What’s Coming To Disney+ In August 2023 (Australia/New Zealand)
Disney+ subscribers in Australia and New Zealand will have plenty of new original content to enjoy in August, including the latest Star Wars live-action series, the return of “Only Murders In The Building” and “Futurama”, and much more.
NOTE – This list isn’t complete and will be updated with new additions as they are announced. The list is also subject to change. Content may vary depending on your country, and this list is based on Australia’s release schedule.
Here is the full rundown:
Wednesday, 2nd August 2023
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 3
In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket’s life—a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures – 6 New Episodes
Set during The High Republic era, the animated series follows Jedi Younglings as they study the ways of the Force and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi. The series was recently nominated for a 2023 Television Critics Association Award and was awarded a Common Sense Seal from Common Sense Media, which acknowledges outstanding media that families can enjoy together.
FX’s Justified: City Primeval (S1) – New Episode
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell’s attorney, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well. These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion, to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.
Minnie’s Bow-Toons: Camp Minnie: Season 1
Minnie and Daisy have adventures in the great outdoors as they open Camp Minnie; with Clarabelle as the activities director and Cuckoo-Loca there to lend a wing, hijinks abound.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends: Season 2 – New Episode
Peter Parker, Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy join forces with Hulk, Ms Marvel and Black Panther to fight their common enemies and learn that working together as a team is the best.
Friday, 4th August 2023
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing & Vanderpump
You’ve heard all about #Scandoval, but the most explosive scandal raging behind the scenes of “Vanderpump Rules” is The Randall Scandal. This documentary from ABC News Studios and LA Times Studios charts the unbelievable tale of B-movie mogul Randall Emmett who rose to fame on the heels of his engagement to Bravo megastar Lala Kent. When their relationship publicly collapses and a bitter custody dispute ensues, Randall is caught up in a swarm of bombshell allegations and lawsuits that rock Hollywood.
The First Responders – Season 2 – New Episode
A detective, a fireman and a paramedic work together to help people. Detective Jin Ho Gae solves the cases with his special skills as a detective. Bong do Jin plunges into fires as a fireman. Song Seol treats bodies and minds as a paramedic.
Saturday, 5th August 2023
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (Bleach Sennen Kessen-Hen) (S2, New Episode)
When a new enemy appears, Ichigo Kurosaki jumps back into the battlefield with his Zanpakuto to help those in need.
Monday, 7th August 2023
Futurama – Season 11 – Episode 3
Bender and the crew head west to join the bitcoin mining rush
Synduality Noir – New Episode
The year is 2222. It has been years since Tears of the New Moon, a mysterious rain, poured and wiped out almost the entire human race. The poisonous rain gave birth to deformed creatures devouring humans, and humanity fled from the danger. As means for survival, the humans then build an underground haven; Amasia. In this newly built dystopian city, in a pursuit of maintaining their existence, they run into an Artificial Intelligence named Magus. Not knowing how things will work between them, the story of how Humans and AI coinciding and trying to find their truths begin.
Tuesday, 8th August 2023
Only Murders In The Building – Season 3 – Episodes 1 & 2
From the minds of Steve Martin, Dan Fogelman and John Hoffman comes a comedic murder-mystery series for the ages. “Only Murders In the Building” follows three strangers (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez) who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one. 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. As they record a podcast of their own to document the case, the three unravel the complex secrets of the building which stretch back years. Perhaps even more explosive are the lies they tell one another. Soon, the endangered trio comes to realize a killer might be living amongst them as they race to decipher the mounting clues before it’s too late.
Wednesday, 9th August 2023
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series – Final Season
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.
FX’s Justified: City Primeval (S1) – New Episode
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell’s attorney, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well. These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion, to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.
Moving
In this supernatural action series, children who live in hiding with superpowers, along with their parents who live with painful secrets of the past, face enormous dangers together.
Hotel Del Luna: Season 1
Located in the middle of Seoul, Hotel del Luna is the eponymous hotel that caters only to ghosts; the beautiful but ill-tempered CEO is cursed to manage the hotel due to a terrible crime she committed, but cannot remember.
