Disney Plus: Marvel show news, Shang-Chi, Eternals, and everything else to know – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
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Disney Plus stood out as a breakaway success among a wave of new streaming services, thanks in part to its large library of shows and movies and a widening pipeline of originals and exclusives. But it’s growth has slowed over the course of 2021, and on Friday, Disney Plus fired up a marketing campaign to renew some buzz about the service. As part of the campaign, both Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Jungle Cruise became available to stream at no added cost early Friday on Disney Plus, and the company released a load of new trailers, teasers, behind-the-scenes peeks and documentaries, as well as news of previously unannounced projects.
That includes news of multiple new Marvel series for Disney Plus, such as animated shows based on X-Men, Spider-man and Marvel Zombies, as well as a new live-action Disney Plus series based on Marvel’s Echo — the deaf martial artist who will be introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe later this month in the Disney Plus show Hawkeye. And a 14-minute Marvel “special” on Disney Plus itself (and only on Disney Plus) was essentially a teaser supercut, peppered with previously unseen clips from Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel.
This so-called Disney Plus Day is coordinating deals across Disney’s empire, and in the case of Shang-Chi, it’s the first time the movie has been available to stream at all. Marvel’s Eternals hit theaters Friday without any streaming option either, after movies like Jungle Cruise and Black Widow were made available on Disney Plus at the same time they hit theaters earlier in the pandemic — if you paid an extra fee.
Read on for all the details about Disney Plus Day and the service itself.
What is Disney Plus Day? What’s did Disney announce?
Essentially, Disney Plus Day is a marketing campaign. It’s all focused on Friday, which marks the second anniversary of Disney Plus’ launch.
The concept is new this year. Last year, during the pandemic, Disney Plus didn’t do much to mark its birthday. But this year, all corners of Disney’s empire are taking part.
Highlights of the marketing blitz include:
On Disney Plus itself, Friday’s “event” has included a number of new shows, movies and specials that were available to stream on the service. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings became available to stream there for the first time, and Jungle Cruise is now “free” to stream on the service for the first time (though, of course, you still have to pay for a subscription). Disney Plus reserved some of the juiciest glimpses of footage to new programming behind its Disney Plus paywall. But off the service, Disney publicly released a bunch of trailers, sneak peeks and title art about programming that will stream on Disney Plus down the road.
Elsewhere in Disney’s universe, the company is coordinating some other perks for anyone who is a Disney Plus subscriber. These treats run the gamut, like letting Disney Plus…
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