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| date | show | category |
| 1/1/22 | Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve Anniversary Special | ABC |
| 1/1/22 | Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest | ABC |
| 1/1/22 | Fox's New Year's Eve Live 2022, Part 1 | Fox |
| 1/1/22 | Fox's New Year's Eve Live 2022, Part 2 | Fox |
1/1/2022 | Black Ink Crew: Complete Season 4 | VH1 |
1/1/2022 | The Challenge: Complete Season 33 | MTV |
1/1/2022 | Dark Side of the 90s: Complete Season 1 | Vice |
1/1/2022 | RuPaul's Drag Race: Complete Season 8 | VH1 |
1/1/2022 | Vice Versa: Chyna: Complete Season 1 | Vice |
1/1/2022 | Vice Versa: College $ports Inc.: Complete Season 1 | Vice |
1/1/2022 | 10, 000 BC (2008) | |
1/1/2022 | (500) Days Of Summer (2009) | |
1/1/2022 | A Night at the Roxbury (1998) | |
1/1/2022 | A Soldier's Story (1984) | |
1/1/2022 | Alfie (2004) | |
1/1/2022 | All the Right Moves (1983) | |
1/1/2022 | Amistad (1997) | |
1/1/2022 | An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) | |
1/1/2022 | Astro Boy (2009) | |
1/1/2022 | Beautiful Creatures (2013) | |
1/1/2022 | Beerfest (2006) | |
1/1/2022 | Big Top Pee-Wee (1988) | |
1/1/2022 | Black Rain (1989) | |
1/1/2022 | Black Sunday (1977) | |
1/1/2022 | Case 39 (2010) | |
1/1/2022 | Charlie's Angels (2000) | |
1/1/2022 | The Collection (2012) | |
1/1/2022 | Commando (1985) | |
1/1/2022 | Coneheads (1993) | |
1/1/2022 | Courage Under Fire (1996) | |
1/1/2022 | Coyote Ugly (2000) | |
1/1/2022 | Crime Story (2021) | |
1/1/2022 | Date Night (2010) | |
1/1/2022 | Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) | |
1/1/2022 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) | |
1/1/2022 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) | |
1/1/2022 | Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) | |
1/1/2022 | The Duchess (2008) | |
1/1/2022 | Dunston Checks In (1996) | |
1/1/2022 | Escape from Alcatraz (1979) | |
1/1/2022 | Falling for Figaro (2021) | |
1/1/2022 | Fire in the Sky (1993) | |
1/1/2022 | The Foot Fist Way (2006) | |
1/1/2022 | Forces of Nature (1999) | |
1/1/2022 | Fred Claus (2007) | |
1/1/2022 | Furry Vengeance (2010) | |
1/1/2022 | G.I. Jane (1997) | |
1/1/2022 | Georgia Rule (2007) | |
1/1/2022 | Gimme Shelter (2014) | |
1/1/2022 | The Haunting (1999) | |
1/1/2022 | Head of State (2003) | |
1/1/2022 | Heartburn (1986) | |
1/1/2022 | Hidalgo (2004) | |
1/1/2022 | Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) | |
1/1/2022 | Home for the Holidays (1995) | |
1/1/2022 | Hondo (1953) | |
1/1/2022 | Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) | |
1/1/2022 | Hotel for Dogs (2009) | |
1/1/2022 | Hugo (2011) | |
1/1/2022 | The Impossible (2012) | |
1/1/2022 | The Indian in the Cupboard (1995) | |
1/1/2022 | Jacob's Ladder (1990) | |
1/1/2022 | The King of Comedy (1983) | |
1/1/2022 | Labios Rojos (2011) | |
1/1/2022 | Last of the Mohicans (1992) | |
1/1/2022 | Lifeguard (1976) | |
1/1/2022 | Look Who's Talking Too (1990) | |
1/1/2022 | Look Who's Talking Now (1993) | |
1/1/2022 | The Lovely Bones (2009) | |
1/1/2022 | The Machinist (2004) | |
1/1/2022 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2004) | |
1/1/2022 | Midnight In Paris (2011) | |
1/1/2022 | Moulin Rouge (2001) | |
1/1/2022 | Mr. Holland's Opus (1996) | |
1/1/2022 | New Year's Eve (2011) | |
