New Star Wars trilogy raises Disney hopes
Walt Disney has declared a deal to form 3 new Star Wars movies. The company aforementioned it had stricken a alter Rian Johnson, director of the approaching "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", to form a replacement trio of the fantasy blockbuster. Disney is additionally acting on a live-action Star Wars series for a replacement on-line streaming service. The news overshadowed Disney's 1st visit annual profits since 2009, amid steep competition from on-line rivals. Profits for the year to Sep fell 4WD to $8.98bn (£6.8bn). Disney's shares fell at first in late commercialism on the discharge of its results, however they then rallied to a quarter higher on news of the new Star Wars movies. Chief government Bob Iger said: "We stay optimistic concerning our future, partially as a result of quality really will matter." The amusement large conjointly plans to launch a sports-focused ESPN+ app within the spring, and a Disney streaming service in 2019. Mr Iger aforementioned ...