Safe to say, there will be no shortage of things to watch onDisney+when the service launches later this year. Disney recently held its quarterly investor call and CEO Bob Iger divulged a bunch of new information regarding the studio’s streaming service. One of the biggest questions up to this point has been, how will the content stack up when compared to a service like Netflix? We now have a much better idea, as it’s been revealed just how much content Disney+ will have on day one this November.
According to a new report, Disney+ will feature 300 movies and 7,500 episodes of TV at launch. While we haven’t yet been treated to a full breakdown of that content, that’s a healthy amount of titles to choose from right out of the gate. It’s also stated that the movie library will grow to include more than 500 titles within the first year, with many of those titles being recent theatrical releases. Considering thatDisneyhas far and away the most desirable content in the marketplace right now, the quality of those titles, one would suspect, will be a key factor.
As for what, specifically, all of this will consist of? Disney is working on quite a few originals for the service.The Mandalorian, the first ever live-actionStar WarsTV series, was previously confirmed as a launch title. Other shows, like Marvel offerings such asThe Falcon and The Winter SoldierandLoki, will be coming at a later date. Also on the Marvel side, movies such asCaptain Marvel,Iron Man,Iron Man 3andThor: The Dark Worldwill be available at launch. The rest of the MCU titles, includingAvengers: Endgame, will be made available at a later date.
Star Warsfans will have some of the movies available, such as the newer entries likeRogue OneandThe Force Awakens. However, as we previously reported, a cable TV deal will likely prevent the original trilogy from being on Disney+ for some time. At launch, Disney will also, rather probably, include a lot of library content from their vast history, as well as titles they acquired as part of the Fox deal, which extends to National Geographic and FX shows. It was also confirmed thatThe Simpsons, in its entirety, will live on Disney+, which is a huge get.
