Disney+ will be getting a massive upgrade in many countries including the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and across Europe on February 23rd with the addition of “Star”. “Star” is Disney’s new general entertainment brand that will include content from 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, FX, ABC and more.
Launching with over 75 TV series, more than 270 movies and a slate of 4 exclusive Star Originals, new titles will be added to the service each month from Disney’s creative studios, including Disney Television Studios (20th Television and ABC Signature), FX Productions, 20th Century Studios and more.
Introducing Star Originals
From launch, Disney+ will become the exclusive home of Star Originals. Titles streaming on Disney+ in the UK & Ireland include crime thriller Big Sky from visionary storyteller David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Undoing); Love, Simon spin-off series Love, Victor written by the film’s original writers Isaac Aptaker (This Is Us) and Elizabeth Berger (This Is Us) and adult animated sitcom Solar Opposites, co-created by Justin Roiland (Rick & Morty) and Mike McMahan (ex-writer’s assistant on Rick & Morty). Drama series Helstrom, executive produced by Paul Zbyszewski along with Karim Zreik and Jeph Loeb, will also be available at launch. Other projects premiering in 2021 are premium series Dopesick and The Dropout, new content from the Kardashian Jenners as well as a slate of FX originals, including The Old Man.
More of what subscribers love, plus more to discover
Disney+ subscribers will be able to stream more of what they love. From fan-favourite TV series like Grey’s Anatomy, 24, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, Lost and Family Guy, Star will offer a range of titles for everyone and every mood, with more titles added weekly.
FX’s innovative comedy and Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Atlanta by Donald Glover, ABC’s Emmy Award and Golden Globe-nominated comedy series black-ish starring Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Yara Shahidi, Shonda Rhimes’s critically-acclaimed legal drama Scandal and feminist comedy Dollface created by Jordan Weiss will also be available for subscribers to watch.
Plus, award-winning movies available at launch include The Favourite, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Grand Budapest Hotel, along with classics such as Pretty Woman, Die Hard 2, The Devil Wears Prada, and Moulin Rouge.
Robust parental controls
To make sure Disney+ remains suitable for audiences of all ages and the experience parents expect, new parental controls launching on 23 February will include the ability to set limits on access to content for specific profiles based on content age ratings and the ability to add a PIN to lock profiles with access to mature content.
Jan Koeppen, President, The Walt Disney Company EMEA: “Star will be an integral part of Disney+, making it bigger, bolder and even more exciting. The arrival of hundreds of TV series and movies including our exclusive Star Originals will make Disney+ the premier destination for high quality entertainment with something for everyone. Needless to say, all this comes with parental controls to give parents that peace of mind.”
Star on Disney+ will be available in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland plus Australia, New Zealand, and Canada beginning 23 February. Content under the Star brand will vary by market.
UK customers can currently subscribe to Disney+ for £5.99 per month, or £59.99 annually (annual price available at most retailers). Full details on how to subscribe available on Disneyplus.com. From 23 February, Disney+ will cost £7.99, or £79.90 annually. Current prices for existing subscribers (prior to 23 February) will be honoured for six months, with the price change taking effect on the monthly or annual renewal date following 22 August 2021.
A new image was released on Social Media today showcasing some of the movies and series coming to Disney+ as a part of the Star expansion, including:
Films:
THE 13TH WARRIOR
42 TO 1
9 TO 5
ADAM (2009)
THE AIR UP THERE
THE ALAMO (2004)
ANNA AND THE KING
ANNAPOLIS
ANOTHER EARTH
ANOTHER STAKEOUT
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
ARACHNOPHOBIA
AUSTRALIA
BACHELOR PARTY
BAD ASS
BAD COMPANY (2002)
BAD COMPANY (AKA: TOOL SHED)
BAD GIRLS (1994)
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
BAGGAGE CLAIM
THE BANGER SISTERS
BE WATER
BEACHES
BEFORE AND AFTER (1996)
BELLE
BELOVED (1998)
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
