{"id":2263,"date":"2017-06-09T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/corus-scores-star-wars-films-for-canada\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T16:21:00","slug":"corus-scores-star-wars-films-for-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/corus-scores-star-wars-films-for-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Corus Scores Star Wars Films for Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corus Entertainment has struck a multiyear licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Studios for the broadcast rights to the\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em> movie franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in the fall, 11 films from the epic franchise, including original trilogy titles and yet-to-be-seen theatrical releases, will make their debuts on Corus&#8217; bouquet of conventional and specialty networks, including Global, Showcase, W Network, ABC Spark, YTV and Disney Channel. The agreement with The Walt Disney Studios includes five of the six original classic Star Wars films, the Canadian network premieres of record-breaking blockbuster films <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em> and <em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story<\/em>, plus the highly-anticipated <em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em> slated for theatrical release in December 2017 and the yet-to-be-released stand-alone <em>Han Solo Star Wars<\/em> adventure. The installment that launched the franchise, <em>Star Wars: A New Hope<\/em>, comes to Corus through a separate deal with 20th Century Fox.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Star Wars is undoubtedly a cultural phenomenon with versatile, imaginative, and character-rich storylines, and a prolific library of titles that continue to captivate audiences around the world,&#8221; said Barb Williams, the executive VP and chief\u00a0operating officer of Corus Entertainment. &#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled to be expanding our relationship with Disney to connect Canadians with one of the most recognized and universally appealing brands.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corus Entertainment has struck a multiyear licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Studios for the broadcast rights to the Star Wars movie franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[124,322,323],"class_list":["post-2263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-corus-entertainment","tag-star-wars","tag-the-walt-disney-studios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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