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“Daredevil: Born Again” scored the biggest premiere audience Disney+ has seen this year.

After launching with the first two episodes on Tuesday, March 4, the “Daredevil: Born Again” premiere scored 7.5 million views globally in its first five days of streaming on Disney+, according to internal streaming figures from Disney. Disney defines a view as total stream time divided by runtime.

The Marvel Television show now ranks as the most-watched premiere on Disney+ in 2025 so far. Notable shows that have also premiered on the streamer in 2025 include “Goosebumps: The Vanishing,” “A Real Bug’s Life” Season 2, “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” and “Win or Lose,” among others.

In September, the premiere episode of Marvel Television’s “Agatha All Along” scored 9.3 million views on Disney+ within a week on the streamer, though that measurement...

“Dream Productions” is ready to cast its spell.

The four-episode limited series is now streaming, in its entirety, on Disney+. But before you dive into your latest Pixar obsession, which is a spinoff of “Inside Out,” we are here to answer the most crucial question – when, exactly, is the new film set?

Let’s get into it!

When is “Dream Productions” set?

It is set before “Inside Out 2.” In total the series runs 82 minutes. Think of it as “Inside Out 1.5.”

But it is being released after “Inside Out 2.”

You’re right, it is being released after “Inside Out 2.” But it takes place before “Inside Out 2.” We assure you.

How do you know that it’s set before “Inside Out 2?”

Riley (once again voiced by Kensington Tallman) is still in school with her besties Grace (Grace Lu) and Bree (Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green). They are all very excited...

The following contains spoilers for "Dream Productions."

Given just how much of a stupendous hit "Inside Out 2" has become, taking the box office record for the highest grossing animated movie of all-time, it makes sense that Disney and Pixar aren't sleeping on their win and dropping a brand new spin-off series from the "Inside Out" world on Disney+. "Dream Productions" takes us back to the briefly glimpsed section of Riley's mind that keeps her brain buzzing while she's fast asleep. As a result, the likes of Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), and the rest of the emotions that reside in Headquarters are out of the picture, leaving a brand new bunch of characters to focus on.

The new four-part limited series sees dream director Paula Persimmon (Paula Pell) struggling with a bit of a creative slump that could impact her career at the studio. Her only choice is...

This new series takes place between ‘Inside Out’ parts 1 and 2, and takes viewers back into Riley’s mind to see how her dreams are formed.

Do you ever wonder how dreams are formed when you’re sleeping? Most of us have, and now you can see the answer in the new series “Dream Productions,” which premieres on Disney+ on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The show takes you back inside the mind of Riley, the adolescent star of “Inside Out” and “Inside Out 2,” to see the inner-workings of the studio responsible for creating her dreams every night. You can stream the show exclusively with a subscription to Disney+ starting at $10 per month.

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The newly-expanded College Football Playoff also starts this week, meaning there’s something to watch for everyone coming to TV screens.

That holiday feeling in the air is growing stronger and stronger. Christmas is growing ever closer, and it’s an especially challenging time of year to think about anything other than the time off that comes with the holiday season. Work and other responsibilities can seem like even more of a burden than normal during these weeks, and it’s especially good to have something new and exciting to watch to keep ahead of the boredom.

I’ve got a specially-selected lineup of new TV episodes and movies to watch this week, complete with new titles for kids, live sports, the potential finale of one of the biggest TV shows of the last decade, and much more. Check out what you can stream this week below!

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Pixar Animation Studios has debuted the trailer for the limited animation series ‘Dream Productions.’

The all-new series returns to Riley’s mind, where dreams really do come true—every night, on time and on budget.

Taking place in between the events of ‘Inside Out’ and ‘Inside Out 2,’ all four episodes of the limited series come to the streamer beginning Dec. 11, 2024.

Riley is growing up and when her memories need some extra processing, Joy and the rest of the Core Emotions send them to Dream Productions. Acclaimed director Paula Persimmon (voice of Paula Pell) faces a nightmare of her own: Trying to create the next hit dream after being paired up with Xeni (voice of Richard Ayoade), a smug daydream director looking to step up into the big leagues of night dreams.

Also featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ally Maki, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black and Phyllis Smith,...

This past May, the storied Pixar Animation Studios, owned by Disney, was hit with layoffs of about 14 percent of its staff. 175 staffers were let go, largely a result of industry contraction and cutbacks in spending on streaming.

One of the main casualties of those layoffs were the many TV projects Pixar initially had planned for Disney+. One that endured and will soon reach the screen is “Dream Productions,” a spinoff of “Inside Out.”

