Updated with more titles being removed: Disney is starting to pull content from streaming, with dozens of series and specials slated to leave Disney+ and Hulu on May 26, Deadline has learned. The titles, which are being removed from Disney’s streaming services globally, include Disney+’s Willow, Big Shot, Turner & Hooch, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Just Beyond, Diary of a Future President, The Mysterious Benedict Society and The World According to Jeff Goldblum and Hulu’s Y: The Last Man, Dollface, The Hot Zone, Maggie, Pistol and Little Demon. A number of Freeform series also are slated to leave Hulu.
The list features largely short-lived series, specials and direct-to-streaming movies.
The move, which comes with a content impairment charge of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion, was announced during the recent Disney earnings call on May 10.
“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our Dtc services to align...
The list features largely short-lived series, specials and direct-to-streaming movies.
The move, which comes with a content impairment charge of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion, was announced during the recent Disney earnings call on May 10.
“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our Dtc services to align...
- 5/18/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Gillian Jacobs has been busy. From co-starring in Tarik Saleh's new thriller "The Contractor" to making her feature directorial debut with "More Than Robots" to appearing in the forthcoming Netflix series "Transatlantic" (currently shooting in France), her recent filmography is littered with an eclectic array of unique and wonderful pieces. In "The Contractor," she plays a woman whose ex-Special Forces husband gets drawn into the shady world of military contracting, while "More Than Robots" covers four teams of teenagers who prepare to build robots for the 2020 First® Robotics Competition.
I sat down with the director/actress for a wide-ranging discussion that...
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I sat down with the director/actress for a wide-ranging discussion that...
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- 4/1/2022
- by Jeff Ewing
- Slash Film
“More Than Robots” is a sports film like you’ve never seen before.
Sure, it has teams and there is some fierce competition. But instead of a ball that is being passed around, “More Than Robots” follows groups of high school students who quickly assemble robots, create custom programs that control the robots and then enter their robots into battle. (It’s not exactly battle; the First Robotics competition depicted here is loosely “Star Wars” themed.) It’s pretty awe inspiring. And the kids are a ragtag, “Bad News Bears”-y outfit, no matter where in the world. It’s inspired and inspiring, odd and (occasionally) oddly emotional.
And bringing together this symphony of technology and team spirit is director Gillian Jacobs. Jacobs is a super talented, in-demand actress (she starred on six seasons of “Community” and recently appeared in Netflix’s terrific “Fear Street” trilogy of films) and she...
Sure, it has teams and there is some fierce competition. But instead of a ball that is being passed around, “More Than Robots” follows groups of high school students who quickly assemble robots, create custom programs that control the robots and then enter their robots into battle. (It’s not exactly battle; the First Robotics competition depicted here is loosely “Star Wars” themed.) It’s pretty awe inspiring. And the kids are a ragtag, “Bad News Bears”-y outfit, no matter where in the world. It’s inspired and inspiring, odd and (occasionally) oddly emotional.
And bringing together this symphony of technology and team spirit is director Gillian Jacobs. Jacobs is a super talented, in-demand actress (she starred on six seasons of “Community” and recently appeared in Netflix’s terrific “Fear Street” trilogy of films) and she...
- 3/19/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Today's kids are lucky enough to have a wealth of technology at their disposal to further their education. Outside of the traditional curriculum crafted for kids across the board, there are a variety of programs in schools that allow developing minds a chance to bolster Stem careers, or rather job opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics. One such program is First (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international youth organization that operates the First Robotics Competition where teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors are given six weeks to build a robot that can complete certain...
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- 3/16/2022
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
On NBC's "Community," Gillian Jacobs played the good-hearted but dim-witted Britta Perry, whose passion for making the world a better place often earned her the ire of her study group. Jacobs herself has that same passion, though it's tempered by a good deal of common sense, as Jacobs is significantly smarter than her Greendale counterpart. For her feature directorial debut, Jacobs chose to create a documentary about First (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a robotics competition that inspires kids worldwide to collaborate and create their own complex machines. "More than Robots" follows four teams from around the globe as...
