During its quarterly earnings call today, Disney revealed some news about the releases for a couple of upcoming shows for its streaming service, Disney +. The Falcon and Winter Soldier will begin streaming in August, while WandaVision will hit in December.
During this weekend’s Superbowl, Disney released a first look at its three 2020 shows: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Loki, saying only that they would be coming soon. Now, we have a bit of a better idea when they will begin streaming this fall. However, the company didn’t reveal an exact release date for either series, and it didn’t provide a release month for Loki, which is expected to premiere in 2020.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the first out of the gate, featuring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame as Mackie’s Sam Wilson picks up the mantle of Captain America. WandaVision will follow Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany in a show that will looks pretty trippy.
The company also revealed that the streaming service has attracted some incredible numbers: since its launch, 28.6 million have signed up for the service, which was better than expectations. The launch of the new Marvel shows will help retain those subscribers, keeping them locked in to the platform to check out some of the platform’s other offerings while they wait. Disney CEO Bob Iger noted that shows like The Mandalorian isn’t a singular reason for why people sign up, noting that subscribers “watch 10 other things on the service,” after watching the show.
So they think they can get me to subscribe another year for Scarlet Witch and The Vision?
Well, it’ll work.
Don’t you mean Sebastian Stan?
@2 Corrected, thank you.
WandaVision looks so good.
I mean, so do Sam and Bucky. But while I’m looking forward to it, it also looks like more of the same from the MCU. WandaVision looks different and weird and I can’t wait
WandaVision has a lot of potential, and I’d love that it will be weird. But my favorite MCU movie is Winter Soldier, so I’m looking forward to Falcon/Winter Soldier.
I wish I understood the reasoning behind WandaVision being scheduled for December. Given the SuperBowl teaser, clearly they’ve filmed at least some episodes. Even accounting for editing and post-production, I doubt it’ll take another 10 months for the show to be ready to air.
More than likely, Disney+ is positioning these release dates on purpose. We know Mandalorian will return in August. If a Star Wars production can be done that fast, it’s easy to assume WandaVision could already be in advanced stages of post. For whatever reason, Disney+ is choosing to hold back and space out releases, which is not a bad thing in itself, but it does bring back bad memories of Disney holding catalogue in its vault.