Cemara’s Family: Season 1
Euis and four of his friends, namely Deni, Rindu, Andi, and Ima, better known as Geng Kampung, are currently in high school and will take part in the national level quiz competition.
Firebuds – 5 New Episodes
Bo and his fire engine best friend, Flash, team up with their first responder friends to help others in their community with problems.
Friday, 11th August 2023
Jagged Mind
A woman plagued by blackouts and strange visions discovers she’s stuck in a series of time loops, possibly related to her mysterious new girlfriend.
BARNYARD OLYMPICS (1932)
Mickey and Pete go head to head in a variety of sporting events (running, rowing, vaulting and a wild bicycle race finale), as the entire barnyard (including Minnie and Horace Horsecollar) turns out to cheer them on. Pete resorts to cheating but Mickey wins in the end.
DONALD’S COUSIN GUS (1939)
Donald Duck’s gluttonous cousin, Gus Goose, comes for a visit and practically eats him out of house and home. When the direct approach to getting rid of his voracious houseguest fails, Donald resorts to desperate measures to dislodge him.
DONALD’S NEPHEWS (1938)
Donald attempts to practice child psychology (with a book called Modern Child Training) on his three visiting nephews – Huey, Dewey and Louie – who love to create mischief and play tricks on their long suffering Uncle Donald. The book has little impact on the troublemaking trio, who wreak havoc on Donald and his house.
THE FLYING JALOPY (1943)
Donald Duck buys a rattletrap used airplane from devious proprietor Ben Buzzard, who tricks the unsuspecting duck into making Ben the beneficiary in case of an accident. Ben then leads Donald on a reckless flight, trying to make the plane crash so that he collect a fortune from Donald’s misfortune.
GOOFY AND WILBUR (1939)
Goofy launched a series of his own solo cartoons with this inventive short film which finds him working in concert with his pet grasshopper pal, Wilbur, to lure fish to his net. Not realizing the harm that Wilbur is in until it is too late, Goofy springs into action to try and rescue his friend from an uncertain fate with a hungry frog.
MICKEY’S STEAM ROLLER (1934)
Mickey Mouse is driving a steamroller when his rambunctious twin nephews, Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse, accompanied by Minnie, stroll by. While Mickey flirts with Minnie, the twins hijack the machine and set out on a path of destruction with Mickey in hot pursuit. Mickey winds up being chased by the boys, resulting in a chaotic but happy moment.
The First Responders – Season 2 – New Episode
A detective, a fireman and a paramedic work together to help people. Detective Jin Ho Gae solves the cases with his special skills as a detective. Bong do Jin plunges into fires as a fireman. Song Seol treats bodies and minds as a paramedic.
Saturday, 12th August 2023
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (Bleach Sennen Kessen-Hen) (S2, New Episode)
When a new enemy appears, Ichigo Kurosaki jumps back into the battlefield with his Zanpakuto to help those in need.
Monday, 14th August 2023
Futurama – Season 11 – Episode 4
After Nibbler falls ill, the crew shrinks down for a dangerous mission into a desert world contained within his litter box.
Synduality Noir – New Episode
No episode details have been provided.
Tuesday, 15th August 2023
Only Murders In The Building – Season 3 – Episode 3
Oliver races to bring new life to his show as Mabel’s investigation into the actual murder collides with a surprising ally. Charles bonds with the cast, and Loretta proves her voice is invaluable.
Wednesday, 16th August 2023
Miguel Wants to Fight
Despite living in a neighborhood 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 turn his life upside down, Miguel and his three best friends —the stoic David (Christian Vunipola), the rowdy Cass (Imani Lewis) and the quick-tonged Srini (Suraj Partha)— enter into a series of hilarious misadventures as he tries to get into his first ever fight.
FX’s Justified: City Primeval (S1) – New Episode
No episode details have been provided
The Villains of Valley View: Season 2
Furious about insulting her family, Amy attacks Onyx, the leader of the supervillains. In an attempt to save themselves, Amy and her family live concealed in a Texas town.
My Mister: Season 1
A man in his 40’s withstands the weight of life. A woman in her 20’s goes through different experiences, but also withstands the weight of her life. The man and woman get together to help each other.
