The Walt Disney Co. is launching its initiative to produce and stream short-form video serials with the anthology series “Locker Diaries,” featuring characters from popular Disney Channel franchises, including “Zombies,” “Descendants” and “Phineas and Ferb.”
The first two episodes of “Locker Diaries: Zombies” are now available on Disney+, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, with additional episodes rolling out every Saturday until mid-April. The episodes will also air in March on the Disney Channel and become available on Disney Channel On Demand.
“Locker Diaries” lets viewers peek into the hallways and lives of fan-favorite characters, as they open their school lockers. With each locker door opening, a new bite-sized adventure is revealed — ranging from dramatic to funny to spooky and surprising.
“Locker Diaries: Zombies” kicks off the series with 11 short-form live-action episodes and gives viewers a glimpse into the drama unfolding in the school halls of Sunnyside & Shadyside.
Malachi Barton (Victor), Freya Skye (Nova), Swayam Bhatia (Vera), Julian Lerner (Ray) and Mekonnen Knife (Vargas) return to reprise their roles from Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires.
Designed for digital platforms, “Locker Diaries” leans into vertical viewing by framing each story through an open locker.
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The deal gives FilmRise worldwide distribution rights to 69, hour-long episodes of all five seasons of the sci-fi horror/drama series for all digital media, including ad-supported streaming, digital linear, AVOD, FAST, SVOD, FVOD, TVOD and digital sellthrough, as well as exclusive airline and ancillary rights.
In the series, after sheriff’s deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma in an abandoned hospital, he’s immediately thrust into a life-or-death struggle in an apocalyptic, walker-ravaged world. The series, based on Robert Kirkman’s acclaimed comic book, follows Rick and his band of survivors — Daryl, Morgan, Maggie, Carol, Michonne, Glenn, and more — as they struggle to survive their bleak new reality where the living pose as much of a threat as the hungry, roaming undead. They venture from Alexandria and its promise of a better life to Negan’s ruthless Saviors to the Commonwealth’s corruption.
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Season eight begins with the return of Madison (Kim Dickens) as she joins Morgan (Lennie James) and the others to rescue Morgan’s daughter Mo. Fractured after escaping the downfall of the Tower, our survivors find themselves facing the challenges of life under the mysterious PADRE, where they will be forced to choose between who they’ve become and who they want to be.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Night of the Animated Dead through digital retailers Sept. 21, and on Blu-ray Disc and DVD Oct. 5.
“Fear The Walking Dead” season six stars Alycia Debnam-Carey (TV’s “The 100,” Friend Request, Into the Storm), Colman Domingo (TV’s “Euphoria,” Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, If Beale Street Could Talk), Lennie James (TV’s “The Walking Dead” and “Save Me,” Blade Runner 2049), Maggie Grace (“Taken” franchise, TV’s “Lost,” The Hurricane Heist), Austin Amelio (TV’s “The Walking Dead,” Everybody Wants Some!!, Mercy Black), Colby Minifie (TV’s “The Boys,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and “Jessica Jones”), and Karen David (TV’s “Legacies,” “Once Upon a Time,” and “Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television”).
In director Yeon Sang-ho’s sequel, a former soldier, who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation, returning to the Peninsula on a secret mission. When his team encounters survivors, their lives will depend on whether the best — or worst — of human nature prevails.