October on Disney+

Disney+ is the dedicated streaming home for TV series and movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and much more, including exclusive Disney+ Originals.

As the sun shines brighter and the jacarandas start to bloom, spring in South Africa is the perfect time to relax and enjoy the fresh new releases on Disney+.  Rivals, the highly anticipated eight-part series based on the iconic novel by Dame Jilly Cooper, arrives this month. Be transported into a world of drama, excess, and shocking antics of the power-grabbing social elite, set during 1980s England. Ryan Murphy offers up a new medical drama series located on a cruise ship with Doctor Odyssey, starring Joshua Jackson, Don Johnson, Phillipa Soo and more. Watch as onboard doctor Max saves lives and overcomes medical crises while sailing the seas.  For all you Bruce Springsteen fans out there, new documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band reveals the behind-the-scenes preparations that went into Springsteen’s band’s 2023-2024 World Tour. Do not miss La Máquina, a brand-new limited series following a boxer at a low point in his career as he struggles to mount a comeback.  Can’t wait to get into the spooky spirit? Don’t miss new episodes of Marvel Television’s Agatha All Along throughout the month, while FX’s Grotesquerie and Searchlight Pictures’ Hold Your Breath will also conjure themselves onto the platform. Looking for familiar favourites?  Disney+ has some of the best long-running series to binge-watch, including Grey’s Anatomy, 9-1-1, Prison Break and Modern Family. There is no better time to dive back into Lost and Desperate Housewives, as they celebrate their 20th anniversary this year.

RIVALS

Original Series, 18 October, All Episodes Available

Set in England 1986, Rivals is an adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s second book in the Rutshire Chronicles that follows Rupert Campbell-Black, a notorious rake and famous showjumper before he quit for a career in politics, as he joins forces with his new neighbour Declan O’Hara to overthrow local unscrupulous television magnate Lord Tony Baddingham by bidding for his Cotswolds based independent television franchise. But Rupert and Declan’s plans are disrupted by a blossoming romance between the famously womanising Rupert and Declan’s innocent daughter Taggie O’Hara, a love triangle between Rupert, Tony and his right-hand woman, the brilliant American producer Cameron Cook and Declan’s stormy relationship with his wife the dazzling actress Maud. In the backstabbing world of television where it is every man and woman for themselves, can true love really blossom?

Doctor Odyssey

Original Series, 24 October, 2 Episode Launch.

From the brilliant mind of Ryan Murphy comes high-octane procedural “Doctor Odyssey.” Max (Joshua Jackson) is the new onboard doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the staff works hard and plays harder. It’s all-hands-on-deck as Max and his small but mighty medical team navigate unique medical crises and each other, miles from shore.

ROAD DIARY: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND

Original Movie, 25 October, Exclusively on Disney+.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band offer the most in-depth look ever at the creation of their legendary live performances, including footage of band rehearsals, backstage moments, rare archival clips and personal reflections from Springsteen himself.

LA MÁQUINA

Original Series, 9 October, All Episodes Available.

After a devastating loss, Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna (Gael García Bernal) is at a low point in his boxing career. Lucky for him, his manager and best friend Andy Lujan (Diego Luna) is determined to get him back on top. But when a nefarious organization rears its head, the stakes of this rematch become life or death. While struggling to mount a comeback, Esteban must also juggle his own personal demons and protect his family, including his ex-wife Irasema (Eiza González), a journalist who finds herself on a collision course with the dark side of the boxing world.

Hold Your Breath

SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES ORIGINAL MOVIE, 3 October, Exclusively on Disney+

Oklahoma, 1930s. The Bellum family house rests in a valley of dirt as clouds of dust blot out the sun. Margaret (Sarah Paulson) and her two daughters, Rose (Amiah Miller) and Ollie (Alona Jane Robbins), tend to their sparse farm while Margaret’s husband has left in pursuit of work. As they struggle to survive the punishing Dust Bowl environment, a mysterious stranger (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) arrives, threatening all they know and love. But is the threat a closer one?

9-1-1 S8 Part 1

Original Series, 17 October, Weekly Drop.

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear reimagine the procedural drama with “9-1-1.” The series explores the high-pressure experiences of first responders — including police officers, firefighters and dispatchers — who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations.