Disney’s Cruella, the origin story of Disney’s puppy slaughtering villain Cruella de Vil, releases in theaters on May 28th, 2021. While you can see Cruella in theaters, you can also stream Cruella in the privacy of your own home from the day it’s released and well before it joins the Disney+ collection on August 27th. Read on to learn how you can watch Cruella in the privacy of your own home.
How To Watch Cruella on Disney+
To watch Cruella in your home on May 28, you will need the following:
- An internet connection
- A subscription to Disney+
- Premier Access to Cruella
What is Disney+ Premier Access
It’s best to look at Disney+ Premier Access as an early access Pay Per View for Disney Films. Subscribers can pay $29.99 and watch the film in their homes on the service. You can sign up for Disney+ and Premier Access on Disney+’s Cruella Page.
If you want to watch Cruella, all you need Premier Access in addition to a subscription to Disney Plus, an internet connection, and a supported streaming device. The Disney+ service costs only $7.99 per month. However, Disney+ also has year-long subscriptions at a discounted price of $69.99. There is no contract commitment unless you choose the annual plan.
Disney also allows subscribers to bundle Disney+ with Hulu’s streaming library and Disney’s ESPN+ streaming service for just $13.99 per month.
Disney+ is supported on all the following devices:
- Roku – (Watch Disney+ on Roku)
- Roku TVs – (Watch Disney+ on Roku TV)
- Amazon Fire TV Cube and Fire TV Stick (All Versions)
- iPhone, iPad, iPod touch (iOS/iPad OS 11.0 and later)
- Apple TV (4th gen or later and Apple V 4K running tvOS 11.0 and later)
- Chromecast
- Android phones and TV devices (Android OS version 5.0 Lollipop or later)
- Playstation 4 – (Watch Disney+ on PS4)
- Xbox One
- Some Vizio Smart Cast TVs (Watch Disney+ on Vizio Smart TVs)
- Sony Smart TVs (Android based)
- LG WebOS Smart TVs
- Samsung Tizen Smart TVs
Other Content on Disney+
- The entire Disney Movie Vault
- Every Pixar Movie and shorts
- All of Disney’s Star Wars movies and TV shows will be moving to Disney+ within its first year of launch
- New Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, and Pixar movies will stream exclusively on Disney+ after their theatrical run
- 30 seasons of The Simpsons
- Nearly 500 movies and 7500 TV episodes in all.
- A ton of Muppets Content and more
How Long You Can Watch Cruella
While $29.99 seems steep, it’s essentially early ownership of the movie. Once you purchase Premier Access for Cruella, the film will be available to watch through Disney+ just like any other movie on Disney+, as long as you are a Disney+ subscriber.
Cruella Will Eventually Be on Regular Disney+
If you don’t want to pay the extra money for Premiere Access, Cruella will be available to all Disney+ subscribers three months after its theatrical release, on Friday, August 27th.
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