Disney Animation Studios To Move Away From Long-Form Productions For Streamers

Disney’s 20th Television Animation has some of the most-watched series on streaming as of now and Marvel Animation’s Brad Winderbaum has recently noted that 2026 will feature new seasons of X-Men ’97 and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man both of which are currently in production. The odd-man out seems to be Disney Animation Studios which according to a new report from THR will be holding off on producing anymore long-form animated content for streamers like Disney+ anytime soon.

The news comes as Disney+ shelves numerous announced and unannounced series for the foreseeable future. It should also be noted that Disney recently canceled Moon Girl: Devil Dinosaur, Hailey’s On It!, The Owl House, and The Ghost and Molly McGee all in the last year. I hear that the just premiered StuGo was also nearly canceled but Disney reversed course because the series had a good amount of viewership to warrant more new episodes.

Will more heads roll at the Mouse House? It seems older-skewing animation may be fine for a while, but the kids stuff nobody seems to give a shit about anymore.

[h/t: THR]