1/1/2022 | Nick of Time (1995) | |
1/1/2022 | Norm of the North (2016) | |
1/1/2022 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) | |
1/1/2022 | Open Range (2003) | |
1/1/2022 | Ordinary People (1980) | |
1/1/2022 | Panic Room (2002) | |
1/1/2022 | Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) | |
1/1/2022 | Paycheck (2003) | |
1/1/2022 | The Perfect Storm (2000) | |
1/1/2022 | Phenomenon (1996) | |
1/1/2022 | Prophecy (1979) | |
1/1/2022 | Real Genius (1985) | |
1/1/2022 | Red Eye (2005) | |
1/1/2022 | Red Riding Hood (2011) | |
1/1/2022 | Resident Evil (2002) | |
1/1/2022 | Revolutionary Road (2008) | |
1/1/2022 | The Sandlot (1993) | |
1/1/2022 | Semi-Pro (2008) | |
1/1/2022 | Sense and Sensibility (1995) | |
1/1/2022 | Seven (1995) | |
1/1/2022 | Sex And The City (2008) | |
1/1/2022 | Sex And The City 2 (2010) | |
1/1/2022 | Sinister (2012) | |
1/1/2022 | The Soloist (2009) | |
1/1/2022 | Space Jam (1996) | |
1/1/2022 | The Squid And The Whale (2005) | |
1/1/2022 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | |
1/1/2022 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | |
1/1/2022 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) | |
1/1/2022 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | |
1/1/2022 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | |
1/1/2022 | Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) | |
1/1/2022 | The Stepford Wives (2004) | |
1/1/2022 | Sydney White (2007) | |
1/1/2022 | Three Days of the Condor (1975) | |
1/1/2022 | The Three Stooges (2012) | |
1/1/2022 | The Two Faces Of January (2014) | |
1/1/2022 | What a Girl Wants (2003) | |
1/1/2022 | What About Bob? (1991) | |
1/1/2022 | What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) | |
1/1/2022 | When In Rome (2010) | |
1/1/2022 | Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004) | |
1/1/2022 | Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling (2009) | |
1/1/2022 | Wuthering Heights (2003) | |
1/2/2022 | Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married (2007) | |
1/3/2022 | Next Level Chef: Series Premiere | Fox |
1/3/2022 | The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021) | |
1/4/2022 | 9-1-1: Lone Star: Season 3 Premiere | Fox |
1/4/2022 | The Bachelor: Season 26 Premiere | ABC |
1/4/2022 | The Cleaning Lady: Series Premiere | Fox |
1/4/2022 | Kenan: Season 2 Premiere | NBC |
1/5/2022 | Abbot Elementary: Season 1 Returns | ABC |
1/5/2022 | Judge Steve Harvey: Series Premiere | ABC |
1/5/2022 | This Is Us: Season 6 Premiere | NBC |
1/6/2022 | Black-ish: Season 8 Premiere | ABC |
1/6/2022 | I Can See Your Voice: Season 2 Premiere | Fox |
1/7/2022 | The Amazing Race: Complete Season 30 | CBS |
1/7/2022 | The Amazing Race: Complete Season 31 | CBS |
1/7/2022 | Survivor: Complete Season 37 | CBS |
1/7/2022 | Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer: Series Premiere | Fox |
1/7/2022 | Women of the Movement: Series Premiere | ABC |
1/7/2022 | Pharma Bro (2021) | |
1/9/2022 | Real Housewives of New Jersey: Complete Season 11 | Bravo |
1/10/2022 | The Golden Palace: Complete Series | ABC |
1/10/2022 | Call Me Kat: Season 2 Premiere | Fox |
1/10/2022 | Pivoting: Series Premiere | Fox |
1/10/2022 | Ailey (2021) | |
1/10/2022 | Black Bear (2020) | |
1/11/2022 | I'm Your Man (2021) | |
1/13/2022 | Madagascar: A Little Wild: Complete Season 6 | Hulu Original |
1/13/2022 | Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest: Season 2 Premiere (Sub) | Funimation |
1/13/2022 | My Best Friend's Girl (2008) | |
1/14/2022 | Sex Appeal (2022) | Hulu Original |
1/14/2022 | Bergman Island (2021) | |
1/15/2022 | Dark Side of the Ring: Complete Season 3B | Vice |
1/15/2022 | Bad Rap (2016) | |
1/15/2022 | Main Street (2010) | |
1/15/2022 | Marjorie Prime (2017) | |
1/15/2022 | Rewind (2019) | |
1/15/2022 | Serious Moonlight (2009) | |
1/15/2022 | Sprinter (2018) | |
1/15/2022 | Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) | |
1/15/2022 | Zero Days (2016) | |
1/17/2022 | Georgetown (2021) | |
1/18/2022 | How I Met Your Father: Two-Episode Series Premiere | Hulu Original |
1/19/2022 | Darwin's Game: Complete Season 1 (Dub) | Aniplex |
1/19/2022 | The Irregular at Magic High School: Complete Season 1 (Dub) | Aniplex |
1/19/2022 | Sword Art Online Extra Edition: Complete Season 1 (Dub) | Aniplex |
1/19/2022 | Your Lie in April: Complete Season 1 (Dub) | Aniplex |
1/20/2022 | The Estate (2020) | |
1/21/2022 | Single Drunk Female: Series Premiere | Freeform |
1/22/2022 | American Night (2021) | |
1/25/2022 | Promised Land: Series Premiere | ABC |
1/26/2022 | Dirty Grandpa (2016) | |
1/26/2022 | Dirty Grandpa (Unrated) (2016) | |
1/27/2022 | Mayday (2021) | |
1/28/2022 | Grown-ish: Season 4B Premiere | Freeform |
1/29/2022 | Stop and Go (2021) | |
1/30/2022 | Burden of Truth: Complete Season 4 | |
1/30/2022 | Small Engine Repair (2021) | |
1/31/2022 | Monarch: Series Premiere | Fox |
Leaving January on hulu
1/1/2022 | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
1/3/2022 | Maggie's Plan (2015) |
1/4/2022 | Barton Fink (1991) |
1/4/2022 | The Detective (1968) |
1/4/2022 | Don’t Bother To Knock (1952) |
1/4/2022 | Jane Eyre (1943) |
1/4/2022 | Laura (1944) |
1/4/2022 | Niagara (1953) |
1/8/2022 | In a World... (2013) |
1/10/2022 | I'm Your Man (2021) |
1/12/2022 | I Wake Up Screaming (1941) |
1/12/2022 | Night and the City (1950) |
1/12/2022 | Panic in the Streets (1950) |
1/12/2022 | Violent Saturday (1953) |
1/14/2022 | Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019) |
1/21/2022 | The Tax Collector (2020) |
1/25/2022 | What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
1/31/2022 | A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011) |
1/31/2022 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
1/31/2022 | Alex Cross (2012) |
1/31/2022 | All the Right Moves (1983) |
1/31/2022 | Alpha & Omega (2010) |
1/31/2022 | Amistad (1997) |
1/31/2022 | Armageddon (1998) |
1/31/2022 | The Bank Job (2008) |
1/31/2022 | The Beach (2000) |
1/31/2022 | Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
1/31/2022 | Beauty & The Briefcase (2010) |
1/31/2022 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) |
1/31/2022 | Black Swan (2009) |
1/31/2022 | Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (2006) |
1/31/2022 | Boys Don't Cry (1999) |
1/31/2022 | Boyz N' The Hood (1991) |
1/31/2022 | Charlie's Angels (2000) |
1/31/2022 | Christmas Cupid (2010) |
1/31/2022 | The Comedian (2017) |
1/31/2022 | Commando (1985) |
1/31/2022 | Coneheads (1993) |
1/31/2022 | Days of Heaven (1978) |
1/31/2022 | Desperately Seeking Santa (2011) |
1/31/2022 | Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) |
