Tag: Disney Plus

  • ‘Marvel Zombies’

    ‘Marvel Zombies’

    Premiere: October 2025

    After making their MCU debut in What If…?, Marvel Zombies are headed to Disney+ in their own animated series. The announcement came as part of Disney+ Day, on November 12 2021.

    Eight months later, at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, there was confirmation that the show was eyeing a 2024 Disney+ release and that the project would be TV-MA which, according to the FCC, means that “This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17”.

    While at New York Comic Con 2022, writer Zeb Wells revealed that the series would consist of four episodes.

    On October 30, 2024 as part of a preview of Marvel Studios’ 2025 streaming slate, it was revealed that the series would debut “in time for Halloween” 2025.

  • X-Men ’97

    X-Men ’97

    Premiere: March 20, 2024

    The series, officially announced on Disney+ Day on November 12, 2021, will be a revival of the 90’s series, continuing the stories told over its 5 seasons. Original voice actors Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, and Alyson Court will be returning to work on the series.

    Some major news came out of San Diego Comic-Con’s Marvel Animation panel in July 2022 as Magneto was revealed to be the new leader of the X-Men in X-Men ’97. Mister Sinister is set to be the series’ main villain with Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Callisto, and Val Cooper also making appearances. Cable, Bishop, Forge, and Morph will be joining the main X-Men team that is basically the same as in the original series.

    A second season was also announced at SDCC 2022.

    Cast

    • Cal Dodd as Wolverine
    • Ray Chase as Cyclops
    • Jennifer Hale as Jean Gray
    • Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm
    • Ross Marquand as Charles Xavier
    • Matthew Waterson as Magneto
    • Lenore Zann as Rogue
    • AJ LoCascio as Gambit
    • Holly Chu as Jubilee
    • George Buza as Beast
    • Adrian Hough as Nightcrawler
    • Chris Potter as Cable
    • JP Karliak as Morph
    • Gil Birmingham as Forge
    • Gui Augustini as Sunspot
    • Isaac Robinson-Smith as Bishop
    • Ron Rubin as President Kelly
    • Catherine Disher as Valerie Cooper
    • Lawrence Bayne as X-Cutioner
    • Alyson Court as Abscissa
    • Chris Britton as Mister Sinister
    • Eric Bauza as the Sentinels
    • Theo James in an unknown role
  • ‘Loki’ Season 2

    ‘Loki’ Season 2

    Premiere: TBD 2023

    A second season of the original series was confirmed in early 2021 making it the first Marvel Studios Disney+ to do so. There is still no work on production schedules, with one of the few certainties regarding season two being that director Kate Herron won’t be returning. Both Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino are expected to be reprising their roles, and with actors in other lead and supporting roles having options for a second season written into their contracts, it’s very likely we’ll be reunited with a larger number of familiar faces.

    In a February 2022 interview, Owen Wilson stated that production for Loki season 2 would start “very soon”, perhaps hinting at a 2023 release. This was seemingly confirmed when Cinematographer Isaac Bauman shared a picture taken on set in June 2022 marking the beginning of production on season 2.

    With production well underway, fans got their first looks at Hiddleston and Wilson on set, as well as the return of Di Martino‘s Sophie. Composer Natalie Holt was also set to come back following her work on season one.

    Production on the show seemingly wrapped in October 2022, ahead of its 2023 premiere.

    Cast

    • Tom Hiddleston as Loki
    • Sophia Di Martino as Sophie
    • Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius
    • Katie Dickey in an unknown role
    • Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna
    • Eugene Cordero as Casey
    • Ke Huy Quan as Oroboros
    • Jonathan Majors as Kang
  • Agatha All Along

    Agatha All Along

    Premiere: September 18, 2024

    One of the biggest WandaVision highlights was Kathryn Hahn‘s performance as Agnes / Agatha Harkness, a role that garnered Hahn am Emmy nomination. So being it came with little surprise when in October 2021 a trade report announced that there was an Agatha-centric series in development at Marvel Studios. Hahn is set to return as the witch that kept herself hidden in plain sight throughout the first Marvel Studios streaming series, this time taking center-stage as the MCU expands its foray into its witchcraft mythology. After originally be titled Agatha: House of Harkness, the show’s title changed to Agatha: Coven of Chaos and then again to Agatha: Darkhold Diaries.

    Jac Schaeffer, who brought Agatha to life in WandaVision, is heading up the show for Marvel Studios.

    The series is reportedly eyeing a 2023 production start, something that would hint at a 2024 Disney+ release. Kathryn Hahn later confirmed that the show would begin production around November 2022.

    A couple of rumors surfaced in late 2022, one regarding a possible appearance by Billy Kaplan (a.k.a. Wiccan) and Teddy Altman (a.k.a. Hulkling) and the other focusing on the possible adaptation of elements from the comics’ The Children’s Crusade storyline. In November 2022, Joe Locke joined the cast as Billy Maximoff/Billy Kaplan/Wiccan.

