvel and Star Wars
might be the highlights, but the Disney Plus originals extend far beyond superheroes and space
A gigantic selection of additional new shows and TV series are in the works, including a new Monsters Inc
project called Monsters at Work (coming in 2020), while from launch you can enjoy a fresh mockumentary take on the evergreen High School
arrived with Disney Plus at launch, starring Anna Kendrick and Bill Hader.For classic Disney lovers there's a live-action remake of Lady and
the Tramp, while '90s animation fans will eventually get a new live-action Mulan that will hit both theaters and the streaming service
Deadline suggests that projects based on Don Quixote, Sword and the Stone, and 3 Men and a Baby are in the works, along with other projects
titled The Paper Magician, Togo, and Timmy Failure
A game show called The Big Fib was also ordered in November 2019.If you're more interested in Disney's many decades of animated movies,
however, the company says it will include every flick that's ever been locked away in the Vault
narrated by actress Natalie Portman
Disney Nature works both in documentary films and animation, and will also be bringing animated feature Penguins to the Disney Plus service
A documentary series called The World According to Jeff Goldblum will also start when the series arrives
It's been confirmed that every Disney film ever made is destined for the service, so everything from Snow White to Frozen 2 should be
available on Disney Plus at some point after launch.What will Disney Plus be missing?The Disney streaming service won't have content from
outside of the Disney ecosystem, as far as we know
The reason you see such a vast range of content on Hulu and Netflix is because they have a big web of licensing deals with external studios
It's also worth noting that there won't be any R-rated or adult-oriented content on the service
Expect mature-oriented Fox films to go to Hulu instead, according to a report from Deadline.Even though Disney now owns Fox, for example,
that doesn't mean you'll start seeing Deadpool swearing on Disney Plus
There's talk however of a PG-13 take on Deadpool 2's X-Force for the platform (via ComicBook).Sorry, Deadpool, but you're too adult for
That means the likes of Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Jessica Jones won't be rebooted on Disney Plus in their current iterations
They've all been axed anyway, but we can't see them leaving Netflix any time soon
Plus, though, is the dreadful Inhumans series from 2017
offering, and judge whether it's worth it
don't want to spend before you're sure it's something you want, Disney Plus has a seven-day trial when you sign up
content to draw from, the service will only grow with time
The launch line-up, with the first seven Star Wars movies and 16 of the 23 MCU films, does make it feel like the home of these beloved
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