1/31/2022 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) |
1/31/2022 | Elektra (2005) |
1/31/2022 | Elena Undone (2010) |
1/31/2022 | Free Fall (2013) |
1/31/2022 | French Postcards (1979) |
1/31/2022 | Gayby (2012) |
1/31/2022 | Ghosting: The Spirit Of Christmas (2019) |
1/31/2022 | Gulliver's Travels (2009) |
1/31/2022 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) |
1/31/2022 | Holiday In Handcuffs (2007) |
1/31/2022 | Holidaze (2013) |
1/31/2022 | Hugo (2011) |
1/31/2022 | Hurricane Bianca (2016) |
1/31/2022 | Jingle All The Way (1996) |
1/31/2022 | Just Charlie (2017) |
1/31/2022 | King Arthur (2004) |
1/31/2022 | Kingpin (1996) |
1/31/2022 | Last of the Mohicans (1992) |
1/31/2022 | Love Potion No. 9 (1992) |
1/31/2022 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2004) |
1/31/2022 | The Mistle-Tones (2012) |
1/31/2022 | Mr. Holland's Opus (1996) |
1/31/2022 | Never Been Kissed (1999) |
1/31/2022 | New Year's Eve (2011) |
1/31/2022 | No Sleep 'til Christmas (2018) |
1/31/2022 | Panic Room (2002) |
1/31/2022 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) |
1/31/2022 | The Perfect Storm (2000) |
1/31/2022 | Pit Stop (2013) |
1/31/2022 | Plaza Suite (1971) |
1/31/2022 | Real Genius (1985) |
1/31/2022 | Resident Evil (2002) |
1/31/2022 | Same Time, Next Christmas (2019) |
1/31/2022 | Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009) |
1/31/2022 | Santa's Little Helper (2015) |
1/31/2022 | Sense and Sensibility (1995) |
1/31/2022 | Sex And The City (2008) |
1/31/2022 | Sex And The City 2 (2010) |
1/31/2022 | Shane (1953) |
1/31/2022 | Six Days, Seven Nights (1998) |
1/31/2022 | Snow (2004) |
1/31/2022 | Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008) |
1/31/2022 | Sordid Lives (2000) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek: First Contact (1996) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek: Generations (1994) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) |
1/31/2022 | Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) |
1/31/2022 | Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007) |
1/31/2022 | Were The World Mine (2008) |
1/31/2022 | What About Bob? (1991) |
MarvelCharacterNerd
Well-Known Member
Happy for First Class (which is showing up now) so I can finally do an X-Men marathon of the four later films. (Looks like only X-Men and Last Stand are left from the others - I noticed a big content purge recently where like 20 things disappeared from my watchlist. I wish they were like other services where they stayed on the watchlist but were simply noted as unavailable. I have no idea what I missed now. And don't get me started on the quantity view limit on the watchlist!)
Also looking forward to finally seeing Eternals.
Oh, and Boba Fett, but for whatever reason, I'm just not that enthused for it. Maybe I will be more when it starts.
Jedijax719
Well-Known Member
First Class is already on D+. I just clicked and saw it just now.
Oops yeah just saw you posted that.
Btw, what happened to the Wolverine movies?
Oops yeah just saw you posted that.
Btw, what happened to the Wolverine movies?
The Wolverine is on HBO/Max. It will eventually wind up on D+ or Hulu.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is in the PPV market on a bunch of sites to buy or rent. It will eventually wind up on D+ or Hulu.
Logan is on Hulu.
