Disney+ is about to name a new commissioner in Australia and has not ruled out a return to production in Southeast Asia, Jon Wax, executive VP of international original television at Disney Entertainment, said Wednesday at the Busan International Film Festival.
\n\nWax, set out the streamer’s Asia-Pacific plans at a fireside chat at the Park Hyatt Busan, backed by the Motion Picture Association, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the festival and Disney+. The session came as Disney+ moves to triple its local-language output around the world.
\n\nDisney+ is ramping up local original spending in Australia, Wax said. Turning to the rest of Asia, he said: “There’s many other countries, and, you know, we’re not in many of them yet, but, again, in the spirit of we need to walk before we run, we’re sort of doubling down on the territories that are working, but the hope is, given a long enough timeline, we will be in many more countries than where we currently are.”
\n\nAsked whether production would resume in markets such as Indonesia after earlier cutbacks, Wax said Disney+ is exploring specific titles there. “It is absolutely on the menu. We just need some time to execute,” he said.
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