Disney | The VergeThe Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.2026-04-03T15:59:15+00:00https://www.theverge.com/rss/disney/index.xmlhttps://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1Charles Pulliam-Moore<![CDATA[Disney’s big bets on the metaverse and AI slop aren’t going so well]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=9008372026-04-03T11:59:15-04:002026-03-25T16:02:48-04:00
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Richard Lawler<![CDATA[OpenAI just gave up on Sora and its billion-dollar Disney deal]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8998502026-03-25T03:13:06-04:002026-03-24T17:08:10-04:00
A frame from a Sora 2-generated video. | Image: OpenAI
On Tuesday afternoon, OpenAI announced "We're saying goodbye to Sora," the video generation tool that it launched at the end of 2024, and centered in a massive licensing deal with Disney only a few months ago. The Wall Street Journal reported the move earlier, saying that OpenAI boss Sam Altman had informed staff that both the TikTok-like Sora app and API access for developers would be discontinued, with no plans to roll the feature into ChatGPT as had previously been rumored.
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Sheena Vasani<![CDATA[You can get three months of Disney Plus and Hulu for $15 ]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8915982026-03-09T16:15:12-04:002026-03-09T16:14:44-04:00
You can stream Daredevil Born Again’s new season when it arrives on Hulu on March 24th. | Disney Plus / Marvel
If you’re looking for a way to stream the Oscars this weekend, or catch up on nominees like The Secret Agent, the Disney Plus and Hulu bundle is worth a look. The ceremony will stream live on Hulu for the first time on March 15th, and right now, new and eligible returning subscribers can get three months of Disney Plus bundled with Hulu with ads for $4.99 ($8 off) a month, which equates to a savings of $24.
The package grants access to thousands of movies and TVs shows, so in addition to watching Oscar nominees like It Was Just An Accident, you can also stream the latest season of Paradise, the Scrubs revival, and other Hulu titles like The Bear, The Handmaid’s Tale, and more. On top of that, you’ll also get access to the entire Disney Plus catalog, which features a range of films and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. That means you can stream Andor, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Toy Story, The Simpsons, and Bluey, along with upcoming releases like Daredevil Born Again’s second seasonand the Zootopia sequel.
The main caveat is you’ll have to sit through commercials and won’t be able to download content for offline viewing. Just note that the promotion runs through March 24th at 11:59am ET. After that, the price will return to its regular $12.99 monthly price, so be sure to set a reminder to cancel if you’re only after the discount. Otherwise, though, the bundle grants access to the same catalog as the ad-free Premium plan, which is $19.99 a month.
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Emma Roth<![CDATA[Disney says Josh D’Amaro will replace Bob Iger as CEO]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8729722026-02-03T10:03:07-05:002026-02-03T09:13:58-05:00
Disney has picked a successor for longtime CEO Bob Iger. On Tuesday, the entertainment giant announced that its theme parks head, Josh D'Amaro, will take over as CEO on March 18th, 2026.
Rumors about Iger's replacement have been swirling for more than a year now. After a 15-year-long tenure as Disney's CEO, Iger returned from retirement to helm the company from 2022 to 2026, replacing former CEO Bob Chapek. Since then, all eyes have been on Iger's potential successor, with D'Amaro, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro, and Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden reportedly emerging as potential candidates.
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Terrence O’Brien<![CDATA[Disney deleted a Thread because people kept putting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8639802026-01-17T15:03:24-05:002026-01-17T13:38:13-05:00
Wise words.
"Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!"
That's what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people immediately replied with lines from Star Wars, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and even Mary Poppins. The throughline between all the quotes: they were pretty pointedly anti-fascist and clearly aimed at the current administration.
Apparently, Disney either couldn't handle the anti-fascist messaging of its own movies or was too afraid of pissing off the powers that be, because it quickly deleted the post. Thankfully, one resourceful Threads user recorded it for posterity, reminding us that yes, the human world is, i …
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Jay Peters<![CDATA[Disney Plus is getting vertical video]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8582772026-01-07T20:06:29-05:002026-01-07T19:51:26-05:00
Disney Plus will be getting a vertical video feed later this year, Disney announced as part of its Global Tech & Data Showcase for advertisers at CES.
Based on an interview with Erin Teague, Disney's EVP of product management for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, Deadline reports that vertical video in the app could include "original short-form programming, repurposed social clips, refashioned scenes from longer-form episodic or feature titles or a combination."
"Think all the short-form Disney content you'd want in one unified app," Teague said onstage at Wednesday's showcase. "Over time, we'll evolve the experience as we explore application …
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Emma Roth<![CDATA[The 10 best shows to stream on Disney Plus and Hulu from 2025]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8453552025-12-17T11:24:34-05:002025-12-17T09:00:22-05:00
Disney Plus and Hulu had an eventful year. Not only did the streaming services release a swath of exciting original shows and new seasons, but they're also in the midst of a transformation that will further integrate Hulu with Disney Plus. The "unified" app experience will have a revamped interface that's supposed to make it easier to browse through shows and movies from all of its streaming services when it rolls out next year.
For now, though, here's a list of the best shows from 2025 that you can watch on Disney Plus and Hulu.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore<![CDATA[Disney wants to drag you into the slop]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8429922025-12-11T18:24:55-05:002025-12-11T18:03:24-05:00
Disney and OpenAI's new $1 billion partnership feels emblematic of the terrible times we're living through. In exchange for access to the generative AI firm's APIs and tools like ChatGPT, the studio plans to let users of OpenAI's Sora AI video generator create clips featuring hundreds of Disney-owned characters. Sora AI users will be able to generate as much uncanny Pixar / Marvel / Star Wars slop for themselves as they want, and Disney will share some of it in a special section on the Disney Plus platform. It's not hard to see where this is going to go.
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Emma Roth<![CDATA[Disney accuses Google of ‘massive’ copyright infringement following deal with OpenAI]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8425732025-12-11T15:33:30-05:002025-12-11T12:02:06-05:00
Disney has accused Google of engaging in copyright infringement on a "massive scale," claiming its AI models have generated content resembling characters from Frozen, Deadpool, Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, and others, as reported earlier by Variety and Deadline. In a cease-and-desist letter seen by The Verge, Disney demands that Google stop allegedly infringing on its copyrighted works.
Disney sent the notice on Wednesday, just one day before announcing a billion-dollar deal with OpenAI that will allow Sora AI users to create videos using more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. The AI-generated videos will …
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Richard Lawler<![CDATA[OpenAI’s billion-dollar Disney deal puts Mickey Mouse and Marvel in Sora]]>https://www.theverge.com/?p=8423482025-12-11T10:54:37-05:002025-12-11T09:32:21-05:00
A new three-year licensing agreement announced between Disney and ChatGPT operator OpenAI will allow the Sora video generator to create "user-prompted social videos" that feature more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. "The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence marks an important moment for our industry, and through this collaboration with OpenAI we will thoughtfully and responsibly extend the reach of our storytelling through generative AI, while respecting and protecting creators and their works," said Disney CEO Bob Iger.
