Our Disney Plus guide, including 2020 movies, how to sign up, and when the next Star Wars and Marvel TV shows are coming.
The Disney Plus streaming service is now more than a year old. Disney is using the impact of its big intellectual properties – Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, The Simpsons and many animated classics – to battle Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more for its own slice of the lucrative streaming market. Here we’ll keep you updated with everything new and exciting on the platform as well as the Disney Plus price and the new movies and originals you should be marking in your entertainment calendars. Streaming services live or die based on their new content, and Disney is betting big on shows based in the Marvel and Star Wars universes. The Mandalorian season 2 has now ended, with a spin-off called The Book of Boba Fett coming in December 2021. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier is coming in March 2021, and WandaVision, a TV show about Wanda Maximoff and Vision together again, is coming in January 2021. Upcoming shows also include Loki, Moon Knight, Secret Invasion, She Hulk, Ms Marvel and animated show What If?. Future TV shows on the Star Wars side will include an Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off, a Lando Calrissian TV show, two spin-offs of The Mandalorian (Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic) and another series called The Acolyte. There’s a lot to get excited about. Disney is investing significantly in original content for the service, with upcoming movies including Peter Pan and Wendy, Pinocchio, Chip ‘N’ Dale Rescure Rangers, Disenchanted (the sequel to Enchanted) and a reboot of Cheaper by the Dozen. There’s also going to be a new TV series based on the Mighty Ducks movies. Disney Plus is available in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Japan and a selection of European countries, while other territories are still waiting patiently. Two years after the original US release of November 2019, Disney aims to have it everywhere. Here’s our comprehensive Disney Plus guide, including details on its price, movies, shows, and bundles. If you want to sign up for Disney Plus in the US, UK and Canada, you can sign up for Disney Plus here, or if you’re in Australia or New Zealand, click here. Disney Plus used to offer a 7-day free trial, but discontinued it earlier in 2020. The Disney Plus price structure is mostly the same wherever you are, with monthly and yearly subscription tiers. Disney Plus costs $6.99 per month in the US, or $69.99 for a year’s subscription. In the US, there’s a $12.99 per month Disney Plus bundle with Hulu and ESPN+, which we’ll explain below. Starting in March 2021, Disney Plus will cost $7.99 per month in the US, however. So a light price hike is in the works. In the UK, Disney Plus is £5.99 per month, or £59.99 per year. We expect that to increase with the addition of Star content in 2021. In Australia, Disney Plus is AU$8.99 per month or $89.99 per year. In Canada, it’s $8.99 a month and $89.99 for a year. In New Zealand, it’s NZ$100 per year or NZ$10 a month. For Disney Plus in India, for new users the Disney+ Hotstar VIP plan is Rs 399 per year and Disney+ Hotstar Premium at Rs 1,499 per year. Disney Plus, notably, is cheaper than Netflix, which is $10.99 per month for its Standard Plan, and $14.99 for its 4K-equipped Premium tier. With Disney Plus, the flat fee gets you 4K HDR streams,. So, about that Disney Plus bundle. It includes Disney Plus itself, Hulu (with ads) and ESPN+ for just $12.99 a month. That’s a great deal, with Hulu offering a wide range of adult-friendly shows and movies, while ESPN+ includes tons of sports content. This saves you around $5 per month, since Disney Plus costs $6.99 per month, Hulu costs $5.99 while ESPN+ is $4.99. Disney has announced that on December 25, Pixar’s Soul will skip a theatrical release and launch exclusively on Disney Plus.
