Disneys

Based on the synopsis for Stars Wars: The Acolyte, you can expect more than just the typical action scenes and sci-fi world building from the show. It seems to have a mystery-thriller slant to it that you could find appealing even if you're not a Star Wars fan but love that particular genre — and now Disney+ has released its official trailer to give you an idea of what you can expect. Stars Wars: The Acolyte's story is set at the end of the High Republic era, around a century before the events of Star Wars: Episode I: The…

Photo: Jesse Grant (Getty Images)The secret’s out of the bag for Mean Girls musical star and original voice of Disney’s Moana, Auli’i Cravalho. After much speculation among fans, the actress confirmed she will be reprising the role that launched her into stardom for Moana 2. Deadline had the exclusive on the Moana 2 casting news. Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson (the voice of Maui) have reportedly been planning to re-team on the animated feature sequel, though Johnson’s return has not been officially announced. Originally a…

As part of the Nintendo Partner Direct today, THQ Nordic announced that 2010’s Epic Mickey is getting remade in Disney’s Epic Mickey Rebrushed. Alongside the announcement is a trailer that shows off the upgrades. The game was original released on the Wii. To be fair, it was a pretty good looking Wii title, but the extra layer of shininess is noticeable. Starkly, the trailer opens by showing glimpses of the game’s opening (the one in the Nintendo Direct actually shows gameplay). If you’re familiar with the original,…

In 2017, Epic Games was among a handful of companies selected to participate in Walt Disney's Accelerator incubator program, where the game company's founder held ambitions of incorporating the entertainment giant's well-known characters into his digital playground.Now, Disney is making a much bigger bet that will make this possible.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science…

We may not be using the M word much these days, but the race to build an interconnected avatar-driven virtual world didn’t take the last year off. The metaverse, a tech buzzword sandwiched in between the hype eras of NFTs and AI, is still being built, regardless of what we’re calling it. And in light of news this week, one company is increasingly positioned to dominate the near future. Epic Games and Disney revealed Wednesday that they are designing a “games and entertainment universe” together full of…

While we don't anticipate seeing Evangeline Lilly get chomped on in a future Marvel movie, there's one project that's on the way where Marvel Studios could pay homage to Wasp's comic book demise. If we're reunited with her in the animated show "Marvel Zombies," that is. MCU fans were given a rotting taste of the anticipated series via "What If...?" Season 1, Episode 5, "What If..? Zombies,!" where we saw Wasp sacrifice herself to the zombie horde to save the other surviving heroes. With that in mind, it'd…

It’s no secret that the folks at Disney are in their live-action remake era. From Aladdin to The Little Mermaid and even The Lion King, the production studio remains committed to (somewhat) reimagining their staple tales, with a real-life rendering of Moana serving as the next in the Disney pipeline. While questions about the need for a remake so soon after the original Moana’s 2016 release run rampant, fans are nonetheless turning their attention to who might form the cast of the upcoming reboot. At this point, we do…

The Walt Disney Company faced a legal defeat today after its lawsuit alleging retaliation was dismissed in a Florida court. The claim focused on the state’s violation of the company’s First Amendment rights for standing against Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a homophobic law that endangers the human rights of LGBTQIA+ communities and their families. Twitter Is Shifting Right | Future TechAfter Disney spoke out against the bill, DeSantis and the state of Florida removed Disney’s control of a special district…

Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering notable happenings in tech over the past few days. On the agenda for this edition is Disney’s innovative VR treadmill, OpenAI fixing its “lazy” AI and MIT’s high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech. We also cover Apple’s new stolen device protection feature, AI startup Rabbit’s nifty hardware and app makers debating launching apps tailor-made for Apple’s Vision Pro headset. There’s a decent chunk…

Disney has just unveiled a brand new invention that could one day shake up the way you use the Apple Vision Pro. In a short video from the Disney Parks YouTube channel interviewing Lanny Smoot, an inventor for the company, Smoot showed off his brand-new invention, the Holotile. To put it simply, it’s a treadmill on your floor that consumers can use to walk in any direction. This means that, in a more traditional VR headset that blocks out your view, it could be used to stop you from bumping into things. Not only can it…