Overview

• Disney+ lost 700,000 subscribers in Q1 2025 as audiences grew fatigued by its crowded content lineup.
• Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige admitted that the company’s rapid streaming output “devalued” the MCU brand.
• Lucasfilm has halted new Star Wars series beyond Ahsoka season 2 to recapture the specialness of its flagship franchise.
• Starting next year, Marvel plans to release only one or two largely standalone Disney+ series annually to restore creative focus.
• Production insiders say the glut of Marvel and Star Wars shows has diluted those franchises and that Pixar has suffered the greatest prestige loss from the streaming push.