New to Disney+ in November

In the wake of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings and HBO’s House of the Dragon comes the next fantasy saga reboot, Willow.

The Disney+ sequel to Ron Howard’s 1988 movie that was shot in NZ will stream from November 30, with Warwick Davis again in the titular role. Reads the blurb:

The Nelwyn sorcerer returns, years after rescuing the infant empress Elora Danan, to lead group of misfit heroes on a harrowing rescue mission through a world beyond imagination.

“The new Willow looks magical and whimsical in all the right ways,” Forbes reckons. “The trailer captures pretty much everything I want out of a return to the fantastical land of Andowyne … Swashbuckling adventure, the rise of a dread new evil, a colourful cast of interesting characters and plenty of humour.”

Also new will be:

• Donna Hay Christmas (November 2)
• Zootopia+, a short-form series that dives deeper into the lives of some of the Oscar-winning movie’s most intriguing residents (November 9)
• superstar underdog reality series Save Our Squad with David Beckham (November 9)
• Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, in which the Thor star undertakes extreme challenges (November 16)
• belated movie sequelsThe Santa Clauses (November 16) and Disenchanted (November 18)
• the sprawling true-crime saga Welcome to Chippendales (November 22)
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (November 25).

Also of note will be Fleishman Is In Trouble (November 17), a Star Original series about a recently divorced 41-year-old (Jesse Eisenberg) who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school.

But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife (Claire Danes) disappears, leaving him with their 11-year-old and nine-year-old and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return.

Other highlights will include Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium (November 21) and three modern TV classics, two about lawyers, the other about firefighters:

November 1

God Forbid: The Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty

November 2

Damages S1-5

Grown-ish S5 (E1-9)

American Horror Story: Double Feature

November 3

Marvel Studios’ Assembled: The Making of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

November 4

Director by Night

Marvel Studios Legends S1

November 9

Los Montaner S1

The Next Thing You Eat S1

The Stolen Cup S1

Good Trouble S4 (E10-18)

November 11

The Great American Tag Sale with Martha Stewart

Mary Poppins Returns (Sing-Along Version)

Fire of Love

Two Men at War

November 16

Ben Gri S1

Me & Mickey (shorts) S1

November 18

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse

Best in Snow

Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind

Byron Bowers: Spirtual N***a

Shortsgiving

November 23

Papas Por Encargo S1 (Mexico)

The D’Amelio Show S2

The Come Up S1

Big Bet (aka King of Savvy) S1(South Korea)

Limbo S1 (Argentina)

Ally McBeal S1-5

November 25

The Hip Hop Nutcracker

November 30

El Club De Los Graves S1

Wild Crime S2

Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute S1

Bleach S1-16

Rescue Me S1-6