A Taste of Disney+: How Are the First Episodes of the Streaming Service’s Original Shows?

Posted on Monday, November 4th, 2019 by Ethan Anderton

Disney+ will officially join the streaming wars in just over a week on November 12. With it comes hundreds of The Walt Disney Company’s movies and television shows from over the decades, but there’s also a wave of original programming along with it. The most anticipated show is undoubtedly the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian. Unfortunately, that series hasn’t been made available to critics for review, and it won’t be until it bows on the launch day for Disney+. However, the subscription service has plenty more Disney+ original shows to offer, and we’ve seen some of them.

We were given access to early screeners of the first wave of original programming on Disney+, which includes the Disney theme park documentary series The Imagineering Story, the National Geographic culture documentary series The World According to Jeff Goldblum, the high school drama reunion reality series Encore!, the inspirational kid-focused reality series The Marvel Hero Project, and the scripted mockumentary series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Are any of these shows worth watching with a Disney+ subscription? We sampled each of them. Read More »

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Encore! Trailer: Kristen Bell Takes Adults Back to High School to Perform in Musicals [D23]

Posted on Friday, August 23rd, 2019 by Ben Pearson

If the thought of going back to high school terrifies you, and the thought of performing on a stage gives you full-body shivers, the new Disney+ series Encore!, which combines those two things, may be enough to send you running for the hills. But for those who are looking for uplifting reality programming and are fans of the delightful Kristen Bell (Frozen, Veronica Mars), this could be a nice surprise. The first trailer for the show debuted at this year’s D23 Expo, and you can check it out below. Read More »

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