{"id":818595,"date":"2026-07-23T11:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818595\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:30:44","slug":"disney-sends-fans-into-panic-with-post-about-julie-andrews-doco-i-thought-this-was-a-death-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818595\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney sends fans into panic with post about Julie Andrews doco: \u2018I thought this was a death announcement\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movie buffs were sent into a panic thinking the legendary Julie Andrews died on Thursday after fans mistook a documentary announcement about her life as her death notice.<\/p>\n

Disney+ took to social media to share the news that the Oscar-winning actress and singer\u2019s meteoric rise to screen legend status will be explored in a new documentary set for release on the streaming platform next year.<\/p>\n

Disney sent fans\u2019 hearts racing after a sweet portrait photo of the 90-year-old popped up in their Instagram feeds that at first glance began to read like a tribute.<\/p>\n

The post\u2019s caption described Andrews as having \u201ccourage, resilience and grace\u201d before going on to announce that \u201cthe definitive documentary on the legendary Julie Andrews is coming to Disney+ in 2027\u201d.<\/p>\n

People around the world soon filled the comments section saying Disney had them in a \u201cpanic attack\u201d thinking the heavenly-looking photo of Andrews was a death announcement.<\/p>\n

TV personality Emile Ennis Junior said: \u201cThe way I immediately thought this was announcing something else.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe all white, the soft glow . . . I thought the gates called her. Thank God it\u2019s not that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Internet personality Danielle Coke Balfour said: \u201cI almost threw up y\u2019all why did you pick the most heavenly-looking photo for this announcement???\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBaby, this scared the spoonful of sugar out of me! My God,\u201d another fan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving everyone a heart attack,\u201d someone else added.<\/p>\n

Actor and comedian Kalen Allen said: \u201cOmg I thought we lost her.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team behind media publication Bustle said: \u201cPlease don\u2019t scare me like that again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JulieCamera IconJulie Andrews in Mary Poppins. Credit: Unknown\/Supplied by Subject<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re gonna have to stop doing selfies of celebs when we\u2019re announcing stuff.. cause my heart can\u2019t take it!\u201d another fan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gotta be more strategic when we post stuff like this my heart stopped,\u201d someone else added.<\/p>\n

The post has since received more than 11,000 comments from people in shock but relieved to find out that the Mary Poppins actress is indeed okay.<\/p>\n

The new documentary will revisit Andrew\u2019s journey from British vaudeville performer to international screen icon through previously unseen archive material and new interviews.<\/p>\n

She is set to be the focus of the project from acclaimed filmmaker RJ Cutler, whose previous work includes Billie Eilish: The World\u2019s A Little Blurry and Martha.<\/p>\n

Andrews is best known for starring in Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and The Princess Diaries.<\/p>\n

The icon remains one of Hollywood\u2019s most celebrated performers, with generations of audiences associating her with some of the most influential family films and musicals ever made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Movie buffs were sent into a panic thinking the legendary Julie Andrews died on Thursday after fans mistook…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":["post-818595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}