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Everything Old Is New Again as Disney Feeds Its Streaming Beast
- Company leans heavily on remakes, sequels amid spending surge
- Even the dog from Pixar’s ‘Up’ is getting his own TV series
If you’re a Disney fan in any way, there was something for you in the company’s four-hour investor-day presentation this week.
The world’s largest entertainment company touted plans for dozens of new movies and TV shows -- and plans a surge in content spending to as much as $16 billion a year by 2024. Some 80% of the lineup is aimed at Disney’s growing array of streaming services.