Plan your summer bash with these epic Disney+ shows

Stepping away from the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: The Acolyte travels back 100 years before The Phantom Menace to explore a new cast of characters at the height of the Republic. A space crime thriller in which a group of Jedi go into detective mode to track a mysterious dark force that is slowly wiping out Jedi targets one by one.

Iwájú is a futuristic adventure that takes viewers to Lagos, Nigeria, where a young girl named Tora leaves home to explore the hidden dangers of the world around her. Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Kugali Media, this coming-of-age story highlights important issues such as inequality and classism through a unique African lens.

This meta-comedy is inspired by the hit High School Musical movie. The show takes place in the fictional East High School, where the movie was filmed. It’s a humorous teen drama with all the highs and lows you’d expect. Yes, it’s an enjoyable musical, too.

Star Wars: Visions is a fun and edgy animated anthology series that adds an exciting new element to Lucasfilm’s long-running franchise. Seven Japanese animation studios were invited to create nine unique, non-canon episodes for the show. Additional episodes from Spain, Ireland, Chile, the United Kingdom, South Korea, France, India, Japan and South Africa are released in the second part of the series.

Doctor Who began 60 years ago, and the science fiction series has been revised many times since then. Actors like David Tennant and Matt Smith brought the iconic Time Lord into the present day through the show’s modern-day season. Ncuti Gatwa is the latest actor to take over the role of the Doctor, marking the first time in the show’s history that a black actor has taken on the role. Doctor Who will move to Disney Plus in 2023.

Bluey is a phenomenon, plain and simple. The children’s show about a group of anthropomorphic dogs – Bluey, her sister Bingo, dad Bandit and mom Chilli – became the most streamed series of 2023, and for good reason. Almost all episodes are around eight minutes long, making them easy to binge-watch. While the tone remains light and fun, the show delves into relevant and poignant topics in a way that never speaks down to the audience. Who knew a show about an Australian dog family could be so addictive? Disney+ knows.

Simply put, I think Andor is the best Star Wars series Disney+ has ever produced. The show ditches the flashy and often cliche production values ​​of its predecessors and goes all out with some intense, ground-breaking storytelling. Expanding on the story of a character from the one-off Rogue One, Andor delivers on the emotional stakes with its clever writing and stellar performances from its cast. Extraordinary stuff, right here.

This new take on Rick Riordan’s cherished book aims to erase the live-action film from our collective memory. And, for the most part, it does its job. The eight-episode first season follows the events of The Lightning Thief, the first book in the series. Thanks to a younger cast and lighter stakes, this Percy Jackson series is shaping up to be a hit for teens on Disney+.

Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau took their love of Star Wars to new heights with The Mandalorian. It was the first live-action Star Wars series to come to Disney+, and it set the standard for everything that came after. The show’s style is inspired by the manga “Lone Wolf and Cub,” Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Sergio Leone’s iconic Dollars trilogy, which stars Clint Eastwood as the Unnamed Man ), about a lone bounty hunter who gets a second chance at life after being trapped.

This three-part documentary series gives us an inside look into the creative maelstrom of one of the world’s biggest music groups. Directed by Academy Award winner Peter Jackson, “The Beatles: Homecoming” tells the story of a band at the peak of their powers and on the verge of collapse in a cinematic vérité style. This previously unseen footage shows John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr rehearsing their infamous rooftop concert at Apple headquarters in London’s Savile Row. This was their last live performance. It’s breathtaking, inspiring, and heartbreaking. Definitely worth a look.

X-Men: The Animated Series ended its fifth season in 1997. The pace is fast, the writing is tight, and the 2D animation style is like a pretty bow, tying together this lovely nostalgic gift for ’90s kids everywhere.

Echo (Alaqua Cox) first appeared in three episodes of Hawkeye. Marvel’s Echo centers on a hearing-impaired antihero. She is also a member of the Choctaw Nation, which makes the series explore these aspects of her identity brilliantly. Her collaboration with Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) further connects the MCU shows on Disney Plus to their previous shows on Netflix, and provides a new opportunity for Matt Murdock (Charlie Kirk) Prepared for the arrival of Si (played by Si) and the crew.

