{"id":996326,"date":"2022-02-18T19:02:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/18\/launchpad-set-to-return-for-a-second-season-on-disney\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T19:02:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:02:31","slug":"launchpad-set-to-return-for-a-second-season-on-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/18\/launchpad-set-to-return-for-a-second-season-on-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Launchpad&#039; set to return for a second season on Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Launchpad-set-to-return-for-a-second-season-on-Disney.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Feb. 18 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Disney+ announced on Friday a second season of <i>Launchpad<\/i>, which features a collection of live-action shorts made by filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Season 2 will arrive on Disney+ in 2023. The company chose six writers, five directors and one director\/writer from almost 2,000 applicants.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\">\n<div class=\"ad_tag\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The short films that will be featured include <i>Beautiful, FL<\/i> from director Gabriela Ortega and writers Joel Perez and Adrian Ferbeyre; <i>Black Belts<\/i> from director Spencer Glover and writer Xavier Stiles; and <i>The Ghost<\/i> from director Erica Eng and writer Kevin Park.<\/p>\n<p>Also available will be <i>Maxine<\/i> by director and writer Niki Ang; <i>Project CC<\/i> from director Cashmere Jasmine and writer Jasmine Johnson; and <i>The Roof<\/i> from director Alexander Bocchieri and writer W.A.W. Parker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our first season of <i>Launchpad<\/i> has already proven to be a real launchpad for success with Ann Marie Pace set to direct an episode of Disney+&#8217;s <i>High School Musical: The Musical: The Series<\/i>. This season we have twelve talented filmmakers who are telling deeply personal and meaningful stories that will resonate with audiences everywhere,&#8221; Mahin Ibrahim, director, representation and inclusion strategies, creative talent pathways who oversees <i>Launchpad,<\/i> said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\">\n<div class=\"ad_tag\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 18 (UPI) &#8212; Disney+ announced on Friday a second season of Launchpad, which features a collection of live-action shorts made by filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. Season 2 will arrive on Disney+ in 2023. The company chose six writers, five directors and one director\/writer from almost 2,000 applicants. Advertisement The short films that will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":996327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}