Here’s a look at the TV series that the new Disney+ streaming service, launching Tuesday, Nov. 12, currently has in the works. (TVLine hears that Disney+ episodes will be released on a weekly basis, versus the all-at-once “binge” model.)
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43rd Annual People's Choice Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 18 Jan 2017
Image Credit: Shutterstock BIG SHOT
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: John Stamos (Fuller House, ER), Jessalyn Gilsig (Vikings, Glee), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community)
WHAT: The dramedy follows a temperamental college basketball coach (Stamos) who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school. David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) will write with his former Crazy Ones collaborator Dean Lorey, and the pair will serve as EPs alongside Brad Garrett (who pitched the idea to Kelley) and Bill D’Elia (who will direct the premiere).
STATUS: 10-episode series order.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney+ CHIP ‘N’ DALE
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHAT: The animated series features the lovable chipmunk troublemakers in a non-verbal, classic style comedy following the ups and downs of two little creatures living life in the big city.
STATUS: In production on 39 seven-minute episodes.
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"Miss Bala" Photo Call, West Hollywood, USA - 13 Jan 2019
Image Credit: Shutterstock DIARY OF A FUTURE PRESIDENT
PREMIERE DATE: Friday, Jan. 17
WHO: Charlie Bushnell, Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black), Michael Weaver (Here and Now), recurring guest star Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin)
WHAT: Follows a 12-year-old, Cuban-American girl (via the narration of her diary) as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school and her journey to becoming the future president of the United States. Gina Rodriguez will executive-produce alongside Emily Gipson, with Robin Shorr (The Carmichael Show, The Middle) attached as showrunner. Series creator Ilana Peña (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will pen the scripts.
STATUS: 10-episode, straight-to-series order.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Everett Collection (Inset: Hudson Taylor) DOOGIE KAMEALOHA, M.D.
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Peyton Elizabeth Lee (Andi Mack), Kathleen Rose Perkins (Episodes), Jason Scott Lee (Hawaii Five-0)
WHAT: Set in modern-day Hawaii, the Doogie Howser reboot follows Lahela “Doogie” Kameāloha, “a mixed race 16-year-old girl, juggling a budding medical career and life as a teenager,” according to the official logline. “Guiding Lahela (and also complicating things) is her family, including her spit-fire Irish mother who’s also her supervisor at the hospital, and her ‘Local Boy’ father struggling to accept that his daughter is no longer his little girl.”
STATUS: 10-episode series order.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney+ EARTH TO NED
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHAT: A comedic puppet talk show from The Jim Henson Company, in which Ned, a blue-skinned alien, and his lieutenant Cornelius, interview celebrity guests.
STATUS: Straight-to-series order.
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2019 D23 Expo - Day 2, Anaheim, USA - 24 Aug 2019
Image Credit: Shutterstock ENCORE!
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 12, when Disney+ launches
WHO: Host Kristen Bell
WHAT: The series, which started as an ABC special back in December 2017, “brings together former castmates of high school musicals, tasking them with re-creating their original performance years after they last performed it, in a high school reunion like no other.”
STATUS: Series order.
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falcon-winter-soldier-tv-series
Image Credit: Shutterstock (2) THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER
PREMIERE DATE: August 2020
WHO: Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan (the Avengers films), Daniel Bruhl (Captain America: Civil War), Emily VanCamp (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Wyatt Russell (Lodge 49), Desmond Chiam (Reef Break, Now Apocalypse), Miki Ishikawa (The Terror: Infamy), Noah Mills (The Enemy Within, The Brave)
WHAT: A series following superheroes Falcon and Winter Soldier, penned by Empire co-executive producer Malcolm Spellman.
STATUS: Series order.
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hawkeye-series
Image Credit: Courtesy of Marvel HAWKEYE
PREMIERE DATE: Fall 2021
WHO: Jeremy Renner (the Avengers films), Hailee Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga, Florence Pugh, Fra Fee, Tony Dalton, Alaqua Cox, Zahn McClarnon
WHAT: The limited series finds Renner’s Avengers character Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye, passing the world-saving torch to Kate Bishop, the first female to take the Hawkeye name after Clint.
STATUS: Series order.
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high-school-musical-the-musical-disney-plus
Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney Channel HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 12, when Disney+ launches
WHO: Joshua Bassett (Stuck in the Middle), Olivia Rodrigo (Bizaardvark), Matt Cornett (Bella and the Bulldogs), Kate Reinders (Ugly Betty), Julia Lester (Mom), Larry Saperstein, Sofia Wylie (Andi Mack), Dara Reneé (Freaky Friday), Frankie A. Rodriguez (Modern Family), Mark St. Cyr (Chicago P.D.)
WHAT: Inspired by Disney Channel’s trio of Zac Efron-Vanessa Hudgens movies, the series will follow a group of high school students who put on a performance of High School Musical as their fall production, only to realize that as much drama happens offstage as onstage. Shot as a mockumentary, each episode will include one original song, as well as one new version of a song from the HSM franchise.
