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Mickey Mouse may want to make a little room in the clubhouse because one of Walt Disney's earliest creations is officially getting his own show. Disney revealed new details about Oswald during the D23 Entertainment Showcase, including a first look at the upcoming Disney+ series and an official premiere date of February 17, 2027. And after being hidden away since the 1920s, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is about to discover that the world has changed. A lot. Created, written and executive produced by Jon Favreau, Oswald is an all-new live-action and animation hybrid series based on Walt Disney's classic character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Favreau also serves as one of the show's directors alongside Jude Weng and Andrew R. Jones. Disney unveiled a clip from the series for the D23 audience Friday night, giving fans their first taste of how the nearly century-old character will fit into a modern Disney+ series. The premise finds Oswald literally emerging from the past. According to Disney, an earthquake releases the cartoon rabbit after he has been hidden away since the 1920s. A middle-school boy and his group of friends discover Oswald and attempt to help him adjust to life in the modern world. So, yes, Oswald has some catching up to do. Wait until somebody hands that rabbit an iPhone. The upcoming series stars Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Ryder Allen and Al Madrigal, with Kathryn Hahn and Albert Brooks also joining the cast. Favreau, Andrew R. Jones, Karen Gilchrist and John Bartnicki serve as executive producers. Favreau's involvement makes the project especially interesting considering his long history of blending live-action filmmaking with animated characters and digital environments. His Disney credits include The Jungle Book and The Lion King, while his work within the larger Disney family also includes creating the Star Wars series The Mandalorian. This time, however, he's digging into a particularly important piece of Disney history. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit predates Mickey Mouse and was originally created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1927. Walt eventually lost control of the character to Universal, and the experience helped lead to the creation of Mickey Mouse. Decades later, Disney regained the rights to Oswald in 2006, bringing one of the company's earliest characters back home. Now he's getting the Disney+ spotlight. The live-action and animation hybrid format also feels particularly fitting for a character whose history stretches back to the earliest days of Disney animation. Rather than completely redesigning Oswald as a realistic animal, the concept allows the cartoon rabbit to enter a contemporary live-action world while still carrying the visual identity that made him recognizable nearly 100 years ago. Disney hasn't released the D23 clip publicly, so viewers outside the Honda Center will have to wait a little longer for their first proper look at footage from the series. Still, Friday night's presentation gives us a much clearer idea of what Favreau has planned and, most importantly, when we'll finally get to see it. For a character who spent decades largely outside the Disney family, landing his own streaming series is one heck of a homecoming. Oswald premieres February 17, 2027, exclusively on Disney+.

Grab the Keyblade because after more than two decades of games, Kingdom Hearts is finally making the jump to television. Disney announced at D23 that a Kingdom Hearts TV series is coming to Disney+ and Disney Channel, bringing the fan-favorite world created by Disney and Square Enix to the small screen with an original anime story. Yes, Kingdom Hearts is becoming an actual TV series. Somewhere, Donald Duck is already refusing to heal Sora when he needs it most. The upcoming project, currently operating under the working title Kingdom Hearts, is being developed by Disney in collaboration with Square Enix. Rather than simply retelling the story of the original 2002 video game, the animated series will feature a brand-new story set within the existing Kingdom Hearts universe. That opens up quite a few possibilities. The Kingdom Hearts franchise follows Sora, a young Keyblade wielder whose adventures bring him together with Donald Duck and Goofy as they travel across worlds inspired by Disney films while battling forces of darkness. Over the years, the games have incorporated characters and locations from Aladdin, Hercules, The Little Mermaid, Frozen, Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story, Big Hero 6 and plenty more. Basically, Disney had a multiverse before everybody decided they needed a multiverse. But longtime fans know there is much more to Kingdom Hearts than visiting Disney worlds. The franchise has developed an enormous mythology surrounding Keyblade wielders, Heartless, Nobodies, Organization XIII, different versions of characters, memories, hearts, darkness and enough interconnected storylines to make explaining the complete timeline at Thanksgiving dinner a very bad idea. Thankfully, the people behind the games aren't being left out of the television adaptation. Franchise creator Tetsuya Nomura is involved with the project alongside Square Enix's creative team, giving the upcoming Kingdom Hearts series a direct connection to the people responsible for building the universe in the first place. The announcement also comes as Kingdom Hearts approaches a major milestone. The original game was released for PlayStation 2 in 2002, introducing players to the unexpectedly perfect combination of Square Enix-style RPG storytelling and Disney characters. The franchise has since expanded across numerous games and platforms and has sold more than 38 million units worldwide. Yet despite the franchise's popularity, Kingdom Hearts has never received a full television adaptation. Until now. Disney's decision to tell an original story rather than directly adapting one of the games could also make the series more accessible to viewers who haven't spent the last 24 years studying Kingdom Hearts lore like they're preparing for the SATs. Newcomers could potentially enter the universe without needing to know every detail of Sora's increasingly complicated history, while longtime players can get a story they haven't already experienced. Disney is still keeping many details locked away somewhere in a treasure chest that apparently requires a Keyblade to open. A premiere date has not been announced, and there is currently no confirmed episode count or voice cast. Disney has also not announced which animation studio will produce the series. The final title remains unknown as well. For now, Disney is referring to the project as Kingdom Hearts (working title), meaning Kingdom Hearts: The Series or any other name floating around online should not be treated as official just yet. The series is expected to maintain the core identity that has defined the franchise: Disney worlds and characters colliding with the original heroes, villains and mythology created for Kingdom Hearts. Exactly which Disney properties will appear hasn't been revealed, leaving fans plenty of time to start making wish lists. And you already know those lists are going to get ambitious. The announcement arrives ahead of the franchise's 25th anniversary in 2027, making the timing especially fitting. After years of fans wondering whether Disney would ever bring Sora, Donald, Goofy and the Keyblade to television, the answer is finally yes. A Kingdom Hearts TV series is officially coming to Disney+ and Disney Channel, Square Enix is involved, Tetsuya Nomura is part of the project and the show will expand the universe with an original story rather than simply replaying the games we've already experienced. Now Disney just needs to tell us when it's coming, who's voicing everybody and which worlds we're visiting. And please, for the love of Mickey Mouse, somebody make sure Donald remembers Cure.

