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Musician Jon Batiste Brings Us Some Soul—Plus More in News Briefs

By Courtney Potter Disney and Pixar’s Soul: Hear from Jon Batiste and Watch a New Trailer! Jazz musician Jon Batiste—a Grammy® nominee known currently as the band leader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert—has contributed music to the upcoming Disney and Pixar film Soul… and now, we get a sneak peek at one of …

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Every Panel From Disney at New York Comic Con

By The D23 Team Are you ready for a behind-the-scenes look at Disney Channel’s upcoming The Ghost and Molly McGee? How about a LIVE discussion with the cast and producers of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows? Or maybe you want to join the stars and creators of Disney XD’s Big Hero 6 The …

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Coming to Disney+ in 2021

By Zach Johnson We’ve got a good feeling about this! Today Disney+ ordered its next animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Fresh off of the critically acclaimed series finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the original series will debut on the streaming service in 2021. The series follows the elite and …

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Enjoy Discounted Star Wars Films for a Limited Time

By the D23 Team This week, the force is with us! Explore a galaxy far, far away with all 11 Star Wars films, which are being offered on digital for a discounted price—ranging from $9.99 HD/UHD to $79.99 SD/HD/UHD—from Tuesday, April 28, to Monday, May 4. Click here starting April 28 to purchase the following …

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Every Disney Oscar® Nominee for 2020

By Beth Deitchman Who will the 92nd Oscars® go to? We’re officially one step closer to finding out, with nominations for this year’s Academy Awards® announced this morning live from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The Walt Disney Company’s portfolio of brands combined for a total of 23 nominations in 15 …

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Inside the Making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

By Zach Johnson When JJ Abrams called up Chris Terrio and asked him to co-write the script for what would become Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (in theaters Friday), Terrio was excited, honored… and terrified. Saying yes meant he would not only be tying up the sequel trilogy, which began with 2015’s Star Wars: …

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John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaac

Build a Star Wars Droid and You Could Win a Stellar Prize

By Zach Johnson Is your droid the one we’ve been looking for? Star Wars fans who’ve long dreamt of designing their own droid will get the opportunity to do just that through the “Build My Droid” contest. As part of an initiative to inspire the next generation of heroes and innovators in science, technology, engineering, …

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