Disney has launched a useful update this week for its streaming service on Apple TV 4K. For those with supported original HomePods, AirPods, or likely other speakers, the Disney+ app now works with Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio. Spotted by users on reddit via FlatpanelsHD, the new Disney+ app update for Apple TV 4K – both 1st and 2nd gen – offers the ability to use Dolby Atmos audio for an immersive Spatial Audio experience....
Although it may seem like Disney is doing nothing more than cashing in on the Star Wars franchise, Disney CEO Bob Iger recently revealed that there are fewer Star Wars projects in development than most fans think. With the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the original saga that began in 1977 will come to an end, but there are already plans to create new movies and TV shows set within a galaxy far, far away....
Disney has dropped several Fox movies in the wake of its acquisition of the studio’s assets. While the Disney-Fox deal was set in motion in late 2017, it took about 15 months for the Mouse House to officially finalize the purchase (at the hefty price of $71.3 billion). Since then, most of the predictions about the bad side of the deal have come true, with Disney laying off large numbers of employees, closing down the Fox 2000 label, and cancelling Fox projects that were in pre-production, as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to reduce costs and restructure Fox as a whole....
Proving once again it’s a tech company that just happens to be a world leader in drones, DJI today released its professional-grade DJI Ronin 4D cinema camera, featuring (among a slew of other things) a full-frame Zenmuse X9 gimbal camera, 4-axis stabilization system, and an Apple-style LiDAR focusing system. Make no mistake about it: This Ronin 4D camera was created with the needs of cinema pros and the hardest of hard-core amateur film makers in mind....
There has always been a strong connection between Apple and the Walt Disney Company. Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs served on the board of directors for Disney and was the head of Pixar, which Disney purchased to create some of the most memorable animated films ever. Jobs also used his knowledge from when he created the most profitable retail chain in the world to help Disney rejuvenate its stale retail experience....
The Disney+ app is now available in the App Store: download it here. On Apple TV, search for ‘Disney+’ in the App Store app. (App Store servers are still propagating for some people at this time but others have confirmed they have been able to successfully download and install the app. If the direct link doesn’t work, try searching the App Store for ‘Disney+’ and scrolling down for the app listing....
In anticipation of the launch of their new digital streaming service and their recently announced merger with 20th Century Fox Studios, The Walt Disney Company announced a company-wide reorganization of their corporate structure. It is hoped that the new organization plan will streamline the current departments and allow for an easier transition for The Walt Disney Company’s newly acquired properties. The centerpiece of the reorganization is a consolidation of three of the company’s departments - Direct To Consumer Services, Technology & International Media Operations - into a single division called the Direct-to-Consumer and International Segment....
When you use your Mac connected to an Apple display or an LG UltraFine (which is officially supported by Apple), changing the brightness of the external display is just as easy as doing it on your Mac’s display. However, most third-party displays don’t have macOS integration – but this is something you can fix with DisplayBuddy. What DisplayBuddy does With DisplayBuddy, users can control the brightness of external displays directly from their Mac....
Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for Deadpool 2 - TJ Miller’s role in Deadpool 2 seems to have drastically changed from what’s originally planned. Debuting in 2016’s Deadpool as Weasel, Miller’s humor was on full display next to Ryan Reynolds as the two’s back and forth style was one of the movie’s highlights, so it wasn’t a surprise when the actor was confirmed as one of the returning characters for the David Leitch-directed sequel....
Apple just released iOS 13 to the public, and it’s available as an over-air-download to users now. Did your iOS update fail for some reason? Read on as we walk through a few common problems and solutions. Remove and download the update again One of the easiest ways to troubleshoot an iOS update is to simply start the process over. This entails detailing the downloaded file, re-downloading it, and going through the update process again....
“We are extremely pleased to inform the people of the Kingdom of Tonga that Digicel international calls service is back up. We gave this work the highest priority and our technical team has had sleepless nights over the past few days in trying to restore vital communication with the world,” said Digicel regional CEO Shally Jannif. Jannif added the telco would be handing out free SIMs from Thursday to allow people to reconnect with overseas family and friends....
Though Disney is known for its pretty and poignant animated features, not every film can be a success. The 2000s were especially filled with strong releases like The Incredibles, The Emperor’s New Groove, and Lilo & Stitch. For every great movie, however, there is one that isn’t so great. Because we already looked at the best, we decided it was time to look at the lowest-rated animated Disney films to be released between 2000 and 2009....
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained marked the first spaghetti western directed by a guy who’d used the influence of spaghetti westerns in everything from a kung fu movie to a crime thriller. While it was controversial among some for taking the crash zooms and over-the-top violence of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns and placing them in the antebellum-era south, others have praised Django Unchained for using genre tropes to tackle serious issues....
M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass is set in the same world as Unbreakable and Split - but do you need to watch those movies to understand his latest film? Following his breakout success with 1999’s The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan turned his attention to the world of comic book superheroes with 2000’s Unbreakable. The movie starred Bruce Willis as David Dunn, a security guard who comes to realize he has super-human strength and an extrasensory ability that allows him to see the bad things people have done by touching them....
Representatives for Diane Lane are clarifying remarks the Martha Kent actress made Thursday comparing the DCEU’s Justice League to the MCU’s The Avengers. Lane, of course, has been a part of the DC movie family since 2013, when she and Kevin Costner were cast to play Clark Kent/Superman’s Earth parents in Man of Steel. The Oscar-nominated actress reprised her role in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, and will be back again in November with Justice League....
The Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox deal could have a disastrous impact on the studios’ employees, resulting in upwards of 5,000-10,000 job losses. The record-breaking $52.4 billion dollar deal quickly became the talk of Tinsel Town yesterday, when it was finalized. Even now, tongues are waggling over the fate of both studios and what changes this union might bring about in the future. Most of the speculation so far has involved how those Marvel Comics properties that Fox owned the film rights for (X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool being most prominent) might be incorporated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe....
Today marks the launch of Disney+, the new streaming service from the behemoth studio, and there have already been reports of issues. For months now, Disney has been hyping up its new service with the promise of a massive content library and new shows set in the Star Wars and Marvel universes. Despite launching with a smaller subscriber count than Netflix, Disney has high hopes for the service and anticipates lots of new sign-ups going forward....
A Wrinkle in Time was a popular, award-winning sci-fi novel by Madeleine L’Engle published in 1963, that has enthralled generations of children and young adults. It was a rare science fiction book at the time to feature a female protagonist, while also focusing on sometimes complex concepts as the space-time continuum and the Tesseract. Aside from a Canadian TV production in 2003, there has never been a movie adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time....
A Disney villains TV series titled Book of Enchantment is moving forward at Disney Plus. The Mouse House’s animated movie villains are, in many ways, as famous as the film’s heroes and certainly just as popular (if not more so). Disney has already tapped into their fans’ love for fairy tale antagonists in a variety of ways, ranging from the live-action film Maleficent (and its upcoming sequel, Maleficent II) to the Disney Channel movie series Descendants....
The Division 2 beta is on the verge of kicking off across several platforms this weekend. The Tom Clancy-branded sequel, The Division 2, will once again feature a shared world for gamers to explore and interact with one another, but with several major improvements that have lead some critics to claim that The Division 2 is Ubisoft’s biggest game release yet. It’s true that consumers are chomping at the bit to get their hands on the game, and it looks as if Ubisoft is keen to give them the opportunity to do just that....