Grand Admiral Thrawn made it back to the known galaxy, and now everybody has a problem. Lucasfilm officially unveiled the Ahsoka Season 2 trailer at D23, offering the first major look at the next chapter of Rosario Dawson's Star Wars series while confirming a January 20, 2027 premiere on Disney+. And judging by the footage, Thrawn isn't wasting any time putting his plans into motion. The new season picks up following the Ahsoka Season 1 finale, which left Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren stranded on Peridea while Lars Mikkelsen's Grand Admiral Thrawn successfully escaped back to the main Star Wars galaxy. Ezra Bridger also made it home, but his reunion with his friends came with one pretty massive downside: Thrawn came with him. Now, the threat of another galactic war is getting very real. The Ahsoka Season 2 trailer shows Thrawn rallying the Imperial remnant as he prepares to challenge the New Republic, while Hera Syndulla, Ezra, Zeb Orrelios and everyone's favorite menace of a droid, Chopper, are among those facing the growing threat back home. Meanwhile, Ahsoka and Sabine still have the rather important task of figuring out how to escape Peridea. You know, no pressure. One of the biggest moments in the new footage comes from Hayden Christensen's return as Anakin Skywalker. Anakin challenges his former Padawan with a question that goes straight to the heart of Ahsoka's journey: Is she a Jedi or not? It's a question that has followed the character for years after she walked away from the Jedi Order, and Season 2 appears ready to make her finally confront it. Christensen joined Dawson and Eman Esfandi, who plays Ezra, at D23 alongside series creator Dave Filoni. The stage itself leaned heavily into another major piece of the upcoming season, with mist and imagery inspired by the mysterious Mortis gods surrounding the presentation. If you've been following Ahsoka's story since The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, you already know that anything involving Mortis tends to get very interesting very quickly. Then there's Baylan Skoll. Following the death of Ray Stevenson in 2023, Game of Thrones star Rory McCann has taken over the role, allowing Filoni to continue the character's unfinished story. The D23 footage provides the first look at McCann as Baylan, including scenes of the former Jedi surrounded by snow as his mysterious journey on Peridea continues. Season 1 ended with Baylan standing near statues of the Mortis gods, making his search for the power hidden on the planet one of Season 2's biggest unanswered questions. The new trailer also reunites fans with Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla, Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger and Lars Mikkelsen as Thrawn. Ahsoka and Sabine remain trapped beyond the known galaxy, while their friends are left to deal with the consequences of Thrawn's return. Dawson teased just how much larger things are getting during the D23 presentation, telling fans that the new season is "massive" and promising higher stakes and bigger battles as Thrawn's presence threatens Ahsoka and the entire galaxy. That larger scope is important because Season 1 spent much of its story trying to prevent exactly what has now happened. Ahsoka wanted to stop Thrawn from returning. She failed. Ezra is home, but the price of that victory could be another war, and Thrawn now has Imperial forces and his Nightsister allies positioned to make life extremely uncomfortable for the still-fragile New Republic. Meanwhile, Peridea is looking increasingly important rather than simply serving as the place where Ahsoka and Sabine got stranded. Between Baylan's search, the Mortis imagery and Anakin's continued presence in Ahsoka's story, there are clearly much bigger Force-related mysteries waiting to be explored. So yes, Thrawn may be preparing for war, but somehow that might not even be Ahsoka's only problem. The Ahsoka Season 2 trailer sets up two major battles for the next chapter: the New Republic's fight against Thrawn and Ahsoka's continuing journey to understand who she is and where she belongs. With Anakin back, Baylan's story continuing and the Mortis gods looming over Peridea, Filoni has plenty of unfinished business waiting for fans. Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2 premieres January 20, 2027, exclusively on Disney+.

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