Mandalorian, High School Musical, Marvel Lead Way – Deadline

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There was a lot of news at the Disney D23 show in Anaheim today, with the most anticipated presentation of the first day of the three-day convention with Kevin Mayer. The president of Disney's Direct-to-Consumer & International division was in the spotlight with his in-depth look at Disney +, the streaming service on November 12.

The panel presentation ended when Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy spoke of the "exhilarating and liberating" challenge of adopting live episodic storytelling, one novelty at a time Star wars Mark and Kennedy herself, whose career has sounded for sagas on the big screen.

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Kennedy announced that Wars of clones, the favorite animated series of fans, will come back with a revival of Disney +. Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk, the duo daft, will join her for the filming of their film Thief A derived series next year. "We see each other in London," Kennedy said as both left.

Then came the moment when everyone was waiting: The mandalorian Overview. The mandalorian is the first live-action Star wars TV series in the four decades of history of the Jedi universe. The action takes place in the anarchic fringe of the galaxy, shortly after the fiery funeral of Darth Vader on Endor, and the place is plunged into chaos.

Jon Favreau is the writer, creator and showrunner of The mandalorian and serves as Executive Producer with Dave Filoni, a Lucasfilm enthusiast (The war of clones), who directed the first episode. The affable tandem of Favreau and Filoni have bonded in recent months as two Star wars Fans have discovered new stories in the universe introduced by George Lucas in 1977.

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The casting is a fascinating mix: Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito, Carl Weathers, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, Taika Waititi, Bill Burr and Mark Boone Jr. "These people do not look like them- they do not belong to the Star Wars universe, "said Favreau when assembling his casting on the D23 stage.

Pascal simply said, "It's a dream come true." Then the trailer, which was fabulous. The trailer (watch it here) is the same as (or very close to) the footage aired at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, but it was fantastic. Some of the most beautiful Star wars images in the history of the franchise with a Once upon a time, the old west ethos.

Then a bomb. Kathleen Kennedy came back to the scene and introduces a person whom she describes as very special to the Star wars universe. Ewan McGregor appeared on stage and responded to rumors that he would resume his lightsaber. The Scottish actor and Kennedy had a playful moment.

"Ask me if I will play Obi-Wan Kenobi again," said the actor. Kennedy compiled. "Are you going to play Obi-Wan Kenobi again?" McGregor smiled. "Yes." The crowd became wild.

After four years of misunderstanding on the subject, McGregor said it was a relief to finally be able to respond succinctly and positively. Kennedy said that writing for the series was in an advanced stage and that filming would begin next year.

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Star wars is a centerpiece of Disney +'s programming plan, and the other is Marvel, which is nothing less than the most popular brand in recent Hollywood history. The great news of Feige: She-Hulk, Mrs. Marvel, and Knight of the moon These are three new series of Marvel Studios that will appear on the streaming service, presenting for the first time on the screen a trio of characters created in the pages of the 1970s Marvel Comics.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige also showed images of And what would happen if? the first animated project of Marvel Studios. Traditional 2D animation sequences seemed precise and distinctive, and the audience reacted to the concept of the show, which revisits the crucial moments of Marvel Canon and asks what would have happened if things had unfolded differently.

the And what would happen if? The footage shows Agent Peggy Carter, the British intelligence agent who becomes the only true love of Steve Rogers, but in this alternative reality, it is she who receives the super soldier serum and, with a shield with the image of the Union Jack, she fights as a captain Britain.

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Here is a trailer for the launch of the streaming service:

Feige hosted Hayley Atwell, who played Carter in the Marvel films and her own prime-time television series. Feige then spoke about Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, stars of Falcon and the winter soldier, and announced that Emily VanCamp will take over the role of Sharon Carter in the series.

Marvel Trailer for WandaVision, which brings together the teams Elizabeth Olson and Paul Bettany, presented a truly offbeat rendition of MCU with a tonal fusion of epic adventures of Marvel and sitcom. It looked like an episode of The outer limits at first glance (and included an unexpected nod to The show of Dick Van Dyke). Clearly, Marvel is looking for a wide range of genre approaches from the traditional superhero saga and this partisan crowd has loved it.