    Ali Ahn, Emma Caulfield, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp and Sasheer Zamata all joined the cast as part of Agatha’s coven and Aubrey Plaza will play the mysterious Rio Vidal.

    During their TV Upfront presentation on May 14th, Marvel Television revealed the final (?) title for the series, Agatha All Along, as well as a premiere date of September 18th. As has been the case with many of Disney’s major streaming series, Agatha All Along will have a two-episode premiere.

    Cast

    • Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness
    • Joe Locke as Billy Kaplan/Wiccan
    • Aubrey Plaza as Rio Vidal
    • Sasheer Zamata as Jennifer Kale
    • Patti LuPone as Lilia Calderu
    • Ali Ahan as Alice
    • Debra Jo Rupp as Sharon Davis
    • Emma Caulfield as Sarah Proctor
    • David Payton as John Collins
    • David Lengel as Harold Proctor
    • Kate Forbes as Evanora Harkness
  • ‘The Midnight Angels’

    ‘The Midnight Angels’

    Premiere: TBD

    In late May 2021, in the unlikeliest of places (a trade report focusing on Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys for 2021), there was a reference to an Okoye-centered series being developed over at Marvel Studios, supposedly focusing on her origin story. Since its (proper) introduction in 2018’s Black Panther, Wakanda always felt like it had the appeal to allow for further exploration be in through movies or tv series. Chadwick Boseman‘s passing might have fast-tracked a few spin-offs and so it comes with little surprise that Okoye, one of the most beloved characters emerging from the world of the Black Panther, has been chosen as one of the faces Marvel will be focusing on.

    Cast

    • Danai Gurira as Okoye
  • ‘I Am Groot’

    ‘I Am Groot’

    Premiere: August 10, 2022

    It was revealed during The Walt Disney Company’s 2020 Investor Day presentation that Baby Groot would be featured in a number of shorts, alongside several new and unusual characters. Kristen Lepore will serve as Executive Producer and director of the series which will focus on Baby Groot’s adventures while “growing up, and getting into trouble, among the stars.”

    After a period of little news regarding this project, in late 2021 Disney+ announced it would be a part of their 2022 programming.

    With the release of the show’s first poster on June 5, 2022, fans got confirmation that I Am Groot would be premiering on August 10, only on Disney+. The following month there was confirmation that Bradley Cooper would be returning to voice Rocket in the show.

    During the Marvel Animation panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, there was official confirmation that I Am Groot had been renewed for a second season ahead of its Disney+ premiere.

    Cast

    • Vin Diesel as Groot
    • Bradley Cooper as Rocket

    Promotional Material

  • ‘What If…?’ Season 3

    ‘What If…?’ Season 3

    Premiere: December 22, 2024

    Announced at the Marvel Animation panel at Comic-Con 2022, season 3 of Marvel Studios’ What It…? is confirmed to be in development as of July 2022. As of then, no release date had been disclosed.

    Following Season 2’s finale on Disney Plus, a sneak peak at Season 3 was made available that teased it would be “streaming soon.” Executive producer Bryan Andrews indicated that the earliest the new season would stream would be “late 2024” but cautioned that could easily change as Marvel Studios is “moving things on the board.”

    On October 30th, 2024, Disney announced that Season 3 was set to premiere on December 22nd and, like Season 2, release new episodes daily.

    Cast

    • Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher
    • Sebastian Stan as James “Bucky” Barnes
    • David Harbor as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian
    • America Ferrera as Ranger Morales
  • Ironheart

    Ironheart

    Premiere: June 24, 2025

    In 2023, Marvel Studios Ironheart will stream on Disney Plus and tell the story of genius inventor Riri Williams. Williams will be played by Dominique Thorne and it is expected her story will spin out of one of Marvel Studios’ feature films and also likely tie into Armor Wars.

    In late April 2021 THR confirmed that Chinaka Hodge would be joining the Ironheart production as its head writer, with the writers’ room for the show set to begin working the following month. It was also reported that the show would have six episodes, with a still undisclosed expected runtime.

    With news that the series would start production around April 2022, Marvel seemed to be eyeing an early 2023 release date; however, despite having completed production on time, the series will not be released until Fall 2025.

    On October 30, 2024 it was announced that Ironheart was scheduled to debut on Disney Plus on June 24, 2025.

    Charming teenage super genius Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) returns from MIT to her hometown of Chicago in her iron suit and begins to unravel threads that bring danger and adventure to her doorstep.