MarvelCharacterNerd
Well-Known Member
Both Wolverine films were previously on my watchlist on Disney+ but were part of the recent purge of 20+ titles that disappeared from my list.
However, Logan (as noted above), Deadpool and Deadpool 2 are on Hulu, so that's something.
Nagarjuna, Sarath Kumar in Star Studded Disney Plus Hotstar Telugu-Language Line Up
Leading Indian streamer Disney Plus Hotstar has revealed a star-studded line up for its initial foray into Telugu-language programming.
variety.com
brb1006
Well-Known Member
The "Oswald: The Lucky Rabbit" Disney+ series has been cancelled.
whatsondisneyplus.com
“Oswald: The Lucky Rabbit” Disney+ Series Confirmed To Be Cancelled
One of the first projects reported to be in development for Disney+ was an animated series featuring”Oswald: The Lucky Rabbit”, who was one of Walt Disney’s original creations before Mickey ...
whatsondisneyplus.com
DisneyFan32
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
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I can see Disney and Steven Spielberg to making a new Roger Rabbit live-action/animated series for Disney+.The "Oswald: The Lucky Rabbit" Disney+ series has been cancelled.
“Oswald: The Lucky Rabbit” Disney+ Series Confirmed To Be Cancelled
One of the first projects reported to be in development for Disney+ was an animated series featuring”Oswald: The Lucky Rabbit”, who was one of Walt Disney’s original creations before Mickey ...
Here is my prediction for this:
Disney/Amblin to annoucing new Roger Rabbit live-action/animated series for
Disney+ to replacing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series for Disney+ who was cancelled by Disney
Yes, Roger Rabbit is back from years since last Roger Rabbit short "Trail Mix Up" which released in 1993,
Disney and Steven Spielberg (Back to the Future, Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET, and Ready Player One) was thrilled to team up to collab to making a new Roger Rabbit live-action/animated series based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) for Disney+ in 2025 to replacing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series for Disney+ who just cancelled by Disney. The series will taken place in five years since the first film take place in 1947,
as now we'll have Toontown's new police dectieve, Chuck Valiant who was Eddie Valiant's nephew played by Chris Evans (Captain America films and Lightyear (2022)) to teaming up with Maroon Cartoon star, Roger Rabbit to arresting the criminals in the streets of Hollywood and Toontown. Steven Spielberg was so thrilled that he was so happy to work project with Walt Disney Studios
to making live-action/animated hybrid series based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit as he said "I've so proud that Walt Disney Studios wants me to do project again to making another Roger Rabbit project since 1993, we don't have a series title for Roger Rabbit live-action/animated series for Disney+ yet, but we'll revealing it at the event in the future. Who Framed Roger Rabbit was released in 1988 and it was saving Walt Disney Company's money to making more Disney films starting the Little Mermaid (1989). The movie was having its crossover with non-Disney studios such as Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal Studios and MGM to make cartoon characters cameo as friends with Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, and Donald Duck and Daffy Duck. I can't wait to do project with Disney again." This new Roger Rabbit live-action/animated series will having returning other our favorite characters from Who Framed Roger Rabbit such as Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman, Benny the Cab,
the Toon Patrol weasels and many more as new characters appearing in the series. We'll announcing more information in the future so like Porky Pig says "T-T-T-T-That's all folks!"
brb1006
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Even if that happens, I doubt that series will be able to recapture the magic as the original movie. Richard Williams died a few years ago and Disney has already abandoned 2D/Hand-drawn animation. Just look at Kaptian Kristian's video on the attention to detail for the movie.
And the fact that Robert Zemeckis (director of the movie) is currently working on a live-action/animation series for HBO Max called "Tooned Out" starring Christopher Lloyd.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
No offense to Richard and his great skills, but if they really wanted to Disney has plenty of well trained animators that could handle 2D animation in his place.
The question is do they really want to.....
