Disney is kicking off the new year by promoting its new sixth brand “Star” that will be coming to Disney+in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada, Singapore and across Europe on February 23rd.

A brand new trailer has been released showcasing some of the new movies and shows coming to the service.

Check out the new trailer below:

Disney has confirmed the following titles will be coming to Disney+:

Star Originals on Disney+

Big Sky

From visionary storyteller David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) comes Big Sky, an intense thriller that follows private detectives Cassie Dewell and Cody Hoyt as they join forces with his estranged wife and ex-cop, Jenny Hoyt, to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to find the women before it’s too late.

Big Sky stars Katheryn Winnick as Jenny Hoyt, Kylie Bunbury as Cassie Dewell, Brian Geraghty as Ronald Pergman, Dedee Pfeiffer as Denise Brisbane, Natalie Alyn Lind as Danielle Sullivan, Jade Pettyjohn as Grace Sullivan, Jesse James Keitel as Jerrie, with John Carroll Lynch as Rick Legarski and Ryan Phillippe as Cody Hoyt.

Love, Victor

Set in the world of the original 2018 film Love, Simon, the series follows Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.

Series and FIlms available via Star on Disney+

24

Kiefer Sutherland stars in this precedent-setting television series where the entire season takes place in one day, with each of the 24 episodes covering one hour, told in real time.

Lost

Mysteries abound as the 48 survivors of Oceanic Air Flight 815 find themselves stranded on an unidentified island with little hope of rescue.

Desperate Housewives

Looking down on her friends and family is a way of death for Mary Alice after she took her own life in her perfect house. Now, from beyond the grave, she takes us into the lives of her friends and neighbours: Susan is a divorcee and single mom who will go to any length for love; Lynette is an ex-career woman who traded the boardroom for boredom and mania as the mother of four unmanageable kids; Bree Van De Kamp is like Martha Stewart on steroids, with a family on the verge of mutiny; Gabrielle Solis is an ex-model with a rich husband and a big house, so what is she doing with the 17-year-old gardener? And serial divorcee Edie Britt’s conquests have everyone buzzing. Mary Alice sees more now than she ever did alive and she’s planning to share the secrets that hide behind every door in this seemingly perfect American suburb.

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. It all started when Ted’s best friend, Marshall (Jason Segel), dropped the bombshell that he was going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, and now wife, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realized that he had better get a move on if he too hopes to find true love. Helping him in his quest is Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a friend with endless, sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way to meet women. When Ted met Robin (Cobie Smulders), it was love at first sight, but when things didn’t work out, Ted realized destiny must have something else in store. The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future.

Prison Break

Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) is a desperate man in a desperate situation. His brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), is on death row and scheduled to die in a few months for an assassination Michael is convinced Lincoln did not commit. With no other options and time winding down, Michael holds up a bank to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary. Prison Break combines the hope of The Shawshank Redemption, the camaraderie of The Longest Yard and the tense procedure and spectacle of The Great Escape. This intriguing series reveals additional pieces of the puzzle each episode as Michael carries out his daring plan to mastermind the ultimate prison break – and solve the far-reaching national-scale conspiracy that landed his brother there in the first place.

The X-Files

Unconventional FBI agent, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), takes it upon himself to investigate a group of unsolved cases, known as the “X-Files,” that he believes involve paranormal phenomena. To keep tabs on his work–and in the hopes of debunking his theories–the FBI teams him up with Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), a young, skeptical agent who has a degree in medicine and a strong bias toward the scientific. As the pair works to solve these unexplained cases, Mulder’s strong belief in the forces of the unknown continues to challenge Scully’s rational mind. Their relationship grows more complex with each case, slowly emerging as a heady mix of professional competitiveness, witty repartee, and a mutual attraction that is heightened by the intensity of their tasks and the close proximity in which they work.

Atlanta

Atlanta revolves around Earnest “Earn” Marks (Donald Glover), a loner who returns to his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia (The Peach State) after dropping out of Princeton. Upon his arrival, he discovers his cousin Alfred has become Atlanta’s hottest new rap act. The show follows the cousins on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene, where their opposing views on art, commerce, success, and race will make their quest anything but easy. Earn is extremely smart, observant, and lost. As a disillusioned millennial, he struggles to find his calling or “brand” and feels that the game of life is fixed so that he can never win. He recognises that Alfred’s overnight YouTube popularity has the potential to become a life changing opportunity for them both – if he can reign in his cousin’s “act first, think later” attitude and get used to his drug-addled, possibly psychic (but definitely odd) sidekick Darius. As Alfred’s manager, Earn may finally find something to which it’s worth committing his energies.

Black-ish

Like any parents, Andre “Dre” (Anthony Anderson) and Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) Johnson want to give their children the best. But their offspring’s childhood is turning out to be much different than theirs. They now realize at least two things: There is a price to pay for giving their children more than what they ever had, and these loving parents are totally unprepared for the fallout. “Pops” (Laurence Fishburne), Dre’s dad, takes every opportunity to offer his old school opinion on family issues.

Die Hard movie franchise

A selection of titles from the Die Hard franchise will be available at launch.


To tie-in with the launch of this new mature content,  Disney+ will be getting some new parental controls that will include the ability to set limits on access to content for specific profiles based on content ratings and the ability to add a PIN to lock profiles with access to mature content.

With the increase in the number of movies and shows available on Disney+, sadly it does result in a price increase. Here is a look at the new pricing, which takes effect from February 23rd, 2021:

  • Canada: $11.99/month or $119.99/annual
  • Australia: $11.99/month or $119.99/annual
  • New Zealand: $12.99/month or $129.99/annual
  • UK: £7.99/month or £79.90/annual
  • Euro: 8.99/month or 89.90/annual
  • Norway: 89.00kr/month or 890.00kr/annual
  • Denmark: 79.00kr/month or 790.00kr/annual
  • Sweden: 89.00 kr/month or 890.00 kr/annual
  • Switzerland: CHF12.90/month or CHF129.00/annual
  • Singapore: $11.98/month or $119.98/annual

Existing annual subscriptions will continue to honour their existing price for up to 6 months in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Europe.  So if you haven’t taken out an annual subscription to Disney+ yet, this could be a good time to upgrade to save before the new prices come into effect.

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Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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4 Comments

  1. Peter January 4, 2021

    Star as a six tab on Disney+ I am so exci- Just kidding this is a bad idea of having more mature items on a streaming service. Sure But I'm also glad this will have parental controls for kiddies do not touch their laptop and they can watch friendly items on the platform. I don't understand why Disney is doing this. But still bad idea.

    1. Sean January 4, 2021

      Wrong and laughably wrong again, doofus 12 year old

    2. Snorebutt January 4, 2021

      This is kind of why I wanted Hulu instead. Star already feels inferior and outdated. The worst part is, we don't get a choice to remove it. It's there forever now. I'll settle for a very expensive VPN plan and get Hulu on my computer, thanks. I'd rather watch Hulu on, well, Hulu.

  2. Cale January 5, 2021

    I hope that the Family Guy episodes will be the uncensored extended versions instead of the censored terrestrial versions.