Disney+ reveals full line-up of new shows arriving in 2023

Rory Cashin

Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, murder mysteries, powerful documentaries and … Colleen Rooney’s account.

Disney+ has revealed an extensive list of new series coming to the streaming platform throughout the rest of 2023… and to say we are PSYCHED to see pretty much all of them is a bit of an understatement. There are a lot of them to get through, so lets just go to it, shall we?

Ahsoka

Set after the fall of the Empire, Ahsoka follows the former Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.

Culprits

A darkly funny, whip-smart series about the aftermath of a heist. The crew has gone their separate ways, but someone is coming after them one by one. Starring Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Gemma Arterton, Kirby, Niamh Algar, Kamel El Basha, Tara Abboud, Kevin Vidal, Ned Dennehy, and Eddie Izzard.

The Bear (Season 2)

Disney+’s critically acclaimed original series “The Bear” is about food, family, the insanity of the grind, the beauty of Sense of Urgency – and its steep slippery downsides. As young chef Carmy and his crew work to transform their grimy sandwich shop into a next-level spot, they undertake transformational journeys of their own, each forced to confront the past and reckon with who they want to be in the future.

Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story (working title)

This brand-new unscripted four-part documentary series with Keanu Reeves tells the remarkable story of how, in 2009, competing in the most expensive and technologically advanced racing series on Earth, the impossible happened. An understaffed, underfinanced and independent team won the World Championship.

Echo (November 29)

Streaming exclusively on Disney+, the origin story of Echo revisits Maya Lopez, whose ruthless behaviour in New York City catches up with her in her hometown. She must face her past, reconnect with her Native American roots and embrace the meaning of family and community if she ever hopes to move forward.

Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory

The face of a new generation of aspirational adventurers and natural history filmmakers, 29-year-old National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory takes viewers on a series of epic and nail-biting journeys that push into the most spectacular and secretive corners of our wild world.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Season 4)

After an epic summer at Camp Shallow Lake, the Wildcats return to East High where they prepare a stage production of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. But plans are disrupted when Principal Gutierrez announces that Disney has decided to make the long-awaited High School Musical 4: The Reunion movie on location at their beloved high school.

The Full Monty (June 14)

Taking place 25 years after the original British smash hit, the eight hour-long episodes will follow the same band of brothers as they navigate the post-industrial city of Sheffield, and society’s crumbling healthcare, education, and employment sectors. The comedy-drama will uncover what happened to the gang after they put their kit back on, exploring their brighter, sillier and more desperate moments.

The Jewel Thief

The unbelievable firsthand account of Gerald Blanchard, one of the most creative, calculating and accomplished criminal masterminds in modern history. Two unlikely Winnipeg detectives track Blanchard across the globe as he perpetrates a series of increasingly elaborate heists in a quest for fame and notoriety through a life of crime.

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (July 5)

This action-packed animated sci-fi anthology presents 10 futuristic visions from Africa inspired by the continent’s diverse histories and cultures. Executive-produced by Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey, these 10 short films made by a new generation of animation creators draw on uniquely African perspectives to imagine brave new worlds of advanced technology, aliens, spirits, and monsters. This is Africa as you’ve never seen it before.

Lions of Sicily

Set between 1800 and 1861, the eight-part series follows the Florio family as brothers Paolo and Ignazio, two small spice merchants, escape from a Calabria stuck in the past – in search of social redemption. In Sicily they invent their future, turning a small, run-down shop into a flourishing business activity that young Vincenzo, with his revolutionary ideas, will transform into an economic empire. However, overwhelming Vincenzo’s life and that of the entire family is the disruptive arrival of Giulia, a strong and intelligent woman who acts in contrast with the rigid rules of the society of the time.

Loki Season 2 (October 6)

Marvel Studios’ first-ever second Disney+ season of a series. It features Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Sophia Di Martino and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, picking up immediately where Season 1 left off.

Miguel Wants to Fight

Despite living in a neighbourhood where fighting is stitched into the fabric of everyday life, high school junior Miguel (Tyler Dean Flores) has never found himself in one. And, to be honest, he’s perfectly fine with that. But when a combination of events turns his life upside down, Miguel and his three best friends – the stoic David (Christian Vunipola), the rowdy Cass (Imani Lewis), and the quick-tongued Srini (Suraj Partha) – enter into a series of hilarious misadventures as he tries to get into his first ever fight.

Only Murders In The Building Season 3 (August 8)

When a grisly death occurs inside their exclusive Upper West Side apartment building, the trio suspects murder and employs their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth. Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd joins the cast already including Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. The first two seasons have been some of the best on Disney+ to date.

Secret Invasion (June 21)

In Marvel Studios’ new Disney+ series “Secret Invasion”, set in the present-day MCU, Nick Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Maria Hill, and the Skrull Talos, who has made a life for himself on Earth. Together, they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save humanity.

Secrets & Sisterhood: The Sozahdahs

Raw, real and rife with shocking revelations, this new unscripted series follows 10 Muslim American sisters whose faith and bonds are put to the ultimate test while trying to navigate cultural expectations, their careers, and love in Los Angeles. The No. 1 rule the Sozahdah sisters swear by is “”amily over everything”, but what happens when the secrets these sisters hold sacred are revealed – and the TV series they thought would bring them together threatens to tear them apart?

Wagatha Christie (working title)

Wagatha Christie exposes the jaw-dropping story that has gripped a nation through exclusive access to the woman at the heart of it all, Coleen Rooney. The three-part series will also include interviews with her family, friends, and key players involved in the resulting trial. As well as the case itself, we will explore how Coleen has had her life played out in public for the last 20 years. We know her as one of Britain’s most famous celebrities and wife of England’s record-scoring footballer Wayne Rooney. However, this series highlights Coleen as a working-class teenager turned confident mother of four and businesswoman.

Welcome to Wrexham

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds run Wrexham Football Club as they try to create an underdog story that the world can root for. From Hollywood to Wales, the Disney+ docu-series tracks their crash course in ownership and the interwoven fates of a team and a town.

Win or Lose

Pixar Animation Studios’ first-ever original series, follows the intertwined stories of eight different characters as they each prepare for their big championship softball game. The series reveals what it actually feels like to be in the shoes of each characters – the insecure kids, their helicopter parents, even a lovesick umpire – with incredibly funny, very emotional and uniquely animated perspectives.

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