Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Disney+‘s Australian library. Here’s Eliza Janssen’s recommendations for the titles most worth watching. Scroll down for the full list of everything arriving on the platform.
Top picks
The Company You Keep: Season 1 (April 5)
Adapted from a South Korean TV series, this sexy new drama stars Milo Ventimiglia and Catherine Haena Kim as lovers on either side of the thin blue line: he’s a family man whose family business happens to be wide-scale con jobs, she’s an undercover CIA agent. The closer they get to one another, of course, the closer their professional lives head towards a disastrous criminal collision course. But judging from that Real Housewives-esque promo image above, we’ll get plenty of high society glam and saucy romantic longing before the hammer of justice finally bangs down.
Rennervations (April 12)
In awe of this reality reno show’s absolutely perfect title. If you didn’t know that Jeremy Renner was a veteran contractor before he became the least essential member of Marvel’s Avengers, you’re about to find out, in four episodes of heartwarming reconstructions. Renner is joined by Disney-adjacent stars such as Vanessa Hudgens and Anthony Mackie as he turns decommissioned vehicles into purpose-built community hubs, such as mobile water treatment facilities and dance studios. It’s bro-y, it’s star-powered, and it gives back to communities around the world in its own strange, self-indulgent way.
Peter Pan & Wendy (April 28)
J.M. Barrie’s original text for Peter Pan shows a little-depicted side of savagery: its ever-youthful hero is capable of being quite cruel, in that callous way that kids often are. I wonder if David Lowery’s gritty retelling of the tale will capture that. He’s wisely cast an actual Indigenous performer, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, as Tigerlily, and a cast of young unknowns will bring a grounded dreaminess to their familiar roles. Plus Jude Law’s got his pirate hat on as Captain Hook, bringing a touch of camp and character to an otherwise totally fresh update.
All new titles arriving on Disney+ Australia in April
April 1
Tengoku-Daimakyo: Season 1
April 5
The Company You Keep: Season 1
The Crossover: Season 1
The Lesson Is Murder: Season 1
The Pope: Answers
The Good Mothers: Season 1
Restaurants at the End of the World: Season 1
Arranged: Season 1
Grown-Ish: Season 5
History: The Interesting Bits: Season 1
Kiff: Season 1
Raven’s Home: Season 5
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Season 1
Area21 Live On Planet Earth
April 7
Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter
Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer
Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story
Patsy & Loretta
Adriana Trigiani’s Very Valentine
Tiny Beautiful Things: Season 1
April 12
Rennervations: Season 1
It’s All Right!: Season 1
Single Drunk Female: Season 2
Disney Junior Mickey Mouse Funhouse: Season 2
Justified: Seasons 1-6
Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir: Season 5
Good Trouble: Season 5
April 14
My Apologies
Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
April 17
Family: The Unbreakable Bond: Season 1
April 19
Mask Vs. Knight: Season 1
Cake: Season 5
What We Lose to Love: Season 1
April 20
Quasi
April 22
Secrets of the Elephants
April 26
Matildas: The World at Our Feet
The 1619 Project: Season 1
Sam: A Saxon: Season 1
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: Season 1
Dangerous Beauty
April 28
Clock
Peter Pan & Wendy
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