The Bad Batch is an intense, action-packed spin-off of the acclaimed Star Wars animated series Clone Wars. Throughout the Star Wars films, audiences have seen the consequences of Order 66 play out in various forms, but never like this. The Bad Batch tells the story of a group of elite clone troopers suffering from a genetic defect. They may have special abilities, but that doesn’t mean they’re invisible to top-secret execution orders. In turn, the animated series fills in some of the gaps in Star Wars lore. It does this in an incredibly fun way.

Ms. Marvel is a breath of fresh air for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Disney+ series upends our expectations of Marvel streaming shows. Iman Vellani is a revelation as the titular hero. It’s a challenge for a show to balance the heavy responsibilities of superheroes with the trials and tribulations of high school. The story worked, and it was achieved with the help of Muslim representatives.

It all starts with WandaVision on Disney+. It is the first original series from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to air on streaming. A genre-crossing adventure, Wonder and Vision live in alternate realities inspired by TV sitcoms, from I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show to The Brady Bunch and “Family Ties”. How did the emotional impact of Avengers: Endgame (specifically Vision’s death) affect Wanda? Well, let’s just say her grief led her down a weird rabbit hole.

Read our full WandaVision review.

“American Born Chinese” is a bold interpretation of classical Chinese mythology. The play is adapted from Jean Lien Young’s graphic novel of the same name, telling a bold, bright, funny and heartfelt immigrant coming of age story. The humor and fight scenes add to the mystery of the show. It’s a fresh take on the iconic story of The Monkey King, with Michelle Yeoh, Quan Ke-fai and Daniel Wu on board to solidify it as a must-see.

Tom Hiddleston has played Loki, the God of Mischief, throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the past decade. Thanks to Disney+, he’s finally getting his own weird adventure. This quirky sci-fi series puts Loki in the position of an unlikely hero. Here, he teams up with a series of interesting characters, including Owen Wilson’s Morbius M. Morbius, to correct the timeline. It’s an offbeat, fun, and completely weird series that appeals to die-hard fans and newbies alike.

What happens when Captain America hangs up his shield? That’s the question posed in Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Here, Sam Wilson (better known as “The Falcon”) and Bucky Barnes (aka “The Winter Soldier”) team up in this surprisingly funny and touching series about It captures the trauma, grief, and classism that the world encounters as it picks up the pieces from earth-shattering events.

This new take on RL Stine’s beloved Goosebumps books is bringing some spooky chills to Disney Plus. Justin Long stars in this supernatural drama about a group of teenagers investigating the death of a child named Harold Biddle. As they get to know the boy, sinister secrets come to light that connect their parents to his death thirty years ago.

“Moon Knight” stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a troubled man with dissociative identity disorder. These aren’t simple anxiety issues – no, Grant actually shares his body with a mercenary named Mark Specter. The discovery of this alter ego leads Grant on an adventure that pits him against the evil cult leader Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) and a group of powerful Egyptian gods. It’s a psychedelic ride that might even tickle Indiana Jones.

Read our full Moon Knight review.

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band top the cast of Disney+’s latest series Muppets Mayhem inspired by Jim Henson’s Muppets. Here, the Electric Mayhem Band are hard at work recording an album. But record label politics and other past missteps complicated things for the crew—and boy, those complications led to some fun on-screen antics! Of all the Muppet shows that have aired in recent years, “The Muppets” comes closest to the quirky, fun atmosphere of the original.

Marvel’s Hawkeye is a lot of fun. Rather than delving into the trauma Clint Barton suffered after the events of Avengers: Endgame , the show instead took the format of a homecoming vacation (similar to Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Christmas Vacation 》). The result is a necessary new layer in Clint’s story. Plus, we also have Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop – a necessary comedic foil to Clint’s tough character.

Read our full Hawkeye review.

Chris Hemsworth sheds his Thor image to take viewers on an epic journey to wellness. Each episode of “Limitless” follows Hemsworth as he strives to push his body to its limits. Different scientific elements play an important role in the series, making each mission Hemsworth tackles adventure-focused. Needless to say, the show is energetic, inspiring, and shows viewers a side of Hemsworth we’ve never seen before.