Cordkillers 614: ViewTube
YouTube and Netflix are increasingly being treated as direct competitors for viewers’ time, while YouTube is changing its view-counting rules to make metrics more consistent across formats. Disney unloaded a mountain of announcements at D23, while Peacock raises prices and streaming platforms increasingly turn to free movies to keep subscribers watching. This week on The FULL Experience: Get Smart (101 - "Mr. Big") Next week: Get Smart (203 - "A Spy for a Spy")
YouTube:
Supply Run
The narrative has become YouTube vs. Netflix Netflix is leaning harder into young-adult programming as competition for younger viewers intensifies, with YouTube now accounting for substantially more U.S. TV streaming watch time. The old distinction between YouTube’s user-generated content and Netflix-style professional entertainment increasingly matters less when both are competing for the same hours in the day.
https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/83100836
YouTube changes what counts as a view Beginning August 24, YouTube will count a public view as soon as a video starts playing, bringing regular videos in line with Shorts and competing platforms. Creator earnings and Partner Program eligibility will continue to rely on engaged watch time and engaged Shorts views rather than the potentially larger public view count.
Search Party
Marvel’s next generation Marvel announced its new X-Men cast, including Kit Connor as Cyclops, Christopher Abbott as Professor X, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Maya Boyd as Storm, and Adam Driver as Mr. Sinister. X-Men is expected May 5, 2028.
Avengers: Doomsday A new trailer arrived for Avengers: Doomsday , coming December 18.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/avengers-doomsday-trailer-d23-1236817670/
VisionQuest Paul Bettany returns in the WandaVision spinoff VisionQuest , premiering October 14.
https://deadline.com/2026/08/visionquest-trailer-paul-bettany-marvel-1237041020/
Ahsoka Season 2 The new trailer shows Ahsoka continuing its transformation into what is essentially a live-action continuation of Star Wars Rebels . Season 2 arrives January 20.
https://deadline.com/2026/08/ahsoka-season-2-trailer-star-wars-d23-1237040986/
Star Wars: Starfighter D23 offered a first look at Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling’s Star Wars: Starfighter , a Skywalker-free story set farther into the future than previous Star Wars movies.
https://deadline.com/2026/08/star-wars-starfighter-ryan-gosling-first-look-d23-1237040930/
Disney’s animation and remake pipeline Disney is planning Zootopia 3 , while Jon Favreau’s Oswald the Lucky Rabbit arrives as a three-part Disney+ miniseries in February 2027. The live-action Tangled opens March 31, 2028, and the live-action Lilo & Stitch sequel introduces Angel on May 28, 2028.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/zootopia-3-disney-1236835053/
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/jon-favreau-oswald-the-lucky-rabbit-release-date-1236834697/
https://deadline.com/2026/08/tangled-release-date-d23-1237040918/
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/lilo-and-stitch-2-angel-pink-alien-1236442313/
Pixar looks toward 2028 and beyond Pixar’s original Ghost Market , inspired by Asian myths about markets where the living and dead interact, is coming in spring 2028. Incredibles 3 follows in June 2028, while Coco 2 returns to Miguel—now a teenager—in November 2029.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/pixar-sets-original-film-ono-ghost-market-2028-1236835033/
https://deadline.com/2026/08/incredibles-3-pete-docter-teases-powerful-new-villain-1237041034/
https://deadline.com/2026/08/coco-2-benjamin-bratt-1237041010/
More from Disney Disney Animation announced Clay , an original 2028 film featuring Kieran Culkin, while The Bluey Movie arrives August 6, 2027. Disney is also developing a Kingdom Hearts series with Square Enix, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 premieres November 20.
https://deadline.com/2026/08/bluey-movie-trailer-d23-1237040950/
https://deadline.com/2026/08/kingdom-hearts-series-disney-1237041107/
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/percy-jackson-season-3-trailer-1236824508/
The Mandalorian and Grogu heads home The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives on Disney+ September 2.
https://www.engadget.com/2237227/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-streaming-release-date/
Ted Lasso scores for Apple Ted Lasso Season 4 generated 296.6 million minutes watched in its first two days, giving Apple TV its biggest launch to date.
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/ted-lasso-season-4-ratings-apple-tv-1236834053/
Coyote vs. Acme finally gets its day The once-shelved Coyote vs. Acme is earning enthusiastic reviews, including Deadline calling it Warner Bros.’ best film of the year and the best live-action/animation hybrid since Who Framed Roger Rabbit .
https://deadline.com/2026/08/coyote-vs-acme-review-movie-warner-bros-shelved-2023-1237031528/
Pierce Brosnan gets extracted Pierce Brosnan joins Chris Hemsworth and Don Lee in the cast of Extraction 3 .
https://deadline.com/2026/08/extraction-3-cast-adds-pierce-brosnan-don-lee-more-1237042978/
Buried Treasure
Brian: Lanterns
Tom: Teach You a Lesson (Netflix)
Scanning the Horizon
Peacock raises prices again Peacock is increasing Select to $8.99 per month, Premium to $12.99, and Premium Plus to $19.99.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/18/peacock-is-raising-prices-across-all-of-its-streaming-plans/
Spider-Man races past $2 billion Spider-Man: Brand New Day became the second-fastest movie ever to cross $2 billion worldwide, reaching the mark in 17 days, behind Avengers: Endgame at 11 days.
https://deadline.com/2026/08/box-office-global-spider-man-brand-new-day-2-1237042050/
Apple TV adds free classic movies Apple TV subscribers in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. are getting a rotating selection of classic movies at no additional charge, with availability varying by country.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/13/apple-tv-gains-classic-movies/
Google TV piles on the freebies Google TV has added more than 10,000 free, on-demand movies and shows that can be watched without installing additional apps.
https://9to5google.com/2026/08/11/google-tv-free-movies-on-demand/
Netflix celebrates Cantinflas Netflix is adding dozens of classic Cantinflas films as part of programming celebrating Mexican Cinema Day.
https://deadline.com/2026/08/netflix-adding-cantinflas-films-mexican-cinema-day-1237032757/
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