Disney+ releases first wave of local content commissions with 9 Australian originals

May 17, 2022 11:00

The Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand has today released its first wave of local content commissions and acquisitions for Disney+ with nine Australian originals launching in 2022/23.

Announced at an event held at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the slate of local content includes three scripted drama series, The Clearing, The Artful Dodger, Last Days of the Space Age; four Documentaries, Matildas: The World at Our Feet, Shipwreck Hunters Australia, Chasing Waves, Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW; and two lifestyle and factual general entertainment series, Donna Hay Christmas and What’s Your Toy Story?. Many of these shows will further expand Disney+’s adult-focused Star general entertainment offering.

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Emma Shepherd

Emma Shepherd was the acting deputy editor at Mumbrella who has over seven years of print and digital experience in the industry and has previously worked as a reporter for media outlets Bauer Media (now Are Media), Yahoo Australia, and a content strategist and writer for various independent marketing agencies.

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