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The Release Date For Falcon and the Winter Soldier Disney+ Marvel Series Revealed

In the wake of the highly-successful Avengers: Endgame, the highly anticipated Falcon And The Winter Soldier live-action Marvel series has reportedly found a director and will be expectedly released in the month of August 2020 on Disney+. Daniel Brühl and Emily VanCamp, who played Helmut Zemo and Sharon Carter in Capitan America: Civil War will also be added to the cast of Falcon and The Winter Soldier. They will join Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie, both of whom will lead the show and will play The Winter Soldier and The Falcon themselves.

The series will be directed by Kari Skogland and will be produced by Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige. The series is expected to pick up from where Captain American gives his shield to the Falcon at the end of Avengers: Endgame. Previously, Disney had released a statement that The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will release in the first year of Disney+, Disney’s upcoming streaming service. The director of the series has previously worked on movies like Fifty Dead Man Walking, which starred Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess and won the Canadian screen award for the Best Screenplay.

The Release Date For Falcon and the Winter Soldier Disney+ Marvel Series RevealedDaniel Brühl appeared as a villain in Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War in 2016 as Helmut Zemo. On the other hand, Emily VanCamp first played the role of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and then proceeded to play the role of a CIA agent in Civil War after her former allies were shut down.

The Future Of Disney+

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Other than The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Disney is also expected to announce WandaVision, a series featuring Elizabeth Olsen as the Scarlet Witch and Paul Bettany as the Vision and Loki, a series featuring Tom Hiddleston as the Norse God of mischief, Loki himself. Additionally, a fourth “Hawkeye” series is also in the works, and it will star Jeremy Runner as Hawkeye himself. In light of post-Endgame Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney is expected to try out a unique approach with Disney+.

May 21, 2019
Disney Announces The Disney+ Video Streaming Service, Will Roll Out November 12

Disney, one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates has announced its latest streaming service. Called Disney+, the official rollout of the service will start from November 12 this year. Along with the date, pricing and the assortment of shows and movies that will be exclusively available in the platform have also been showcased.

Disney+ Exclusive Content

It is no surprise Disney has some of the most extensive collection of TV shows and movies, including the hugely popular Avengers movies. The Disney+ streaming service will house almost every Disney animated movie ever made, along with some special ones brought in from other platforms. Simpsons, a widely known animated series, will be made exclusively available to the platform. Along with it, movies like the latest Captain Marvel, last year’s Black Panther and more. More series based on the characters in the Avengers movies like Scarlet Witch, Loki, Black Widow, Winter Soldier and Falcon is also in the works.

The Disney+ video streaming service will compete with other platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. An advantage the former will have over its competitors is a bundled Hulu and ESPN+ subscription which the company says may be bundled with Disney+. The vast lineup of shows and movies that the entertainment giant owns is expected to make the platform popular among enthusiasts.

Pricing & Availability

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As mentioned above, the Disney+ video streaming service will be available starting November 12. The company has confirmed pricing of the platform, which will start at US$ 6.99 (Rs. 485) per month and will cost US$ 69.99 (Rs. 4850) for a yearly subscription. This makes it considerably more affordable than Netflix, whose plans start at US$ 9 (Rs 623) per month. Unfortunately, Disney has not announced when the video streaming service will be available in India, but an announcement can be expected soon.

April 12, 2019
Netflix Cancels Jessica Jones & The Punisher, Putting An End To Marvel Partnership

Netflix on February 19 has cancelled two more Marvel series on its platforms. The streaming giant has cancelled ‘Jessica Jones’ after three seasons, and ‘The Punisher’ after two seasons. This has officially put an end to its partnership with Marvel. Jessica Jones was scheduled to arrive for the third season, but the show won’t be renewed for a fourth season.

These TV shows are the fourth and fifth respectively, to be taken off from the platform after ‘Iron Fist’ was cancelled last October after two seasons. It was then followed by ‘Luke Cage’ which was cancelled the same month after airing two seasons. Then ‘Daredevil’ took the axe after three seasons.

What’s Next For Marvel’s Shows?

While all the shows by Marvel have been cancelled, it doesn’t mean that they won’t be returning soon. In a statement, a senior executive at Marvel hints that these series may have a chance of survival. Disney, who owns Marvel, is all set to launch its own streaming service Disney+ in a few months. The shows may come back on the said platform or on Hulu, on which Disney will hold a majority stake in after its acquisition of Fox is complete. But there may be problems in doing that, as the reported contracts between Netflix and Marvel TV wouldn’t allow such a move for two years.

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Reports were also afloat that Disney was looking to procure back all the properties of Marvel from streaming services. The company would then stream on its own service, where it will be available exclusively. The service will also feature original shows and movies, including original Marvel and Star Wars series. Marvel fan favourite character Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, will get an original series on the Disney+ service. A prequel series to Star Wars movie is also planned for the platform. The upcoming Avengers movie, Endgame will be exclusive to Disney+. The service will reportedly launch in late 2019.

February 20, 2019
Disney is Helping Make ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Star Wars’ Bionic Hands For Kids

Some stories can melt your heart in an instant. Disney has always been something for children and the child in you. So, it pleases one to hear that the mass media and entertainment giant will be helping a UK-based start up in making prosthetic hands for children more appealing. And how will Disney help with that? By doing it the Disney way, of course.

Open Bionics is the name of the UK-based start up that focuses on low-cost 3D-printed prosthetics. The company is also a part of Disney’s Techstars Accelerator program. Disney is giving Open Bionics royalty-free licenses to create prosthetics modeled off of Iron Man, Elsa from Frozen, and a glowing, buzzing ‘lightsaber hand’ familiar to millions of Star Wars fans.

But the fun doesn’t just end with the design. It also does things, too. Take the lightsaber hand, for example. You can turn on a set of LED lights that illuminate the prosthetic which also give off the lightsaber-like buzzing sounds. A button also lets you change the saber’s colour because fans know that characters like Luke Skywalker, Yoda and Darth Vader favour different couloured lightsabers.

Similarly, the Iron Man gauntlet will let the child shoot off “rockets”. Well, not really, but with the LED lights and sounds and a vibrating motor it does give off that feeling. But the prosthetics aren’t just expensive toys. They’re made to help the child and provide physical therapy while having fun. The motor gives a haptic feedback to the child when he non-threateningly fires from the Iron Man gauntlet and also serves to indicate the strength of the grip being exerted by the child. Apart from serving a fun light show, the LED lights also lets parents and doctors understand what signals are being sent to the device.

Open Bionics CEO Joel Gibbard told Independent that, “the power of these prosthetics is that the public perception is completely different. All of a sudden they’re not being asked how they lost their hand, they’re being asked where they got their cool robot hand, how does it feel, and how does it work?”

Earlier this year, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) himself paid a visit to a seven-year old boy and gave the kid a custom-made Iron Man prosthetic gauntlet. Watch the video below that is sure to bring a smile to your face today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEx5lmbCKtY

Open Bionics is hoping to make a big difference with these prosthetic hands and is aiming to have them available by the end of next year at a reasonable price of around $500.

October 14, 2015