Sean Bailey, president of Walt Disney Studios' film production, then resumed the flow of the presentation and showed images of Stargirl, that synchronizes with Musical High School as a music-based but campus-based youth program, but with a more sincere approach. Then were pictures of Timmy Failure: mistakes were made, who looked great with her young, monotonous protagonist, the weird child detective.

The next step was the Lady and the Tramp, a live-action hybrid remake of the animated classic of 1955. Monte, a two-year-old rescuer originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico, interprets Tramp in front of a cocker named Rose, who plays the role of Lady . The human voices are managed by Justin Theroux and Tessa Thompson. Charlie Bean (Lego Ninjago movie) is the direction.

The world premiere of the Lady and the Tramp The trailer showed a sumptuously filmed and winding ride through a version of the sun-drenched world. The film looks nice but could be aimed primarily at movie buffs who buy dog ​​calendars with brush schnauzers.

Bailey then jumped at a Christmas rate. He described Noelle, a live movie starring Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Billy Eichner and Shirley MacLaine, which will be available for launch. Kendrick and Eichner came on stage to present the trailer. "Please, watch it every Christmas," Kendrick pleaded. "And every other day of the year," added Eichner.

The trailer shows the Kringle family looking for the missing Santa Claus, and that looked pretty amusing.

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Then: The Muppets.Jim Henson's ragged character group will be featured in a series of scriptless shorts called Muppets now, which will have an interview format. Kermit the Frog seems optimistic about the project, which bodes well, but not much else, in the trailer trailer in the room.

The panel opened with a major school spirit – an elaborate number of Wildcats songs and dances from the High School Musical: The Series (watch the trailer here) Mayer said all Pixar feature films and all classic Disney animation titles would be available on Disney +.

The Disney Channel segment has announced that Lizzie McGuire will be relaunched in series. L & # 39; old " Lizzie the star, Hillary Duff, came on stage. "It's great to be at home," said Duff. She will be part of the series and "thousands" of actresses have been auditioned to interpret the new version of Lizzie, 13, which, according to Mayer, will require her to be the "voice of her generation".

The freshly titrated Phineas and Ferb the film: Candace against the universe is currently in production for the new streaming service. The tandem of title travels the universe to save their big sister, Candace, "abducted by extraterrestrials and who found utopia on a distant planet, rid of pesky little brothers".

The sixth edition of the biennial D23 Expo has nothing to envy to previous editions because of the sheer scale of the exhibitions (especially with the addition of the Lucasfilm Pavilion deceived) and the still disconcerting presence of Fox brands (including The simpsons and an entire room devoted to Avatar accessories, models, costumes, etc.)

The underlying current dominating throughout the event however was Disney + and its imminent launch. Disney President and CEO Bob Iger has introduced Disney + as a key element of Disney's future. This view is reflected in the scale of the opening offer of the subscription streaming service, which will include original productions from Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Pixar and National Geographic. , as well as Disney's great value archives.

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Iger makes an offer for the omnipresence of the market with the extremely low price of the streaming service ($ 7 a month or $ 70 a year). Clearly, this event reserved for fans of Anaheim was the spearhead of the Disney + market invasion. D23 participants are offered a three-year subscription to Disney Plus for $ 47 per year, representing a 33% discount.

It is likely that Iger's global and decisive approach to Disney + would have seduced the late Walt Disney, who made the high bet a career bet when new frontiers of entertainment arose. . Disney played big in 1937 when he directed the first Hollywood animated feature film. (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) and he did it again in 1955 when he opened Disneyland on the street here in Anaheim. And, in 1954, Disney resisted the pressure of other movie studios and adopted state-of-the-art television media.

Disney's first television production was a series of anthologies that would later be called The wonderful world of Disney, the first of which was broadcast on ABC on October 27, 1954 (the launch of Disney + will miss the 65th anniversary in 16 days). The series sparked a national sensation barely two months later by presenting the border adventures of Davy Crockett featuring Fess Parker in five episodes of one hour. The mandalorian of his time?

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