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Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical on Disney+

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical is now streaming exclusively on Disney+. Captured live onstage at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London’s West End, the stage production features Samantha Barks as Elsa, Laura Dawkes as Anna and the cast of the smash London production who bring the celebrated tale of sisterhood, bravery, and self-discovery to […]

June 23, 2025

Disney, NBCU in AI copyright complaint

The Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal have filed a lawsuit against AI company Midjourney, claiming that the company’s image-generating service infringes on their copyrighted works. The action, filed in the US District Court in Los Angeles, represents the first significant lawsuit studios have initiated against an AI company. They accuse Midjourney of using a range […]

June 12, 2025By Colin Mann

Audible, Disney launch new kid-focused originals

Audible, the audiobook and podcast service, and Disney Publishing have released three new Audible Originals from Disney’s Frozen, Disney & Pixar’s Cars, and Star Wars, in addition to 60 audiobooks featuring stories including Finding Dory, Marvel’s Avengers, Monsters Inc, Mulan, and Toy Story. The three, new Audible Originals releasing today feature multiple Disney character voices and immersive sound design. The […]

September 20, 2024

Inside Out 2 highest-grossing animated film ever

Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is now the highest-grossing animated film of all time, with $1.462 billion (€1.35bn) to date at the global box office. In addition to surpassing Disney’s Frozen 2 (2019) on the animated chart, the film has also moved into the #13 spot in the all-time industry global box office rankings. […]

July 25, 2024

Disney’s Hercules coming to London’s West End

Disney Theatrical Group has confirmed the opening of Disney’s new production of Hercules, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in London’s West End in summer 2025. With music and lyrics by Alan Menken and David Zippel, and a new book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah and co-choreography by Tanisha […]

June 27, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Disney doubles down on Parks

Disney theme parks will make a reported $10 billion (€9.35bn) in profit this year – impressive considering the devastation wrought by the pandemic just a couple of years ago. In the meantime, the video business is in choppy waters with the stock taking a welcome boost from all the talk of the group selling off […]

September 19, 2023

MCM Comic Con London announces first panels for October

MCM Comic Con, the celebration of all things pop culture, has revealed the first wave of out of panels that will be taking to the stage this autumn. Attendees can ger ready to immerse themselves in a vibrant celebration of film, TV, gaming, cosplay as MCM Comic Con London returns to ExCeL London from October […]

September 8, 2023

Super Mario overtakes Frozen at Box Office

The Super Mario Bros Movie continues to set Box Office records and has now become the second biggest animated movie in cinema history, overtaking Frozen. The adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game series from Universal and Illumination, starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy and Jack Black, has now hit $1.3 billion (€1.22bn) at the global […]

June 6, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Disney to axe 7,000 staff; loses streaming subs

The Walt Disney Company has announced a major restructuring under reinstated CEO Bob Iger, which will see some 7,000 jobs cut – an estimated 3.6 per cent of its global workforce – as part of an effort to save $5.5 billion (€5.1bn) in costs, and make its streaming business profitable. Iger specified he intends to […]

February 9, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Multiple sales for BBC Studios’ Frozen Planet II

BBC Studios has announced international sales of its Natural History Unit’s landmark series, Frozen Planet II, presented by Sir David Attenborough. The six-part series produced by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and co-produced by BBC AMERICA, the Open University, Migu Video, ZDF, France Télévisions and NHK, has sold to Spain (Movistar+), Italy (Mediaset), Australia (Nine), […]

October 18, 2022Nick Snow @ MIPCOM