Of all the video games to make a TV show out of, Peacock made a hell of a choice with Twisted Metal. Once a thriving franchise and synonymous with Sony’s various consoles, the series has been silent for eleven years after the ill-fated PlayStation 3 reboot. While the direction of making the show a comedic and colorful American take on Mad Max is an interesting choice, it’s not like it’s an especially easy series of games to be faithful to. With eight titles to its name and one canceled release, Twisted Metal’s continuity is as mucked up as the Halloween movies. There have been several sequels, a sequel that retconned away previous sequels, a kid-based reimagining, a reboot, and another reboot that turned out to be a stealth sequel to the original games. It’s all very confusing.
Throughout all of those games, one character who has...
Throughout all of those games, one character who has...
- 7/28/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Disney is going there, you guys.
As previously teased during the company's quarter one earnings call, the company is purging several titles from its streaming services, Disney+ and Hulu.
The practice has become common in recent months, with HBO Max leading the charge, wiping several projects from existence.
Undoubtedly, fans and creatives are struggling with the concept, but maybe some of the affected shows could show up elsewhere.
"We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion," Disney's chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, said during the earnings call.
Westworld, The Nevers, and other HBO fare popped back up on Fast services shortly after the controversial decision.
But for some shows, this could be the death knell that could be the difference whether new fans find them down the line.
Initially, people purchased physical media, and with the rise of streaming,...
As previously teased during the company's quarter one earnings call, the company is purging several titles from its streaming services, Disney+ and Hulu.
The practice has become common in recent months, with HBO Max leading the charge, wiping several projects from existence.
Undoubtedly, fans and creatives are struggling with the concept, but maybe some of the affected shows could show up elsewhere.
"We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion," Disney's chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, said during the earnings call.
Westworld, The Nevers, and other HBO fare popped back up on Fast services shortly after the controversial decision.
But for some shows, this could be the death knell that could be the difference whether new fans find them down the line.
Initially, people purchased physical media, and with the rise of streaming,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Disney did a little (late) spring cleaning of its streaming services this week, removing several properties from Disney+ and Hulu. Among those that will go on May 26 include some high profile recent shows like “Willow,” “Y: The Last Man,” “Dollface,” and “The World According to Jeff Goldblum.” What makes this troubling for many home viewers who may have been fans (or even stans!) of the affected programs is that, in most cases, there are no Blu-ray/DVD options. In the old days you could always hit record on your Vcr to build a personal library, but it’s not so easy to capture material from streaming—and the whole point of streaming is not needing to do that, right?
As per The Verge, Disney’s cost-cutting is due to a reduction in Disney+ subscribers, to the tune of 4 million in 2023. While the company will have to pay a “content impairment charge” of over $1.5 billion,...
As per The Verge, Disney’s cost-cutting is due to a reduction in Disney+ subscribers, to the tune of 4 million in 2023. While the company will have to pay a “content impairment charge” of over $1.5 billion,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Both Disney+ and Hulu will “pull an HBO Max” on Friday, May 26, and (not-so-)quietly remove dozens of shows from their respecting streaming libraries.
Disney’s chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, gave a heads-up on the library edit during the company’s recent Q1 earnings call, saying, “We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge” — or, write-off — “of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion.”
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Disney’s chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, gave a heads-up on the library edit during the company’s recent Q1 earnings call, saying, “We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge” — or, write-off — “of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion.”
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- 5/19/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
As expected, Disney is following Warner Bros. Discovery and removing under-performing titles from its streaming services in a bid to write off nearly $2 billion from its bottom line.
Scripted titles set to be removed from Hulu and Disney+ include FX’s Y: The Last Man, Pistol, Little Demon, Hulu-turned-Disney+ series Mysterious Benedict Society, Disney+’s Big Shot, The Mighty Ducks, Turner & Hooch, Willow and ABC-turned-Hulu comedy Maggie, as well as National Geographic’s The World According to Jeff Goldblum. In all, there are more than 30 shows that will be removed starting next week from the platforms in this first round of reductions. The titles, many of which are listed below, will vanish starting May 26. Sources say the programming could be made available elsewhere, like digital sell-through platforms, etc.
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy revealed last week on Disney’s earnings call that the company would be reviewing the TV series...
Scripted titles set to be removed from Hulu and Disney+ include FX’s Y: The Last Man, Pistol, Little Demon, Hulu-turned-Disney+ series Mysterious Benedict Society, Disney+’s Big Shot, The Mighty Ducks, Turner & Hooch, Willow and ABC-turned-Hulu comedy Maggie, as well as National Geographic’s The World According to Jeff Goldblum. In all, there are more than 30 shows that will be removed starting next week from the platforms in this first round of reductions. The titles, many of which are listed below, will vanish starting May 26. Sources say the programming could be made available elsewhere, like digital sell-through platforms, etc.