    -Synopsis for Ironheart

    A trade report in early February 2022 announced that Anthony Ramos, of Hamilton and In The Heights fame, would be making his MCU debut in Ironheart. Soon after Lyric Ross was added to the cast, as was Harper Anthony, both in undisclosed roles. Directors Sam Beiley and Angela Barnes became attached to the series in April 2022 with Manny Montana (Good Girls) joining the cast as a series regular in June.

    The series would reportedly start filming in the Chicago area in June 2022, something somewhat confirmed with the release of on-set photos in July.

    Alden Ehrenreich (Solo) was announced as being part of the cast in July 2022, with Shea Couleé soon following. Both are playing unknown roles in the series. Despite several leaks, it wasn’t until September 2022, at D23, that there was official confirmation that Ramos would be playing Parker Robbins AKA The Hood.

    Regan Aliyahwho joined the cast at the end of August, was rumored to be playing Zelma Stanton, something that would certainly play into the magical approach that the project seems to be getting. Another character that seems to be making its MCU debut, following years of speculation as to in what project it would turn up first, is none other than Mephisto. Sacha Baron Cohen is bringing the extra-dimensional Demon to life, in what should be a multi-year, multi-project type of role for the British actor. A few days later it would be Paul Calderón‘s and Cree Summer‘s turn to be confirmed as part of the cast for the Disney+ series.

    Cast

    • Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams/Ironheart
    • Anthony Ramos as Parker Robbins/The Hood
    • Shakira Barrera in an unknown role
    • Saha Baron Cohen as Mephisto
    • Alden Ehrenreich as “Joe McGillicuddy” (likely Ezekiel “Zeke” Stane)
    • Anji White as Ronnie Williams
    • Matthew James Elam as Xavier Washington
    • Lyric Ross as Natalie Washington
    • Regan Aliyah in an unknown role
    • Harper Anthony in an unknown role
    • Manny Montana as Cousin John
    • Shea Couleé as Slug
    • Paul Calderón an unknown role
  • ‘Armor Wars’

    ‘Armor Wars’

    Premiere: TBD

    Based on a 7-issue Iron Man arc that ran from 1987-1988, Armor Wars will see Don Cheadle‘s James Rhodes step into the spotlight and lead his own Disney Plus series! As teased by Kevin FeigeArmor Wars will find himself scrambling to save his friend Tony Stark’s tech when it falls into the wrong hands.

    In July 2021, Don Cheadle mentioned the show should begin production in 2022, perhaps as early as March. The following month the series found its head writer in Yassir Lester.

    Following a period with little to no news regarding the show, in September 2022, at Marvel Studios D23 panel, it was announced that the series would serve as a follow-up to Secret Invasion and would be comprised of 6-episodes. Production on the show was confirmed to begin in 2023.

    Just a few weeks afterward, in a stunning move, it was reported that Armor Wars would be developed as a movie instead of a streaming series. After going quite some time without an update, it was reported early in 2024 that Marvel Studios was on the search for a director with hopes of kicking off production on Armor Wars in late 2024 or early 2025. If things stay on track, it’s possible that the film could take one of three dates set aside in 2026 for Marvel Studios films.

    Cast

    • Don Cheadle as James Rhodes / War Machine
  • ‘Echo’

    ‘Echo’

    Premiere: TBD 2023

    In March of 2021 a trade report announced that an Echo solo series focusing on the deaf Native American character was in development at Marvel Studios with Alaqua Cox,  that’s set to make her MCU debut in the Hawkeye series alongside Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld, returning to the role. Most other Disney+ series developed by Marvel Studios have been spin-offs of their feature films with Echo set to become the first spin-off of one of these original Disney+ shows. Its premiere date is, as of now, to be determined.

    With news that the series would start production as early as January 2022, it’s becoming more likely that it’ll manage to be released by the end of the year.

    Academy Award-nominated actor, Graham Greene, joined the production in an undisclosed role in March 2022. Also apparently joining the show would be two powerhouse names that officially joined the MCU in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye, respectively: Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio. Also with a non-confirmed appearance in the series is Devery Jacobs May even if that also seems like it might actually be true. This was confirmed soon after via a trade report. In May 2022 a few other names were confirmed to have been cast in the show, including Chaske Spencer (The Twilight Saga), Tantoo Cardinal (Wind River), Cody Lightning (Four Sheets to the Wind), and Zahn McClarnon (Reservation Dogs).

    With production starting in late April 2022, the series seems headed for a 2023 streaming debut. This was later confirmed alongside the release of its first look and official synopsis in May 2022.

    Cast

    • Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez / Echo
    • Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
    • *Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil
    • Graham Green in an unknown role
    • Devery Jacobs May in an unknown role
    • Zahn McClarnon as Willie Lopez
    • Chaske Spencer in an unknown role
    • Tantoo Cardinal in an unknown role
    • Cody Lightning in an unknown role

    (* indicates RUMORED additions to the cast)