Saturday, March 21, 2020

Viral Push-Forward

COVID19 makes the Mouse change its plans (yikes) ...

... Onward will be added to Disney Plus on April 3, after Disney already released the Pixar movie for online purchase just two weeks after its premiere in theaters. ... Frozen 2 is already available to stream in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. That's three months earlier than its original streaming date planned for June 26, and it comes just a few weeks after the movie became available for purchase as download, DVD or Blu-ray in February. ...

[Disney] has temporarily shut down its theme parks like Disneyland, delayed releasings big films like Mulan and Black Widow, and paused production on films and movies including Disney Plus' first Marvel original series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier that was supposed to be released in August.

Disney Plus was forced to cancel a London launch event in early March because of coronavirus concerns. ...

As stated elsewhere, the virus has brought live-action production to a halt globally, and caused L.A. animatin studios to have employees work from home.

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