Disney+ streams Iwájú, a comic-style animated science-fiction mini-series in futuristic Lagos, Nigeria. The coming-of-age story follows Tola, a young girl from a wealthy island. Her best friend, Kole, is a self-taught tech genius. Together, they discover the dangers and secrets hidden in their different cultures.
Tola’s father gives her a pet lizard with superpowers, which helps her overcome some menacing characters on the poor island.
Based on the popular children’s book series of the same name by Laurence Yep, The Tiger’s Apprentice follows Chinese-American teenager Tom Lee, voiced by Brandon Soo Hoo.
His life changes forever when he discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians.
With guidance from a mythical tiger named Hu, voiced by Henry Golding, Tom trains to take on Loo, voiced by Michelle Yeoh. Loo is a force that is as powerful as a Guardian but has evil intentions to use magic to destroy humanity.
To fight against Loo, Tom must reunite all twelve Zodiac animal warriors and master his own newly discovered powers.
Other voice actors include Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Bowen Yang, Leah Lewis, Kheng Hua Tan, Sherry Cola, Deborah S. Craig, Jo Koy, Greta Lee, Diana Lee Inosanto, Patrick Gallagher, and Poppy Liu.
Follow one of Peanuts’ most beloved characters, Franklin. He moves to a new town and navigates new friendships. Franklin’s family is always on the move with his dad’s military job, and everywhere he goes, Franklin finds support in a notebook filled with his grandfather’s advice on friendship.
But Franklin needs help to fit in when he tries his usual strategies with the Peanuts gang. That’s until he learns about the neighborhood Soap Box Derby race—according to his grandfather, everyone loves a winner!
He’s sure winning the race means winning over some new friends. All he needs is a partner, which he finds in Charlie Brown. Franklin and Charlie Brown work together to build a car and become good buddies.
But as the race nears, the pressure mounts—can their car and newfound friendship make it to the finish line?
The Avengers need to determine where her father has gone, and it’s up to the Black Widow to lead the team to locate the villainous Collector.
Kids should enjoy this episodic program on Disney+.
You can find the LEGO Avengers on Amazon as well.
The beloved Latina heroine Dora is coming to the big screen in an all-new animated short film called Dora and the Fantastical Creatures. The film will only show in theaters starting Friday, Sept. 29th, and is perfect for kids of all ages. Movie fans of all ages around the world who see PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie will experience the original theatrical short. It heralds the return of Dora as an all-new CG-animated preschool series. It’ll stream only on Paramount+ in the U.S. and internationally in spring 2024.
In Dora and the Fantastical Creatures, Dora is voiced by Diana Zermeño, and Asher Spence voices Boots. They embark on an incredible adventure to the land of alebrijes, the most magical and colorful creatures in the rainforest. They must band against Swiper, which Marc Weiner voices, to save the beloved alebrijes and their Copal Tree Celebration.
The short film also features Anairis Quiñones as Luna Arcoiris, Danny Burstein as Sol, and Kate del Castillo as Ale.
Directed by Cal Brunker, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie follows what happens when a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City. It gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The MIGHTY PUPS!
For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things become worse when the pups’ archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with Victoria Vance. Victoria is a meteor-obsessed mad scientist who wants to steal the superpowers and turn herself and Humdinger into supervillains.
With the fate of Adventure City hanging in the balance, the Mighty Pups have to stop the supervillains before it’s too late, and Skye will need to learn that even the tiniest pup can make the biggest difference.
Featuring the voices of McKenna Grace, Taraji P. Henson, Marsai Martin, Christian Convery, Kim Kardashian and Chris Rock makes it impressive.
Frog is a frog. Toad is a toad. They have a lot in common, but they are also very different.
Frog and Toad are best friends who know that the true secret to friendship is not only enjoying the things you have in common but also embracing the things that make you different.
Since our differences make us special, Frog and Toad celebrate what makes them unique.
The voice actors include Nat Faxon and Kevin Michael Richardson.
Directed by Thea Sharrock, The One and Only Ivan follows a gorilla named Ivan, who Sam Rockwell plays. He tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
It’s a great movie for kids and parents.
Starring in the movie are Helen Mirren, Danny DeVito, Angelina Jolie, Phillipa Soo, Bryan Cranston, and Chaka Khan.
Directed by Aaron Woodley, Swifty is an Arctic Fox played by Jeremy Renner works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service. He dreams of becoming a Top Dog. It’s a position as the Arctic’s star husky courier. To prove himself worthy of the role, Swifty secretly steals a sled and delivers a mysterious package to a hidden location.
He stumbles upon a hidden fortress, where he comes face to face with Otto Von Walrus, played by John Cleese, a blubbery evil genius. Von Walrus walks around on mechanical legs and commands a loyal army of oddly polite puffin henchmen.
Swifty quickly discovers Otto Von Walrus’ plan to drill beneath the Arctic surface to release enough ancient gas to melt the Arctic, so he can rule as the world’s supreme leader.
Now, Swifty enlists the help of his friends: PB, played by Alec Baldwin, an introverted polar bear, Lemmy, played by James Franco, a scatterbrained albatross, Jade Fox, played by Heidi Klum, a tough as nails mechanic, Leopold, played by Omar Sy, and Bertha, also played by Heidi Klum, two conspiracy theorist otters and Magda, played by Anjelica Huston, the curmudgeonly boss.
The ragtag group of Arctic misfits bands together to stop Otto Von Walrus’ sinister plans and save the day.
Woodley is an award-winning director with credits as a writer and editor. He’s directed not just movies but shorts and episodic TV shows. Arctic Dogs is fun to watch, and kids will want to watch it again and again.
Directed by Lino DiSalvo, Playmobil: The Movie is an animated action-adventure about a top-secret organization that caused citizens from different lands to vanish from thin air.
The dashing and charismatic secret agent Rex Dasher, voiced by Daniel Radcliffe, partners with smooth-talking food truck driver Del, voiced by Jim Gaffigan, and Marla, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, a smart, savvy civilian with her own secret agenda.
Together, they plan a rescue of the citizens, despite seemingly insurmountable odds. The trio goes on a fantastic journey across stunning new worlds as they gather clues for their rescue mission.
Goes without saying that the movie is based on the Playmobil brand of toys. Also starring as voice actors in the movie are Dino Andrade, Gabriel Bateman, and Ian James Corlett.
Blaise Hemingway, Greg Erb, and Jason Oremland wrote the screenplay with a story by DiSalvo, who started in the business as an animator.
