Walt Disney Animation announced they will no longer develop long-form streaming content for Disney+.
An article in The Hollywood Reporter stated that Disney has stopped plans for a Disney+ series called “Tiana.” That series followed the events of “The Princess and the Frog.” Unnamed sources stated that the cancellation of “Tiana” is part of a broader shift by Walt Disney Animation away from animated long-form content created exclusively for Disney+.
When the pandemic kept people out of theaters, company executives and then-CEO Bob Chapek wanted more original content to be funneled onto Disney+ in hopes that subscriber numbers would increase. Now, Disney is going back to creating animated films for release in theaters and will only create shorter shows for release on Disney+.
This change follows the 2024 news that Pixar Studios will also stop producing long-form content for Disney+.
Sources indicated Walt Disney Animation will continue with its planned schedule of releasing around one theatrical film per year, in addition to some smaller shorts or limited projects in between.
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