Disney CFO Christine McCarthy revealed last week on Disney’s earnings call that the company would be reviewing the TV series...
- 5/18/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated with more titles being removed: Disney is starting to pull content from streaming, with dozens of series and specials slated to leave Disney+ and Hulu on May 26, Deadline has learned. The titles, which are being removed from Disney’s streaming services globally, include Disney+’s Willow, Big Shot, Turner & Hooch, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Just Beyond, Diary of a Future President, The Mysterious Benedict Society and The World According to Jeff Goldblum and Hulu’s Y: The Last Man, Dollface, The Hot Zone, Maggie, Pistol and Little Demon. A number of Freeform series also are slated to leave Hulu.
The list features largely short-lived series, specials and direct-to-streaming movies.
The move, which comes with a content impairment charge of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion, was announced during the recent Disney earnings call on May 10.
“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our Dtc services to align...
The list features largely short-lived series, specials and direct-to-streaming movies.
The move, which comes with a content impairment charge of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion, was announced during the recent Disney earnings call on May 10.
“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our Dtc services to align...
- 5/18/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’re a Disney Plus subscriber, you probably already know how incredible the service’s selection is after less than a year. Nearly every Marvel Cinematic Universe film is already available, and every Star Wars movie and plenty of shows based on the franchise are able to be viewed right now, too. This is all before counting how many of Disney’s very own animated classics exist alongside dozens of popular shows from The Disney Channel. It’s honestly staggering how much content can be watched, but it never stops the company from pouring even more new stuff onto the platform all throughout each month.
This month is no different, of course. A live recording of the wildly famous musical Hamilton has been staying steady on the charts since its release at the start of July, while 90s films like The Big Green and The Mighty Ducks have injected...
This month is no different, of course. A live recording of the wildly famous musical Hamilton has been staying steady on the charts since its release at the start of July, while 90s films like The Big Green and The Mighty Ducks have injected...
- 7/24/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
This past Friday saw a load of new content head to Disney Plus. Subscribers probably haven’t caught up with all of it yet, but let’s look ahead to the future all the same and preview what’s coming at the end of next week. It’s not as large a haul as the last one, but it still brings a bunch of new TV episodes and the latest must-see film dropping as part of D+’s Summer Movie Nights season.
For starters, users who like National Geographic content will be pleased to find three new documentaries going up on July 24th. Rogue Trip sees ABC’s Bob Woodruff and his son, Mack Woodruff, going off the beaten track to explore under-appreciated parts of the globe, while the Wild series also continues with two nature docs – Wild Congo and Wild Sri Lanka. Moving on, there’s the latest episodes...
For starters, users who like National Geographic content will be pleased to find three new documentaries going up on July 24th. Rogue Trip sees ABC’s Bob Woodruff and his son, Mack Woodruff, going off the beaten track to explore under-appreciated parts of the globe, while the Wild series also continues with two nature docs – Wild Congo and Wild Sri Lanka. Moving on, there’s the latest episodes...
- 7/19/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.
With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.
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- 7/18/2020
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
ABC News Correspondent Bob Woodruff and his son Mack Woodruff head out on an adventure in Rogue Trip, a new National Geographic series headed to Disney+. The elder Woodruff was a war correspondent who was wounded in Iraq. However, as Woodruff says in the Rogue Trip trailer below, he didn’t want his kids “to grow up fearful because […]
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- 7/10/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
The movies and shows releasing on streaming platforms lately have been top-tier. Netflix has been getting huge hits like E.T. the Extraterrestrial and The Silence of the Lambs, Hulu scored wonderful titles like A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and I Am Legend, and Disney Plus has been building and completing its Marvel movie collection. There’s certainly plenty of enrapturing content to watch regardless of what streaming service you regularly use, but Disney’s platform in particular is shaping up to have an exceptional July.
Disney Plus will see 90s classics like The Mighty Ducks and The Big Green arrive on July 3rd, and then subscribers will also be treated to Solo: A Star Wars Story a week later on July 10th. But even with great flicks like those landing, there’s still even more to be excited for in the way of Disney Plus Originals. These upcoming films...
Disney Plus will see 90s classics like The Mighty Ducks and The Big Green arrive on July 3rd, and then subscribers will also be treated to Solo: A Star Wars Story a week later on July 10th. But even with great flicks like those landing, there’s still even more to be excited for in the way of Disney Plus Originals. These upcoming films...
- 6/30/2020
- by Billy Givens
- We Got This Covered
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