Marvel and ‘Star Wars’ Films Will Be Heading to Disney’s Streaming Service

By Ricardo Lopez, Variety
Published Sep. 7, 2017, 11:48 a.m. ET

Disney CEO Bog Iger on Thursday said the company had decided to stream its Marvel and Star Wars films on its forthcoming Disney streaming service, set to launch in 2019.

The announcement ends speculation about what would happen to the Marvel and Lucasfilm titles currently being streamed on Netflix. When the Walt Disney Co. last month announced it would launch a Disney-branded direct-to-consumer streaming service, Iger said Disney titles on Netflix would move to the planned streaming service. At the time, Iger said they were undecided on whether those movies would be part of the streaming service.

“We’ve now decided we will put the Marvel and Star Wars movie on this app as well,” Iger said during a question-and-answer session at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment conference held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

More to come.