STATUS: Renewed for Season 2 (VIEW PHOTOS)
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lizzie-mcguire-revival
Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney+ LIZZIE MCGUIRE
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Hilary Duff, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, Jake Thomas and recurring star Adam Lamberg
WHAT: In the revival of the Disney Channel series, Lizzie McGuire is just about to turn 30. She seemingly has it all – her dream job as an assistant to a fancy New York City Interior Designer, her dream guy and a picturesque Brooklyn apartment – but things aren’t always as they seem. With a little help from her old friends and some new ones to come, her well-meaning family and her 13-year-old alter-ego in animated form, Lizzie navigates the ups and downs of adulthood. Original creator Terri Minsky will return to produce.
STATUS: Series order. Not moving forward
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Loki
Image Credit: Courtesy of Marvel LOKI
PREMIERE DATE: Wednesday, June 9
WHO: Tom Hiddleston (the Thor films), Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show)
WHAT: A series about Hiddleston’s antihero Loki. No other details are available yet.
STATUS: Series order.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney+ THE MANDALORIAN
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 12, when Disney+ launches
WHO: Pedro Pascal (Narcos, Game of Thrones) in the title role, plus Nick Nolte (Graves), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Carl Weathers (Chicago Justice), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), Gina Carano (Deadpool), Ming-Na Wen (Agents of SHIELD), Werner Herzog, Julia Jones (the Twilight movies)
WHAT: The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order,” per executive producer/writer Jon Favreau. “We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy from the authority of the New Republic.”
STATUS: Renewed for Season 2, premiering October 2020
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the-mighty-ducks-disney-plus-series
Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney THE MIGHTY DUCKS
PREMIERE DATE: FMarch 26, 2021
WHO: Emilio Estevez will reprise his role as Coach Gordon Bombay. Lauren Graham (Parenthood, Gilmore Girls) and Brady Noon (Boardwalk Empire) also star.
WHAT: Based on the ’90s movie franchise, the series is set in present day Minnesota. The Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan (Noon) isunceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom Alex (Graham) set out to build their own ragtag team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of competitive youth sports. Steve Brill, who wrote all three films, returns as co-creator and EP, with Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa (The King of Queens) serving as co-creators and showrunners.
STATUS: Series order
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monsters-at-work-series
Image Credit: Courtesy of Pixar MONSTERS AT WORK
PREMIERE DATE: 2020
WHO: Returning voice cast members Billy Crystal, John Goodman, John Ratzenberger, Jennifer Tilly, and Bob Peterson. Plus, Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Henry Winkler (Barry), Lucas Neff (Raising Hope), Alanna Ubach (Coco), Stephen Stanton (Star Wars Resistance) and Aisha Tyler (Archer)
WHAT: Picks up six months after the original Monsters, Inc. movie, with the power plant now harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley’s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. The series follows Tylor Tuskmon (Feldman), an eager and talented young mechanic on the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team who dreams of working his way up to the factory Laugh Floor to become a Jokester alongside his idols Mike and Sulley.
STATUS: Series order.
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moon-knight-disney-plus
Image Credit: Courtesy of Marvel Comics MOON KNIGHT
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Oscar Isaac (Show Me a Hero), May Calamawy (Ramy)
WHAT: A series based on the Marvel comics superhero Moon Knight (aka Marc Spector).
STATUS: In development.
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marvels-secret-invasion
Image Credit: Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures SECRET INVASION
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Captain Marvel‘s Ben Mendelsohn as the shapeshifting Skrull named Talos, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Olivia Colman (The Crown), Kingsley Ben-Adir (High Fidelity, The OA)
WHAT: The project, based on the 2008 Marvel Comics crossover of the same name, follows a sect of Skrulls who have infiltrated all aspects of life on Earth.
STATUS: Ordered to series.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Marvel Comics MS. MARVEL
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: TBA
WHAT: A live-action series based on the character Ms. Marvel, who has existed in the Marvel comic books since the 1960s, but the show will focus on the latest incarnation: Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American teen who hails from New Jersey. (Khan became the first Muslim character to headline her own Marvel comic book.) Bisha K. Ali, a writer on Hulu’s Four Weddings and a Funeral adaptation, will pen the pilot and also serve as showrunner.
STATUS: In development.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of ABC MUPPETS NOW
PREMIERE DATE: 2020
WHAT: A short-form “unscripted” series featuring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the gang.
STATUS: Series order.
