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Meet Squad 99 – ‘the Bad Batch’ – in Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 trailer

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With the anticipated return of Star Wars: The Clone Wars arriving next week, Lucasfilm and Disney+ have released a new trailer for the seventh and final season of the hit show. In what seems to be a trailer for the first story arc of the season, we meet Squad 99, also known as ‘the Bad Batch’ […]

Disney+ sets premieres for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision and The Mandalorian season 2

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As Disney+ gears up for the rest of 2020, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed in an investor call when the service will premiere three of its most anticipated shows: Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision, and the second season of The Mandalorian. While an exact date is not yet set, Falcon and the […]

Disney to release Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton in 2021

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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has been an enormous hit on stages around the world, and now the musical is set for a theatrical release from Disney with the original Broadway cast, including Miranda as the lead character Alexander Hamilton. The film is of the original stage play and was shot in 2016 with multiple studios bidding for […]

Toy Story 4 short film Lamp Life explores Bo Peep’s missing years, watch the trailer here

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Last year’s Toy Story 4 saw the apparent conclusion to Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story franchise as Woody and Bo Peep met each other once again. However, there was more to the story that Disney+ will soon release as the short film Lamp Life, detailing the missing years of Bo Peep’s life between Toy Story 2 and 4. Watch the trailer below… Lamp […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars returns with new season 7 trailer and poster

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After a long wait, the fan-favourite Star Wars: The Clone Wars is set to return with its anticipated seventh and final season in February. Today Lucasfilm and Disney released an all new trailer for the final season, which includes a look at the long-awaited ‘Siege of Mandalore’ arc. Watch it below… From Dave Filoni, director and executive […]

Disney+ launch moved forward in U.K. and Western Europe, pricing confirmed

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While North American viewers enjoy the vast library of content on the Disney+ streaming service, people in the UK, Ireland and other Western European countries are still waiting for the launch of the brand-new service. However, the good news is Disney has brought forward the release date forward to 24th March. With the roll-out of […]

The Ten Best Animated Films of the 2010s

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Kate Harrold shares her picks of the best animated films of the 2010s… The past decade has been a breakthrough for animated film. Toy Story (1995) may have been the first feature-length computer animated film, but animation studios of the 2010s have gone on to break even more unimaginable feats. The genre seems to have […]

The Mandalorian Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Prisoner’

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Ricky Church reviews the sixth episode of The Mandalorian…. After last week’s rather mediocre episode, The Mandalorian has bounced back in a big way with ‘The Prisoner’ in an episode riddled with tension and nice action as Rick Famuyiwa returned to the director’s chair. With an entertaining story draped in the heist genre along with some new, […]

Disney announces Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge for Disney+

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Disney has announced a brand new Star Wars show titled Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge is coming to the Disney+ streaming service. Jedi Temple Challenge will be a game show aimed towards a younger audience and will be hosted by Ahmed Best, who is known for playing Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy. Best will be joined by […]