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NewsCloseNewsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All NewsAICloseAIPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All AIBusinessCloseBusinessPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All BusinessOpenAI’s billion-dollar Disney deal puts Mickey Mouse and Marvel in Sora Disney characters are coming to Sora, and AI slop will be on Disney Plus Disney characters are coming to Sora, and AI slop will be on Disney Plusby Richard LawlerCloseRichard LawlerSenior News EditorPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Richard LawlerDec 11, 2025, 2:32 PM UTCLinkShareImage: The VergeRichard LawlerCloseRichard LawlerPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Richard Lawler is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget.A new three-year licensing agreement announced between Disney and ChatGPT operator OpenAI will allow the Sora video generator to create “user-prompted social videos” that feature more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars. “The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence marks an important moment for our industry, and through this collaboration with OpenAI we will thoughtfully and responsibly extend the reach of our storytelling through generative AI, while respecting and protecting creators and their works,” said Disney CEO Bob Iger.According to OpenAI’s blog post announcing the deal:Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted social videos that can be viewed and shared by fans, drawing from a set of more than 200 animated, masked and creature characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, including costumes, props, vehicles, and iconic environments. In addition, ChatGPT Images will be able to turn a few words by the user into fully generated images in seconds, drawing from the same intellectual property. The agreement does not include any talent likenesses or voices.Disney-provided examples of its characters in Sora AI content. Image: DisneyRelatedDisney and Universal sue Midjourney for making AI ripoffs of their biggest charactersHollywood’s power players are taking another AI startup to court.The internet copyright machine wasn’t made for Mickey MouseThe list of characters accessible to OpenAI’s generators includes Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Lilo, Stitch, Ariel, Belle, Beast, Cinderella, Baymax, Simba, Mufasa, Black Panther, Captain America, Deadpool, Groot, Iron Man, Loki, Thor, Thanos, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Leia, the Mandalorian, Stormtroopers, Yoda, and many more.There’s also a $1 billion investment from Disney in OpenAI with the option to invest more, a plan to deploy ChatGPT for Disney employees as it becomes a “major customer” of OpenAI’s APIs across its businesses, and the companies say that Sora-generated AI slop will be available for viewing on Disney Plus next year:Under the license, fans will be able to watch curated selections of Sora-generated videos on Disney+, and OpenAI and Disney will collaborate to utilize OpenAI’s models to power new experiences for Disney + subscribers, furthering innovative and creative ways to connect with Disney’s stories and characters. Sora and ChatGPT Images are expected to start generating fan-inspired videos with Disney’s multi-brand licensed characters in early 2026.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is also quoted in the statement, saying “This agreement shows how AI companies and creative leaders can work together responsibly to promote innovation that benefits society, respect the importance of creativity, and help works reach vast new audiences.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Richard LawlerCloseRichard LawlerSenior News EditorPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Richard LawlerAICloseAIPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All AIBusinessCloseBusinessPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All BusinessCopyrightCloseCopyrightPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All CopyrightDisneyCloseDisneyPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All DisneyEntertainmentCloseEntertainmentPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All EntertainmentLawCloseLawPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All LawMarvelCloseMarvelPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All MarvelNewsCloseNewsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All NewsOpenAICloseOpenAIPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All OpenAIPolicyClosePolicyPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All PolicyStreamingCloseStreamingPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All StreamingMore in: Everything you need to know about Disney, ESPN, and Bob Iger’s return as CEONetflix signs a three-year deal to stream MLB live events and gamesRichard LawlerNov 19No Monday Night Football, no Election Night ABC News for YouTube TV.Richard LawlerNov 4ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels go dark on YouTube TVJess WeatherbedOct 31Most PopularMost PopularAI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the keyAugust’s founders are back with a smart front doorChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for freeCalibri is too woke for the State DepartmentThere are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. saleThe Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)Sign UpBy submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice. 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