Disney+ Announces Plans for 10 Marvel and ‘Star Wars’ Series in ‘Next Few Years’
Disney’s strategy to excite its financial investors looks like it will also make superhero and sci-fi fans pretty happy: During Disney Investor Day on December 10 the company unveiled plans for several upcoming Disney+ projects that include “roughly” 10 Marvel and 10 Star Wars series.
The streaming platform’s successful Star Wars franchise currently includes the The Mandalorian; coming up in early 2021, its first, and highly anticipated, Marvel series, WandaVision.
In a statement shared via Twitter the company says it’s also planning 15 Disney live-action, animation, and Pixar series, as well as producing 15 new films directly to Disney+.
Over the next few years, roughly 10 @Marvel series, 10 @StarWars series, 15 Disney live action, @DisneyAnimation, and @Pixar series, plus 15 all-new Disney live action, Disney Animation, and Pixar features will be released directly on @DisneyPlus.
— Disney (@Disney) December 10, 2020
This means that streamer will gain about 50 new titles in “the next few years,” it says. The platform already includes a hefty library of originals and old favorites including the smash hit musical Hamilton and all episodes of The Simpsons.