“I don’t know that we’re gonna do any more streaming after this because we took a lot of resources from the other things at Pixar,” Jones said at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit in Los Angeles on Saturday. He explained that even given Pixar’s scope, they can be stretched thin and need resources for the tentpole features, and “Dream Productions” often drew the short straw.

“While it’s a pretty major company, because...

If the film and TV industry has one truth, it’s this: There is no single path to success. Pixar director Mike Jones is proof of that, and he’ll be sharing insights into his journey— and what you can expect from your own — at IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit taking place in Los Angeles November 2.

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Jones has had an inspiring and unique journey in the film world. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he started as a film journalist after graduating from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in the mid ’90s, serving as managing editor for Filmmaker Magazine and executive editor of IndieWire. His first screenplay was produced in 2001 when he was 30: “EvenHand” was a small indie that played at SXSW, Tribeca, and AFI Fest. But as so many writers have realized, getting one film produced...

Oscar race contenders Justin Kurzel’s The Order, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist and Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 have joined the lineup for the Austin Film Festival, which has unveiled the full screening lineup for its 31st edition.

The Order, the neo-Nazi crime thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult, will be a Centerpiece Film presentation, with writer Zach Baylin and star Tye Sheridan attending. And the Oct. 24 to 31 festival will open with Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler. Virgil Williams, who co-wrote the Netflix stage-to-screen adaptation produced by Denzel Washington, will attend.

Also headed to Austin is Maria, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas biopic for Netflix that stars Angelina Jolie. This year’s world premieres include the paranoia-thriller Crossword, co-written, directed and also starring Michael Vlamis in his directorial debut; the folk-horror pic The Fetch, starring Robert Longstreet...

Pixar has dated two streaming projects for Disney+ – “Inside Out” spin-off series “Dream Productions” and original series “Win or Lose.” All four episodes of limited series “Dream Productions” will debut on Disney+ on December 11; “Win or Lose” will follow on February 19, 2025.

What’s fascinating is that, while an open secret that was produced in parallel to “Inside Out 2,” “Dream Productions” was just announced last month at D23, the all-Disney fan convention, in Anaheim, California. Described as exploring “the innerworkings of the studio behind her dreams,” the series was written and directed by Mike Jones and features the voices of Paula Pell, Richard Ayoade, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ally Maki, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black and Phyllis Smith. Based on the footage screened at D23, it looks like a hilarious Hollywood send-up, set in the place where Riley’s dreams are manufactured (briefly glimpsed in the first...

After breaking the box office by unleashing the highest-grossing animated film ever, Inside Out 2, Pixar continues to dominate the animated corner of entertainment with today’s Dream Productions trailer. The spirited preview highlights two brand-new series coming to Disney+. The first title hails from Inside Out, called Dream Productions, a four-episode limited series inside Riley’s mind while she sleeps. The second title, Win or Lose, showcases Pixar’s first-ever original long-form series about a co-ed middle school softball team.

Pixar teased Dream Productions when we visited the studio earlier this year for an in-depth look at Inside Out 2. Directed by Mike Jones and set for a 2025 release, the limited series revolves around the studio inside Riley’s mind where dreams really do come true—every night, on time and on budget, thanks to acclaimed director Paula Persimmon (voice of Paula Pell). Riley’s growing up, her core...

Already teased at Disney’s D23 Expo this past August, Pixar is making some minor revisions to its upcoming TV slate. Pixar Animation Studios revealed a sneak peek at two new upcoming Pixar TV series—the first of its kind for the company— the limited, four-part series “Dream Productions,” a spin-off of “Inside Out,” and the all-new original series “Win or Lose” featuring the intertwined stories of different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game.

Continue reading Pixar Announcement Teaser: ‘Inside Out’ Spin-Off ‘Dream Productions’ Debuts In December, ‘Win Or Lose’ Shifts To Feb 2025 at The Playlist.

Pixar has unveiled the Disney+ release dates for its two upcoming television series.

“Dream Productions,” an “Inside Out” spinoff that focuses on the studio inside Riley’s mind that produces dreams, will debut on the streamer on Dec. 11, 2024. All four episodes of the limited series will be available at once. The series, announced at D23 in August following the blockbuster success of “Inside Out 2,” was previously set for 2025.

The original series “Win or Lose,” which features Will Forte voicing a little league baseball coach, will come to Disney+ on Feb. 19, 2025. Throughout eight episodes, the series “reveals what it actually feels like to be in the shoes of eight different characters in the week leading up to the big game — the insecure kids, their helicopter parents, even a lovesick umpire — with incredibly funny, very emotional and uniquely animated perspectives,” per Disney. Each episode is said to have a different visual style.