NBA Players Reportedly Get to See Unreleased Disney Films
By George Robbins
Even as the entertainment industry, as well as many others, are just getting back up and running following lock down due to the pandemic, there are a lot of issues they face moving forward. One industry a lot of people were worried about was the sports industry, which is like an offshoot of the entertainment industry itself. Most people weren’t sure if the NBA would be able to continue their season, but as of recently they will be able to finish it out. The remainder of the NBA season will feature the top 22 teams and it will take place in the Wide World of Sports complex in Disney World. So for all those NBA fans out there, they will have the chance to watch these teams compete and finish out the season.
The purpose of hosting the rest of the season in Disney World is because they have multiple regulation sized courts to play basketball in and they can accommodate all of the players. With multiple courts there could be a much larger number of games played because they can simultaneously play out games. In order to achieve their goal to have every game left in the season played out between the very end of July to the beginning of October, this has to be done. Also included with the players having to play hard to finish out their 2020 season, they aren’t allowed to leave the “Disney bubble,” so to speak. They are essentially not allowed to leave the Disney premises after they arrive there until the season ends.
With that in mind, it should be no surprise that they are going to be looking for things to do while they are stuck on Disney grounds. Out of all of the places a person could be stuck, Disney World is up there as one of the places you probably wouldn’t mind being stuck in. Disney is reportedly doing their best to make sure the players and their families have added amenities while they finish up the season. It appears that among those additional amenities might be the opportunity for the players and their families to watch unreleased movies. Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ was supposed to release in May, but the pandemic pushed the release back to the end of the year. This is one of the ways they hope to keep them entertained while they are on the grounds.
Disney was forced to postpone ‘Black Widow’ until later this year as well as any other films that were under the Disney umbrella. This means a number of films are not going to be available for awhile still especially since theaters seem to be in for trouble moving forward. There is just no way of knowing if those release dates will remain the same or what will happen with theaters, but as of now it is still a while off before their movies release. This is an opportunity these players might have while they are there and gives an opportunity for them to promote the movies for Disney. If they like them, they can say they like it and people will flock to theaters when the movies release in an official capacity.