As if Disney hasn’t owned enough weekends this year at the box office, the biennial D23 Expo will light up Anaheim, Calif. over the next three days to celebrate the content monolith. From a n…
’s kickoff, social media snowballed with backlash against ABC’s decision to cast former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on its latest season. While Spicer’s inclusion could well provide a short-term ratings fix for the declining dancing show, the amount of negative press and allegations of political naivete being volleyed likely won’t sit well with a company that famously tries to steer clear of the political.
Another major “Star Wars”-related Disney Plus announcement, which the company would have likely preferred to keep as a surprise, is the return of Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi for a series centered around the wisdom-spouting Jedi master.earlier this week that McGregor was in talks to reprise the role and expect him to be rolled out in the parade of stars during the Disney Plus presentation Friday afternoon.
After gobbling up Fox earlier this year, one of the former Murdoch controlled company’s biggest properties in “The Simpsons” is being wheeled out at D23 for the first time for a panel featuring creator Matt Groening and longtime cast member Nancy Cartwright. It remains to be seen if whether “The Simpsons” team, which has from shied away from expressing its views in the past, will tow the Disney party line about how wonderful it is to be under the Mouse House umbrella.
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