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Ewan McGregor Star Wars Series
Image Credit: McGregor on 'Revenge of the Sith' (Shutterstock) OBI-WAN KENOBI
PREMIERE DATE: Wednesday, May 25
WHO: Ewan McGregor (Star Wars), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Rupert Friend (Homeland), Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley), Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit), Sung Kang (Power), Simone Kessell (The Crossing), Maya Erskine (PEN15), O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Uncut Gems director Benny Safdie. Additionally, Joel Edgerton and Bonnie Piesse will reprise their prequel trilogy roles as young Luke Skywalker’s Uncle Owen Lars and Aunt Beru.
WHAT: The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, in which Obi-Wan Kenobi (McGregor) faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker.
STATUS: Premiere date set!
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proud-family-revival
Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney+ THE PROUD FAMILY: LOUDER AND PROUDER
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Kyla Pratt as Penny Proud, Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud, Paula Jai Parker as Trudy Proud, Jo Marie Payton as Suga Mama, Karen Malina White as Dijonay Jones, Soleil Moon Frye as Zoey Howzer and Alisa Reyes as LaCienega Boulevardez and Cedric the Entertainer as Uncle Bobby Proud.
WHAT: The animated revival picks up the story of its central character Penny Proud, while also including her madcap family: parents Oscar and Trudy, twin siblings BeBe and CeCe, and her grandmother Suga Mama (and Puff!). Creator/executive producer Bruce W. Smith and EP Ralph Farquhar will re-team with co-executive producer and story editor Calvin Brown, Jr.
STATUS: Series order.
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she-hulk-disney-plus
Image Credit: Courtesy of Marvel Comics SHE-HULK
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Tatiana Maslany (Perry Mason, Orphan Black), Ginger Gonzaga (I’m Dying Up Here). Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as The Hulk, while Tim Roth is reprising his Hulk character of The Abomination.
WHAT: A series based on Bruce Banner’s cousin Jennifer Walters (aka She-Hulk), who developed Hulk-like powers after receiving a blood transfusion from Banner. Jessica Gao (Rick and Morty) will serve as head writer.
STATUS: In development.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Cartoon Network STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
PREMIERE DATE: Friday, Feb. 21
WHAT: This revival of the Cartoon Network series will mark the return of classic characters Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi plus fan-favorites Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex.
STATUS: 12-episode order.
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'Captain Marvel' film premiere, Arrivals, El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, USA - 04 Mar 2019
Image Credit: Shutterstock TURNER & HOOCH
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Josh Peck (Grandfathered, Drake & Josh), Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Carra Patterson (The Arrangement), Anthony Ruivivar (The Haunting of Hill House, Third Watch), Brandon Jay McLaren (Graceland), Jeremy Maguire (Modern Family), recurring player Becca Tobin (Glee)
WHAT: Following in the footsteps of Tom Hanks, who headlined the 1989 buddy comedy about a compulsively neat cop and his four-legged sidekick, Peck will play Scott Turner, an ambitious and buttoned-up detective (or in this case a US Marshall) who realizes that the unruly dog he just inherited may be the partner he needs. Matt Nix (The Gifted, Burn Notice) is writing and exec producing the small-screen Turner & Hooch, with Bones‘ Josh Levy on board as a co-EP.
STATUS: Series order
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Disney UNTITLED CASSIAN ANDOR DRAMA
PREMIERE DATE: TBA
WHO: Rogue One‘s Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk and Genevieve O’Reilly, Denise Gough
WHAT: A Rogue One prequel series focusing Diego’s rebel spy Cassian Andor during the formative years of the Rebellion. The rousing spy thriller will explore tales filled with espionage and daring missions to restore hope to a galaxy in the grip of a ruthless Empire. Stephen Schiff (The Americans) will serve as showrunner, with the film’s co-writer Tony Gilroy set to write the pilot in addition to directing multiple episodes.
STATUS: Series order.
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scarlet-witch-disney-plus
Image Credit: Courtesy of Marvel WANDAVISION
PREMIERE DATE: Jan. 15, 2021
WHO: Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany (of the Avengers films), Teyonah Parris (as an adult version of Captain Marvel‘s Monica Rambeau), Kat Dennings (as her Thor character), Randall Parl (as his Ant-Man and the Wasp character) and Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)
WHAT: Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch and Bettany’s Vision are “two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives who begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.” The streaming series will “blend the style of classic sitcoms with Marvel Cinematic Universe.”
STATUS: Series order.
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Marvel's Agent Carter
Image Credit: Courtesy of ABC WHAT IF…?
PREMIERE DATE: Summer 2021
WHO: Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
WHAT: The first animated series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe features Wright as the voice of The Watcher and a whole lotta MCU vets, Atwell included, reprising their roles.
STATUS: Series order.
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Disney Plus Showcase, Arrivals, D23 Expo, Anaheim, USA - 23 Aug 2019
Image Credit: Shutterstock THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM
PREMIERE DATE: Nov. 12, when Disney+ launches
WHO: Jeff Goldblum
WHAT: A docuseries from National Geographic, in which viewers will get to see the world through Goldblum’s eyes.
STATUS: 12-episode series order.