BEST LAID PLANS
BIG TROUBLE
BILLY BATHGATE
BLACK NATIVITY
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION …
BOYS DON’T CRY
BRAVEHEART
BREAKING AND ENTERING
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD
BROADCAST NEWS
BROKEDOWN PALACE
BROKEN LIZARD’S CLUB DREAD
BROTHERS IN EXILE
BROWN SUGAR
BUBBLE BOY
BULWORTH
BUSHWHACKED
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE
CASANOVA (2005)
CATCH THAT KID
CEDAR RAPIDS
CHAIN REACTION
CHASING PAPI
CHASING TYSON
CHOKE
THE CLEARING
CLEOPATRA (1963)
COCKTAIL
COCOON: THE RETURN
COLD CREEK MANOR
THE COLOR OF MONEY
COME SEE THE PARADISE
THE COMEBACKS
COMMANDO (1985)
CON AIR
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
CONFETTI
CONSENTING ADULTS
A COOL DRY PLACE
COUSIN BETTE
CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL
CRIMSON TIDE
THE CRUCIBLE
CYRUS
DAMIEN – OMEN II
THE DARJEELING LIMITED
DARK WATER
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (2008)
THE DAY THE SERIES STOPPED
DAY WATCH
DEADPOOL 2
DEAD PRESIDENTS
DECEIVED (1991)
THE DEEP END
DEEP RISING
DEION’S DOUBLE PLAY
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DEVIL’S DUE
DIE HARD 2
DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE
DOUBLE TAKE
DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS
DOWN PERISCOPE
DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION
DREAMING OF JOSEPH LEES
DRIVE ME CRAZY
THE DROP
DUETS
THE EAST
ED WOOD
THE EDGE
ENCINO MAN
ENEMY OF THE STATE
ENOUGH SAID
EVITA
EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS
THE FAB FIVE (2011)
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (2015)
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
THE FAVOURITE
THE FINAL CONFLICT
FIRESTORM (1998)
THE FLY (1986)
FOR THE BOYS
FOUR FALLS OF BUFFALO
FRENCH CONNECTION II
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
FROM HELL
GENTLEMEN BRONCOS
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM
THE GOOD SON (1993)
A GOOD YEAR
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE GREAT WHITE HYPE
GROSSE POINTE BLANK
GUILTY AS SIN
GUN SHY
THE HAPPENING
HERE ON EARTH
HIGH FIDELITY
HIGH HEELS AND LOW LIFES
HITCHCOCK
HOFFA
HOLY MAN
HOPE SPRINGS (2003)
I HEART HUCKABEES
I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER
I ORIGINS
I THINK I LOVE MY WIFE
IDIOCRACY
IN AMERICA
IN HER SHOES
INDEPENDENCE DAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE
INVENTING THE ABBOTTS
JENNIFER´S BODY
THE JEWEL OF THE NILE
JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE
JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION
JORDAN RIDES THE BUS
JOSHUA
JUST MARRIED
JUST WRIGHT
KINGDOM COME
KISSING JESSICA STEIN
KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST
LADYHAWKE
THE LADYKILLERS (2004)
LAST DANCE (1996)
LE DIVORCE
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD
LOOKING FOR RICHARD
MAD LOVE (1995)
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER
MARGARET
THE MARINE
MARKED FOR DEATH
THE MARRYING MAN
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
MASH
MAX PAYNE
THE MAZE RUNNER
MEDICINE MAN
MELINDA AND MELINDA
METRO
MIAMI RHAPSODY
MILLER’S CROSSING
MOULIN ROUGE (2001)
MY FATHER THE HERO
MYSTERY, ALASKA
THE NAMESAKE
NATURE BOY
NEVER DIE ALONE
THE NEWTON BOYS
NIGHT WATCH (2006)
NO MAS
NOTHING TO LOSE
NOTORIOUS
OFFICE SPACE
ONE HOUR PHOTO
OSCAR AND LUCINDA
THE OTHER WOMAN (2014)
OUR FAMILY WEDDING
OUT TO SEA
PATHFINDER (2007)
PHAT GIRLZ
PHONE BOOTH
PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
PLANET OF THE APES (2001)
PONY EXCESS
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)
POST GRAD
POWDER
THE PREACHER’S WIFE
PRETTY WOMAN
PRIMEVAL
THE PUPPET MASTERS
THE PYRAMID
QUILLS
QUIZ SHOW
RAVENOUS
REBOUND
RENAISSANCE MAN
REVENGE OF THE NERDS II: NERDS IN PARADISE
THE RINGER
ROBIN HOOD (1991)
THE ROCKER
ROMANCING THE STONE
RUBY SPARKS
RUNAWAY BRIDE
RUSHMORE
RUTHLESS PEOPLE
THE SAVAGES
SAY IT ISN’T SO
THE SCARLET LETTER
SEA OF SHADOWS
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
SEPARATE LIES
THE SESSIONS
SHADOW CONSPIRACY
SHALLOW HAL
SHINING THROUGH
THE SIEGE
SIGNS
SIMON BIRCH
A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE
THE SITTER (2011)
SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
SOLARIS
SOMEONE LIKE YOU
SOUL FOOD
SPY HARD
STAKEOUT
STARSHIP TROOPERS
STOKER
SUMMER OF SAM
SUPER TROOPERS (2002)
SURROGATES
SWING KIDS
TAXI (2004)
TERMINAL VELOCITY
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
THE THIN RED LINE (1999)
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
THREE FUGITIVES
THE THREE STOOGES (2012)
TITAN A.E.
