Streaming was supposed to kill original movies like Ford V Ferrari

Christian Bale (left) and Matt Damon in Ford V Ferrari. PHOTO: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
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LOS ANGELES • This was to have been, as a quick glance at social media would tell you, the weekend of Disney+.

Thousands of the company's movies and TV episodes were available for streaming for the first time on Saturday and Sunday. Entertainment consumers were expected to stay home and curl up with Beauty And The Beast (1991), Up (2009) and The Mandalorian (2019).

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 21, 2019, with the headline Streaming was supposed to kill original movies like Ford V Ferrari. Subscribe