What We Do In The Shadows – Season 5 – (New Zealand)
In season five, Nandor feels his familiar (and sometimes friend) Guillermo slipping away as he seems to be spending much more time with Laszlo, whose skills as a gentleman scientist are put to the test as he tries to solve the mystery of the strange and very secret changes Guillermo is going through.
Nadja, suffering the effects of a previously-undiagnosed supernatural hex, reconnects with her family – or at least, a family – from the Old Country, Colin pursues the path of so many energy vampires before him by running for political office and The Guide tries to figure out where she fits in as the relative newcomer to this tightly-knit group who’ve known each other for centuries.
Friday, 18th August 2023
LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest
In the all-new special “LEGO® Disney Princess: The Castle Quest,” Tiana, Moana, Snow White, Rapunzel, and Ariel are off on an adventure as they are each unexpectedly transported to a mysterious castle. Shortly after arriving, they soon discover that Gaston has hatched an evil plan to take over all their kingdoms! The Princess characters must work together to solve challenges hidden deep within the castle walls and try to save their kingdoms from Gaston. Will bravery, quick-thinking, and teamwork prevail?
When Frank Met Carlitos
No details have been provided
The First Responders – Season 2 – New Episode
A detective, a fireman and a paramedic work together to help people. Detective Jin Ho Gae solves the cases with his special skills as a detective. Bong do Jin plunges into fires as a fireman. Song Seol treats bodies and minds as a paramedic.
Saturday, 19th August 2023
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (Bleach Sennen Kessen-Hen) (S2, New Episode)
When a new enemy appears, Ichigo Kurosaki jumps back into the battlefield with his Zanpakuto to help those in need.
Monday, 21st August 2023
Futurama – Season 11 – Episode 5
Bender uncovers the mysteries of the vast Momazon corporation.
Synduality Noir – New Episode
No episode details have been provided.
Tuesday, 22nd August 2023
Only Murders In The Building – Season 3 – Episode 4
Charles’s stage fright reaches unimaginable heights, involving a break from reality and multiple baby dolls. Mabel is confronted by a mysterious individual from her past with a pivotal proposal.
Wednesday, 23rd August 2023
Star Wars: Ahsoka – Episode 1 & 2
Set after the fall of the Empire, “Star Wars: Ahsoka” follows the former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.
FX’s Justified: City Primeval (S1) – New Episode
No episode details have been provided
Solar Opposites (S4, New Episodes)
A family of aliens from a better world must take refuge in middle America, and they disagree on whether Earth is awful or awesome.
FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 16
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” returns for a record-extending Sweet 16 Season. The Gang is ripping straight from the headlines as they yearn for the past and attempt to survive the year, navigating 2023 with 16 years of baggage and a few figures from their past rearing their heads. The show is produced by FX Productions.
The Wonder Years (S2, 10 episodes)
The coming-of-age story of a 12-year-old Black boy in Montgomery, Ala., in the late 1960s, as told by his adult self.
PJ Masks: Power Heroes: Season 1 – 4 New Episodes
When an asteroid heads for Earth, with the power to turn our heroes into villains, help arrives from an unexpected source.
Mickey Mouse Funhouse: Season 2 – 7 New Episodes
Mickey, Minnie and Funny go on an adventure to the Kingdom of Majestica, where they find out if dragons are friendly beings or not.
What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim: Season 1
A narcissistic executive gets romantically involved with his secretary after nine years of having a professional relationship.
Friday, 25th August 2023
Vacation Friends 2
Picking up a few months after the end of “Vacation Friends,” this uproarious sequel finds newly married couple Marcus and Emily inviting their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla, who are also newly married and have a baby, to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. His reason for traveling there in the first place is to meet with the owners of the resort to bid on a construction contract for a hotel they own in Chicago. But when Kyla’s incarcerated father Reese (Buscemi) is released from San Quentin and shows up at the resort unannounced at the worst possible moment, things get out of control, upending Marcus’ best laid plans and turning the vacation friends’ perfect trip into total chaos.
Cinderella – 4K Restored Version
When Cinderella’s dream of attending the Royal Ball and meeting the Grand Duke is hindered by her cruel stepmother, she gets some astounding help from her Fairy Godmother.