CaptainAmerica
Well-Known Member
So I'm probably late to the party but the amount of talent in the HSM:TM:TS cast is off the charts. These kids are incredible. The show itself is super cheesy teenage melodrama but I'm not ashamed to say that I've had a bunch of fun binging it the past couple of days.
brb1006
Well-Known Member
The only 2D animators that's still at Disney that comes to mind is Eric Goldberg and maybe Bruce W. Smith.
Crossfire
Active Member
Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Martin Scorsese To Team Up For New Hulu Series
Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Martin Scorsese have been in the news quite a bit over the past year. While they often trend for various reasons, today they’re all making headlines for the exact some one. According to Deadline, the three are about to team up for an adaptation of Erik...
thedisinsider.com
sedati
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Great Book, will absolutely watch this!Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Martin Scorsese To Team Up For New Hulu Series
Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Martin Scorsese have been in the news quite a bit over the past year. While they often trend for various reasons, today they’re all making headlines for the exact some one. According to Deadline, the three are about to team up for an adaptation of Erik...
Well, this will certainly hit one of the four quadrants...
variety.com
Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Joins Hulu Live TV Lineup
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is available to Hulu + Live TV subscribers under a deal between Discovery and the Disney-owned streamer.
variety.com
Disney Analyst
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Animaniac93-98
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Branching off from the conversation in the Turning Red thread, the business model of essentially making direct-to-streaming movies for $200 million each is not sustainable.
The business model for streaming is that of mostly mid-to-low tier budget content that can be released relatively quickly, and Disney is now a company that struggles to do that.
Disney's all-tentpole strategy for filmmaking has put themselves in a similar picture as theme park development. They are fundamentally incapable of doing anything quickly, on time or on a budget.
The January release slate for Disney+ is pretty weak, and it's a symptom of something that has been building within the company for over a decade now, ever since they killed Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures. They've gotten used to releasing only so many movies a year and now they have a platform that demands far more than that to sustain and grow subscribers. To make matters worse this is still the case even after spending however many billions on Fox and there is still infighting over whether they should make "adult" content.
Disney has put all their eggs into this one basket and seems to think they can spend their way out of this problem. As a consumer it's great to have cheap, convenient access to Disney stuff, but I worry about how long they can keep this going before they either significantly raise the cost of subscription or make significant cuts to the quantity or quality of their streaming product.
The business model for streaming is that of mostly mid-to-low tier budget content that can be released relatively quickly, and Disney is now a company that struggles to do that.
Disney's all-tentpole strategy for filmmaking has put themselves in a similar picture as theme park development. They are fundamentally incapable of doing anything quickly, on time or on a budget.
The January release slate for Disney+ is pretty weak, and it's a symptom of something that has been building within the company for over a decade now, ever since they killed Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures. They've gotten used to releasing only so many movies a year and now they have a platform that demands far more than that to sustain and grow subscribers. To make matters worse this is still the case even after spending however many billions on Fox and there is still infighting over whether they should make "adult" content.
Disney has put all their eggs into this one basket and seems to think they can spend their way out of this problem. As a consumer it's great to have cheap, convenient access to Disney stuff, but I worry about how long they can keep this going before they either significantly raise the cost of subscription or make significant cuts to the quantity or quality of their streaming product.
The flagrant spending is a loss-leader so as to be one of the three remaining big streamers after the streaming wars are over.
It was the strategy of Amazon and Facebook. Years and years of deficit spending to kill competitors and then monopolize the space for profit.
Right now, Netflix and then Disney are in the lead. They intend to stay that way with yearly multi-billion dollar budgets for content. Disney is in the enviable position of owning a lot of disparate studios to churn out content for their own use. The other streamers have few studio-feeders and are bidding against one another to buy up content from the independent studios (which will likely be bought out by those streamers eventually).
The two CEOs have made it clear that streaming is priority #1 for the corporation and have put shareholders on notice of huge deficit spending in that department to make their streamers one of the winners of the streaming wars.
In addition to content, Disney is still spending huge amounts on infrastructure to make their streamers truly global. They expect their streamers to start to turn a profit in 2024 (I think).