TOMBSTONE
TOYS
TRAPPED IN PARADISE
TRISTAN & ISOLDE
UP CLOSE & PERSONAL
V.I. WARSHAWSKI
VERONICA GUERIN
THE VILLAGE (2004)
VON RYAN’S EXPRESS
WAITING TO EXHALE
WAITRESS
WAKING LIFE
THE WAR OF THE ROSES
THE WATCH (2012)
THE WATERBOY
THE WAY WAY BACK
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN
WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET
WIN WIN
WOMAN ON TOP
WORKING GIRL (1988)
THE X-FILES
THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE
TV Series:
| CONTENT TITLE | SERIES AVAILABLE |
| ACCORDING TO JIM | S1 – 8 |
| ALIAS | S1 – 5 |
| AMERICAN DAD | |
| ANIMAL FIGHT NIGHT | S1 – 6 |
| APOCALYPSE WORLD WAR I | S1 |
| APOCALYPSE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR | S1 |
| ATLANTA | S1- 2 |
| BIG SKY (STAR ORIGINAL) | S1 |
| BLACKISH | S1 – 5 |
| BLOODY TALES OF EUROPE | S1 |
| BLOODY TALES OF THE TOWER | S1 |
| BONES | S1 – 12 |
| BROTHERS & SISTERS | S1 – 5 |
| BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | S1 – 7 |
| BURIED SECRETS OF WWII | S1 |
| BURN NOTICE | S1 – 7 |
| CASTLE | S1 – 8 |
| CODE BLACK | S1 – 3 |
| COUGAR TOWN | S1 – 6 |
| DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | S1 – 8 |
| DEVIOUS MAIDS | S1 – 4 |
| DRUGS, INC. | S2 – 7 |
| FAMILY GUY | |
| FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN | S1 |
| FIREFLY | S1 |
| FLASHFORWARD | S1 |
| THE FOSTERS | S1 – 5 |
| THE GIFTED | S1 – 2 |
| GLEE | S1 – 6 |
| GREY’S ANATOMY | S1 – 15 |
| HELSTROM (STAR ORIGINAL) | S1 |
| THE HOT ZONE | S1 |
| HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | S1 – 9 |
| INSIDE NORTH KOREA’S DYNASTY | S1 |
| THE KILLING | S1 – 4 |
| LA 92 | n/a |
| LANCE | S1 |
| LIE TO ME | S1 – 3 |
| LOST | S1 – 6 |
| LOVE, VICTOR (STAR ORIGINAL) | S1 |
| MAFIA CONFIDENTIAL | n/a |
| MARADONA CONFIDENTIAL | n/a |
| MARS | S1 – 2 |
| MODERN FAMILY | S1 – 8 |
| O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA | |
| PERCEPTION | S1 – 3 |
| PRISON BREAK | S1 – 5 |
| RAISING HOPE | S1 – 4 |
| RESURRECTION | S1 – 2 |
| REVENGE | S1 – 4 |
| ROSEWOOD | S1 – 2 |
| SCANDAL | S1 – 7 |
| SCREAM QUEENS | S1 -2 |
| SCRUBS | S1 – 9 |
| SLEEPY HOLLOW | S1 – 4 |
| SNOWFALL | S1 – 3 |
| SOLAR OPPOSITES (STAR ORIGINAL) | S1 |
| SONS OF ANARCHY | S1 – 7 |
| THE STRAIN | S1 – 4 |
| TERRA NOVA | S1 |
| TERRIERS | S1 |
| TRUST | S1 |
| UGLY BETTY | S1 – 4 |
| ULTIMATE SURVIVAL WWII | S1 |
| VALLEY OF THE BOOM | S1 |
| WITNESS TO DISASTER | S1 |
| WWII BOMB HUNTERS | n/a |
| THE X-FILES | S1 – 9 |
| THE 2000S: THE DECADE WE SAW IT ALL | S1 |
| 24 | S1 – 9 |
| 24: LEGACY | S1 |
| THE 80S: THE DECADE THAT MADE US | S1 |
| 9/11 FIREHOUSE | n/a |
| THE 90S: THE LAST GREAT DECADE? | S1 |
| 9-1-1 | S1 – 2 |
And there is expected to be many more shows and movies announced as there will be over 400 titles added to Disney+ via Star on February 23rd and a total of 1000 extra titles to be added within the first year.
It’s important to note that there might be some regional differences in the shows and movies available due to existing deals.
And unfortunately, Disney+ in the United States and Latin America won’t be getting Star, since in the US, Disney has Hulu for this content and in Latin America, Disney is going to be releasing Star+ as its own service, which will also include sports.
What do you think of this lineup of content for Star?
Roger Palmer
Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What’s On Disney Plus & DisKingdom.
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