One year after its launch in France, Disney + will expand its offer in France next Tuesday thanks to the integration of Star, its new brand which will bring a mountain of content intended for adults and young adults.
“
It's a new Ali Baba or rather Aladdin cave that we are adding to Disney +,
” David Popineau, director of the streaming platform in France, said during a videoconference.
"
From February 23 we will add 250 films and documentaries, and forty series
" to Disney +, or 3,800 hours of additional content that will increase the platform's catalog to 10,000 hours of programs, he said.
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Announced a few weeks ago, this arrival is accompanied by a price increase: +2 euros per month to 8.99 euros, +20 euros to 89 euros for the annual formula, increases that will not be reflected immediately. continued on existing subscribers.
Cult series and films
Star will change the positioning of Disney +, so far very unique with content mainly geared towards children, teenagers and other fans of superheroes or Star Wars.
Now, Disney + becomes a full-fledged generalist platform, like its competitors like Netflix.
In this new sprawling offer, we will find or discover cult series ("
Buffy
", "
X-Files
", "
24 heures chrono
", "
Sons of Anarchy
", "
Lost
" ...) or more recent ("
Scandal
" , "
Black-ish
" ...), adult animation ("
The Griffins
", "
American Dad
"), mainstream films (
Titanic
"
, 3 Billboards, Volte Face, Crystal Trap, Alien
... ).
About forty French series and films will arrive during the year (“
Fais pas ci, faire pas ça
”, “
Moloch
”, “
I promise you
”, “
Un homme d'honneur
”, “
The Artist
”, “
Clem
”,“
Profiling
”...)
A mini-series on Malek Oussekine
Disney + will also offer four exclusive Star creations: the thriller "
Big Sky
", the fantasy series "
Hellstrom
", the drama "
Love, Victor
" (derived from the film "
Love, Simon
") and "
Solar Opposites
", a new crazy animation from the creator of "
Rick and Morty
".
The platform also unveiled its first French production projects: it will be a mini-series on the Malek Oussekine affair;
another on the rap icon Soprano;
a fantastic series, “
Parallèles
”;
and a family comedy, "
Weekend Family
".
Who says adult content, also says reinforced parental control.
The arrival of Star will be accompanied by a new system "
to ensure that the right users see the right content
", promises David Popineau.