Disney+ Has Just Added 600-Plus Movies and TV Shows As Part Of Its New Star Expansion – Concrete Playground

When Disney+ made its way into the world back in 2019, it gave viewers — including folks in Australia and New Zealand — access to a huge range of Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars and National Geographic movies and shows. What it didn’t do is bring Hulu, which the Mouse House owns the majority stake in, to audiences Down Under. And, with Disney+ focused on family-friendly fare, it didn’t deliver the kinds of series and films that Hulu screens, either.

Hulu still isn’t heading our way. But, on Tuesday, February 23, Disney+ expanded to include a new section that’s basically an international equivalent of Hulu. It’s called Star and, when it was first announced late in 2020, film and TV fans were advised that it’d screen “an additional…