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Star Wars & Marvel series planned for Disney+

Streaming service will launch in US in late 2019, with raft of new projects planned.

The Walt Disney Company’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service will be called Disney+.

Disney chairman and ceo, Bob Iger, revealed the service’s name yesterday (November 8) as part of the company’s fiscal full year and Q4 2018 financial results live audio webcast.

Disney+ is scheduled to launch in the US in late 2019.

A raft of new projects featuring big name licences are being lined up for the service.

Lucasfilm is developing a second Star Wars live action series for Disney+ which will go into production next year. The series will follow the adventures of Rebel spy Cassian Andor during the formative years of the Rebellion and prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

In addition, Marvel Studios is developing a series based on Loki, which will star Tom Hiddleston.

The new projects join the existing slate of films and series planned for Disney+ – this includes new stories set in the worlds of Disney-Pixar’s Monsters Inc. and Disney Channel’s High School Musical.

Jon Favreau will also write and executive produce The Mandalorian for Disney+, which is a live action series set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order.

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