Soon-to-Launch New Disney+ Expansion Star Is Basically Hulu for Viewers Down Under – 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, come early 2021, Disney+ is expanding to include a new section that’s basically an international equivalent of Hulu. It’s called Star, it’ll launch on Tuesday, February 23, and it’ll screen “an additional 1000 unique titles under the new Star…