Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker began streaming three months early in May, as did Frozen 2 in March 2020, and Pixar's Onward hit Disney Plus just weeks its theatrical premiere.

Prior to the pandemic, you could generally count on Disney Plus to start streaming all of Disney's theatrical releases about six to 10 months after their big-screen debuts.Īs Disney first started to cope with coronavirus cinema shutdowns, Disney Plus simply started streaming already-released movies months earlier than planned. Disney has yet to comment on when Marvel fans can expect the movie to be available to stream. And during the pandemic, Disney is skipping theaters for some of its movies to stream straight on Disney Plus or releasing some films to stream the same day they hit cinemas.Īnd while many movies originally intended for the big screen will be available on Disney Plus far earlier than they would normally, we still don't know when Disney Plus will be able to stream the company's biggest-budget movies, like Marvel's Black Widow, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Eternals.īlack Widow is first up, and it's still slated for theatrical release on May 7. On top of that, the service has its own originals, like its original series from Star Wars and Marvel.

It has hundreds of movies and thousands of TV episodes from Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, X-Men, The Simpsons, Disney's eponymous studios and others. Disney Plus includes a huge Disney and Fox catalog of both new and classic movies and shows to stream.

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