Shang-Chi, Olaf, Jeff Goldblum, and Boba Fett to celebrate the content cavalcade of Disney Plus Day
Disney+ to celebrate Disney+ with day of big-name premieres and teases for the future
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There was once a time when giving every pop culture thing its own “day” was a joke, which is why Star Wars Day is based on a pun and why we have to look up when Alien day is every year (April 26, in honor of the moon LV-426, which isn’t even a reference to the first movie), but now that Disney—which now owns both Star Wars and Alien, oddly enough—has realized that there’s money to be made from these silly holidays, we will surely never be able to escape them. Case in point: Disney is now just giving itself a made-up pop culture holiday in the form of Disney+ Day, the one day of the year where we can all kneel at our Mickey Mouse altars and thank Him for bringing Baby Grogu into our lives.
We want to be kind of snotty about this, because so much our lives are spent talking about Disney or Disney-adjacent things now that it seems downright silly to section off an entire Disney+ Day, but at the same time… there will be some cool things happening that day. Look, Boba Fett’s going to be there. We’re not made of stone, goddammit. Disney+ Day is happening on November 12, the two-year anniversary of the platform’s launch, and here are all of the festivities that Disney has announced for the day:
- The Disney+ premiere of Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (presumably for free to subscribers, not as a Premiere Access thing)
- The free Disney+ premiere of Jungle Cruise (which was previously a Premiere Access thing)
- The premiere of the Disney+ reboot of Home Alone, Home Sweet Home Alone
- A new series of shorts featuring Olaf from Frozen retelling other Disney movies
- The U.S. Disney+ debut of Frozen Fever, Feast, Paperman, Get A Horse!, and more
- A new Pixar short, Ciao Alberto, featuring the Luca characters
- A new Simpsons short that “pays tribute to Disney+’s marquee brands” (and to think, people thought it would be weird to have Disney own The Simpsons)
- The first few episodes of season two of The World According To Jeff Goldblum
- A new special about “the origins and legacy” of Boba Fett (there he is, we’re feeling better now)
- Another new special about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and “an exciting look towards the future” (cough maybe the Young Avengers cough)
- For the international Disney+ users, the premiere of Michael Keaton’s Dopesick (it’ll already be on Hulu by that time here in America).
- Finally, there will be an “inaugural Disney+ Day fan celebration on Disney+,” with “breaking news, first looks, new trailers, exclusive clips, and appearances from Disney+ creators and stars. Perhaps Grogu will be there? Maybe with his close, personal friend Bob Chapek? We can only hope.
We’ll see you all on Disney+ on November 12, because attendance is mandatory (or at least it will be, a few Disney+ Days from now, once the streaming wars have erupted into actual wars).
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Wow that’s like a month further out for the Shang-Chi release than the originally stated 45 days. Guess the box office was impressive enough to keep them possessive.
“45 Days” is for when it’ll be on VOD/DVD/BR. It was never going to be on free D+ from that point on.
You’re making jokes, but Disney is running the only remotely functional government in Florida right now. We could do worse.
I wonder what their military would look like. I’m picturing a bunch of Mickeys with bayonets
pretty unimpressive
Sounds like the Boba Fett thing is just gonna be a clip show about his previous appearances, basically one of the MCU deep dives they usually use as previews before a new show comes out. Not Book of Boba Fett, more like “In the beginning he was a little clone kid blah blah here’s Kathleen Kennedy on the power of imagination” kinda jam.
Wonder if they’ll show his appearance in Droids?
If this new Simpsons short is anything like that Loki one they just did, I have little to no hope for it.But hey, good news on those other shorts finally coming. “Get a Horse!” is so damn good, loved “Paperman”, “Feast” is fine, and that overhyped Frozen short is overhyped.
I was considering what to give for DisneyPlus day this year, but realized I’m already booked solid with a raft of gifts for Amazon Prime Day. I mean, it’s not as important as Alexa’s Birthday or the Assumption of St. Bezos – but hey, what do you want?
why we have to look up when Alien day is every year (April 26, in honor of the moon LV-426, which isn’t even a reference to the first movie)Well, yes. Except LV-426 IS from Alien. So it would appropriately be for Alien day. The first movie was Aliens.Barsanti, trying to be snarky about nerd av shit but still a hack.
The first movie was Aliens?
Lol I’m dumb! Mea culpa
Aside from the silliness here, LV-426 was the planet from the first movie but we didn’t learn its designation until Aliens. However, to split hairs like that would be like asking a Native American why they’re considered a native of America when America wasn’t country until whitey showed up.
I’m just glad The World According To Jeff Goldblum is coming back. The world needs more Jeff Goldblum in it.
“A new Simpsons short that “pays tribute to Disney+’s marquee brands””I am cringing preempltively just IMAGINING what that might entail.