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Everything Officially Coming to Disney+ This Fall
Disney+ has become one of the largest streaming platforms of all time, thanks to the fact that they have the products and franchises of the likes of Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and more. However, despite this, they don’t seem to have a lot lined up for their fall schedule this year. There are only four Disney+ originals coming out this fall, which is surprising, given the fact that autumn is traditionally the time of the year in which network television shows begin their new seasons.
However, even though there’s not much coming, that doesn’t mean that the projects that actually are aren’t worth getting excited about. Marvel Studios has an all-new entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and one of Disney Animation’s biggest properties of all time is getting a short film, too. There’s a lot of love to be had for the many franchises and fictional worlds that the company has control over, and any chance to revisit the likes of the Star Wars franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and any other universe they have is always a welcome treat for most. Disney+’s content is usually decent (depending on the creatives working behind whatever project someone is watching), so fans can rest easy knowing that the majority of these projects will be at the very least good or, hopefully, great!
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‘LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian’ (September 2nd)
Disney loves teaming up with LEGO, doing so quite frequently with almost all of their biggest franchises, and their LEGO Star Wars series is returning to Disney+ on September 2nd with LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian. This new animated television special is a small celebration of The Mandalorian, recapping the events of the three seasons in LEGO form, meaning a far more cartoony and comedic take than the original, which is what the brick-based company is most well-known for across almost all media. Having explored franchises like Marvel, DC Comics, Indiana Jones, and, of course, Star Wars, they have a plethora of experience taking pre-established intellectual properties and retelling them in ways that are new and refreshing, without losing the main heart behind the original stories, thanks to most of their early video games retelling the stories from the movies they were based on — the LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Indiana Jones series, most notably. Whether actors like Pedro Pascal will return from the original series is still up in the air, but they typically do not, so no one would be surprised if they get someone else to voice the titular Mandalorian this go around.
It’s a tad disappointing that this isn’t going to be a new story for the iconic duo. Fans of LEGO projects, especially those who love the highly popular LEGO Star Wars video games from the past, already know, though, that, at the very least, this is going to deliver an adventure that — while already having been told — will be done in an all-new way that will be extremely entertaining, especially for those who have seen it already. It’s very hard to deny the opinion that the vast majority of audiences all over the world adore pretty much anything Star Wars-related at this point, and there will likely be a lot of love for LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian when it releases on September 2nd.
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‘VisionQuest’ (October 14th)
There’s no denying that the MCU is pretty much always going to be successful, and people will turn the television on to watch their silver screen adventures. This is especially true when it comes to the upcoming miniseries, VisionQuest, which is acting as a trilogy-capper to what the studio is considering the “WandaVision trilogy” that’s been so popular since the beginning of Disney+’s reign over streaming. Starting with the ever-popular WandaVision, then continuing with Agatha All Along, it only makes sense that people are going to come out for the likes of VisionQuest. How it will connect to the other two shows, aside from featuring the second half of the Maximoff kids, Tommy Maximoff (Ruaridh Mollica), is still unknown, though.
What VisionQuest really has going for it is the return of the fan-favorite Avengers: Age of Ultron villain, Ultron (James Spader). Say what one wants about The Avengers sequel, but most Marvel fans agree that Ultron was a super cool villain, especially with Spader as the performer — perfect casting. The only thing that is truly holding VisionQuest back, however, is its centering on the new Vision (Paul Bettany) himself, with people not being super interested in him post-WandaVision. Audiences miss the Vision they know and love and are, for the most part, unsure about what to think of this new one. That doesn’t make it uninteresting to people, but it is the one thing holding this back from being extremely exciting for viewers. However, there’s no question that people will be pulling up to Disney+’s home page for VisionQuest regardless.
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Untitled Frozen Short Film (October TBD)
At some point in October, fans of the Frozen franchise will be treated to a new short film that leads directly into the upcoming release of Frozen III in theaters on November 24th. There have been a few Frozen short films over the years since the first was released in 2013. Typically, most of these shorts are like this upcoming one, providing a story that is either a cute spin-off to fill the gap between movies or to lead into whatever the next one may be — there’s even one that depicts the adorable Olaf’s (Josh Gad) origin story after he was created by Elsa (Idina Menzel), leading up until he met Anna (Kristen Bell) and Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) in the first entry in the series.
All of this in mind, there are plenty of reasons to be excited about this upcoming Frozen short film, especially since it is going to be a prequel of sorts to Frozen III, which is already extremely anticipated. Regardless of whether it’ll be shorter and more comedy-based like Frozen Fever or something a bit longer and more plot-driven, there’s zero doubt in anyone’s mind that this is going to be a project that fans of the franchise are going to have fun with. Safe to say that Frozen fans are absolutely eating good this year, and that’s something worth celebrating. Frozen III is going to be a smash hit, so here’s hoping that this new short film will be a big success for the franchise, too. Also, one can only hope that Olaf is going to be a big presence, given the fact that he is traditionally the most utilized character in previous short films in this series.
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 3 (November 20th)
The book series of the same name, written by the ever-talented Rick Riordan, is already a gigantic success — even being considered the Harry Potter series’ biggest rival — as it is. Almost everyone can agree, though, that, in the past, the franchise has had an extremely difficult time in live-action media, thanks to the general reception of the two films that were released in 2010 and 2013. While nowadays a lot of diehard fans have plenty of nostalgia for them, they’re commonly agreed upon as movies that are really rough around the edges and executed poorly all-around, both as adaptations and as films in general. Fans of the series got quite excited in 2023, though, when they finally got a book-accurate Disney+ series in the form of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1, which adapts the entire first book — the best way to go about making a book-to-live-action adaptation, honestly.
With said format being present, it’s easy to understand that the third season entry of the series is going to be adapting the abundantly beloved third book in the original series, The Titan’s Curse. This is the novel where the story takes a dramatic turn, and things truly begin to kick into gear for the main characters, much like how Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was for the Harry Potter franchise. This means the same is going to be true for the show, because of how genuinely book-accurate it is. Things are likely going to explode for Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) this season, and that means there’s abundant reason for fans to get excited. Starting on November 20th, Percy’s life is going to change in ways that non-book fans who don’t know what happens are not ready for.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians
- Release Date
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December 19, 2023
- Network
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Disney+
- Showrunner
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Jonathan E. Steinberg, Dan Shotz
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Walker Scobell
Percy Jackson
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Leah Sava Jeffries
Annabeth Chase
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