Explorer: Lost in the Arctic
Sir John Franklin set off from England in 1845 with two ships and 129 men to be the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, a new trade route over the top of the world, when Franklin’s ships vanished without a trace. Now, a team of explorers attempts to solve the mystery by retracing Franklin’s route in search of his long-lost tomb
The Squad: Home Run (Antigang: La Relève)
Former legend of the Antigang brigade known for its muscular and unconventional methods, Niels Cartier left the police following an robbery that went wrong, which led to the death of his wife. When the gang of robbers responsible for her death reappears eight years later, Niels does not let anyone get in his way to get revenge. Even if he has to form an explosive duo with his 14-year-old daughter who has a strong temperament.
The First Responders – Season 2 – New Episode
A detective, a fireman and a paramedic work together to help people. Detective Jin Ho Gae solves the cases with his special skills as a detective. Bong do Jin plunges into fires as a fireman. Song Seol treats bodies and minds as a paramedic.
Saturday, 26th August 2023
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War (Bleach Sennen Kessen-Hen) (S2, New Episode)
When a new enemy appears, Ichigo Kurosaki jumps back into the battlefield with his Zanpakuto to help those in need.
Monday, 28th August 2023
Futurama — Season 11 – Episode 6
Bender and Zoidberg travel through time to attack Robot Santa.
Synduality Noir – New Episode
No episode details have been provided.
Tuesday, 29th August 2023
Only Murders In The Building – Season 3 – Episode 5
Date night! New York proves itself both a jewel box and a fish tank of romance as Charles, Mabel & Oliver take their relationships to the next stage. And dating can reveal many hidden secrets, too…
Wednesday, 30th August 2023
Star Wars: Ahsoka – Episode 3
No episode details have been provided.
FX’s Justified: City Primeval (S1) – Finale
No episode details have been provided.
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life (Season 2) – New Episodes
Our two tiny troublemakers are back, with even wilder and crazier adventures! In their big city park, Chip and Dale are as eager as ever to increase their acorn stash. But their tumultuous dynamic makes it hard for things to ever go right. Along with Pluto, Donald, and even more Disney characters, the world’s favorite chipmunk duo take on a brand-new chunk of trouble!
Praise Petey – Season 1
Petey, a New York City “it” girl, has it all until her life comes crashing down around her, but she gets a new lease on life when she “leans into” modernizing her father’s small-town cult.
Never Say Never with Jeff Jenkins: Season 1
Travel journalist Jeff Jenkins travels the world testing the limits of his physical abilities; throughout his global odyssey, Jeff makes deep connections with locals and learns not just about the world, but also about himself.
NCT 127: The Lost Boys (S1, Two-Episode Premiere)
This series will see Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan reflect on their childhoods and experiences growing up in different parts of the world and how they’ve come to terms with their international success.
Impure – Season 4
The series is set in Rio de Janeiro, during the 90’s. Evandro dreams about becoming a great businessman, but ends up entering the world of crime and making an empire out of his criminal organization. His business skills and leadership abilities draw the attention of Morello, a federal police officer with a self-destructive behavior who sees in Evandro a worthy enemy. Two strategists that share the love for danger. The hunt down begins.
Life on Mars: Season 1
Han Tae-Joo (Jung Kyoung-Ho) leads a crime investigation team. He has experienced a rapid rise in his career and he trusts data over people. While investigating a serial murder case, he has an accident. When Han Tae-Joo wakes up, he finds himself in 1988. He does not know why, but he is now a detective appointed to work at a police station in a small city. To get back to the present day, Han Tae-Joo tries to solve a serial murder case.
Strangers from Hell: Season 1
Yoon Jong-Woo (Im Si-Wan) is a man in his 20’s. He has lived in a small town for all of his life, but he gets a job at a small office in Seoul. Yoon Jong-Woo moves out to Seoul and stays at a cheap apartment which shares its kitchen and bathroom with other residents. He doesn’t like staying at the apartment and he doesn’t like the other residents who seem weird and suspicious.
NOTE – This list isn’t complete and will be updated with new additions as they are announced. The list is also subject to change. Content may vary depending on your country, and this list is based on Australia’s release schedule.
What are you looking forward to watching on Disney+ in August?
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