With Netflix and The Walt Disney Company globally parting ways as the House of Mouse prepares to launch its own competing service, Disney+, Aussie streaming service Stan has officially picked up the local rights to stream Disney's content for the foreseeable future.
Starting tomorrow (December 14), Stan subscribers will have access to a huge library of Disney-owned classics, including the Toy Story trilogy, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Lion King, Cars and Cars 2, Monsters Inc. and Monsters University, Big Hero 6, The Incredibles, Up, Wall-E, the animated Beauty and The Beast, Maleficent, The Little Mermaid, the live-action Cinderella, Coco and A Wrinkle in time.
Oh boy!
While Disney+ is scheduled to launch in the US late next year, no projected timeframe or details have been announced for Australia (or any other territory for that matter).
This leads us to wonder how long the deal between Stan and Disney will last – will it extend until Disney+ officially arrives in Australia, acting as a stop-gap in the interim, or will Disney's upcoming original shows, such as the Star Wars series The Manadalorian, come to Stan in Australia instead?
Given that Stan's announcement makes no mention of Disney+ or its upcoming original shows, we have to assume it's the former. That said, we likely won't know for sure until Disney's streaming service launches in the States.
In the meantime, check out Stan's announcement trailer for the Disney partnership below, which shows off the incredibly impressive library of shows and movies that's about to land on the service.