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- 3/16/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
On the March 15, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editors Jacob Hall, Brad Oman, and editor/chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about the best things they saw at SXSW 2022.
Opening Banter:
In Our Feature Presentation: The Best of SXSW 2022
Brad: I Love My Dad, They Call Me Magic, Spaz, Linoleum, Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Chris: The Pez Outlaw, Nothing Lasts Forever, The Girl From Plainville
Jacob: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, X, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, More Than Robots
Also mentioned:
More Than...
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Opening Banter:
In Our Feature Presentation: The Best of SXSW 2022
Brad: I Love My Dad, They Call Me Magic, Spaz, Linoleum, Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Chris: The Pez Outlaw, Nothing Lasts Forever, The Girl From Plainville
Jacob: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, X, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, More Than Robots
Also mentioned:
More Than...
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- 3/15/2022
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
"More Than Robots" is the kind of documentary that may change a kid's life. Seriously. Sweet and fascinating and fun and very easy to watch, it's a portrait of four teams participating in the First Robotics Competition, where teams from schools around the world build robots to solve a specific course/problem. But while some folks may have a stodgy view of robotics and electronics, First sets out to make the art and science of building 'bots as thrilling as possible — it's a team sport, with mascots, music, and bonafide competition. First borrows the language of professional sports...
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- 3/15/2022
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced a final round of Keynotes and Featured Speakers for the 36th annual Conference taking place in Austin, TX from March 11-20, with Ron Howard, Ted Lasso stars Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt, actor-filmmaker Gillian Jacobs, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. representative Beto O’Rourke, and musicians Brian Eno and Nathaniel Rateliff among the notable additions.
Buttigieg, More than Robots helmer Jacobs, O’Rourke and more will serve as featured speakers, with Howard, Goldstein, Hunt, Eno and Rateliff respectively taking part in featured sessions on Changing the Future of Food, Ted Lasso Season 2, Art & Climate and Music & The Movement.
Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters and EP and host of The New York Times podcast Together Apart, will serve as the conference’s Opening Speaker, with writer Nabil Ayers (My...
Buttigieg, More than Robots helmer Jacobs, O’Rourke and more will serve as featured speakers, with Howard, Goldstein, Hunt, Eno and Rateliff respectively taking part in featured sessions on Changing the Future of Food, Ted Lasso Season 2, Art & Climate and Music & The Movement.
Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters and EP and host of The New York Times podcast Together Apart, will serve as the conference’s Opening Speaker, with writer Nabil Ayers (My...
- 3/1/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a grueling three months since Marvel fans had a hit of the MCU in the form of Spider-Man: No Way Home and even longer since the last Marvel Disney+ series (Hawkeye). Thankfully that unbearable drought will be coming to an end with Disney+’s list of new releases for March 2022.
This month is highlighted by the arrival of Moon Knight on March 30. Oscar Isaac stars as the latest Marvel hero, a man with a fracturing personality and awesome power imbued by the Egyptian god Khonshu. Tonally, this seems like a really divergent take from the studio and the trailers promise some compelling mystery and bone-shattering punches if nothing else.
Read more TV Marvel’s Moon Knight Identities Explained By Gavin Jasper TV Marvel Fans Confused and Intrigued as Moon Knight Trailer Reveals Arthur Harrow By Kirsten Howard
The big cinematic release this month is Turning Red on...
This month is highlighted by the arrival of Moon Knight on March 30. Oscar Isaac stars as the latest Marvel hero, a man with a fracturing personality and awesome power imbued by the Egyptian god Khonshu. Tonally, this seems like a really divergent take from the studio and the trailers promise some compelling mystery and bone-shattering punches if nothing else.
Read more TV Marvel’s Moon Knight Identities Explained By Gavin Jasper TV Marvel Fans Confused and Intrigued as Moon Knight Trailer Reveals Arthur Harrow By Kirsten Howard
The big cinematic release this month is Turning Red on...
- 3/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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