August 2023, Disney’s worlds are ready to entertain this weekend… and the choices are top-notch. Look for the season premiere of an acclaimed FX series; a truly galactic Disney+ debut; the network premiere of a particular Marvel superfan; and so much more! Read on for what to expect:
FX’s Reservation Dogs—Season 3 premiere is now streaming on Hulu
The critically acclaimed series is back for its third season, with the first two episodes now streaming. As we catch back up with the Rez Dogs, they find themselves stranded in California and must figure out their way back home… After making it to Okern, Elora (Devery Jacobs) considers the idea of college; Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) comes across a conspiracy theorist named Maximus (Graham Greene); Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) grows more invested in healing her community; and Cheese (Lane Factor)… well, he still lives with his grandmother who’s not his grandmother. Meanwhile, the aunties, uncles, and elders explore their past and try to heal old wounds. Season 3 is full of road trips, bathroom wisdom, unexpected fathers, boarding schools, Bigfoot, rumors, revenge, and healing.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3—now streaming on Disney+
The Marvel Studios film officially comes to the streaming service! In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, our beloved band of misfits is settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s (voiced by Bradley Cooper) turbulent past. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), still reeling from the loss of Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket’s life—a task that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them. Also stars Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Pom Klementieff, and featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, and Maria Bakalova.
The Croods: Family Tree—Season 7 is now streaming on Hulu.
The Croods and the Bettermans return with more misadventures on the farm, with hair-raising consequences for Grug (voiced by Kiff VandenHeuvel) when he overindulges in the experimental hair growth formula concocted by Phil (voiced by Matthew Waterson); meanwhile, Dawn (voiced by Abby Trott) wrestles with critiquing her mother’s beloved beetball recipe. Plus, when Eep (voiced by Ally Dixon) finds herself competing in an Alphafight (a tournament where animals fight to determine the dominant species), she must choose between making her kooky family proud or disrupting the balance of the croodimal kingdom forever!
Ms. Marvel—Saturday, August 5, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC
The Disney+ series debuts its network, as the first three episodes air this Saturday, August 5! (Why not prepare early for this fall’s The Marvels, eh?) The series introduces Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero megafan with an oversized imagination—particularly in Captain Marvel. Yet Kamala feels like she doesn’t fit in at school and sometimes even at home… that is until she gets superpowers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life gets better with superpowers, right?
BUNK’D—Sunday, August 6, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on Disney Channel
Back for another exciting summer at the sometimes struggling Camp Kikiwaka in rural Maine are its enthusiastic camp owner/director Lou (Miranda May) and several returning counselors and campers—all ready to tackle new and hilarious adventures! They also welcome witty and charming Parker Preston (Trevor Tordjman), who arrives to stake his 15 percent claim to the camp and brings his own over-the-top ideas… that don’t necessarily mesh with Lou’s. In tonight’s episode “Meat Cute,” camper Destiny (Mallory James Mahoney) and Parker try to open a restaurant.
