Here Are All the Movies & TV Shows Coming to Apple TV+ and Disney+ This Week

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The upcoming week from September 1st to September 7th, 2025, may be compact in duration but packs a punch in the streaming world. A much-loved family series transitions to live-action, a selection of Disney Channel shorts premieres on Disney+, and an enticing thriller graces Apple TV+ with its presence. Here’s a breakdown of what you can expect during this week:

1. [Family Favorite Live-Action Debut] – A much-loved family series will make its live-action debut, promising an exciting new take on the beloved characters.

2. [Disney Channel Shorts Premiere] – Catch a compact collection of fresh Disney Channel shorts as they arrive on Disney+, perfect for both kids and adults alike.

3. [Star-Powered Thriller] – Prepare for an adrenaline rush with the arrival of a star-studded thriller on Apple TV+. This riveting drama is not to be missed!

Disney+ debuts fresh installments from the popular preschool series ‘Minnie’s Bow-Toons: Pet Hotel’, airs the live-action film version of ‘Lilo & Stitch’, and begins the weekend with a collection release of ‘Road Trip: Shorts’. As the week wraps up, Apple TV+ presents Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’. Here are details about dates, storylines, and important cast and crew information.

‘Minnie’s Bow-Toons: Pet Hotel’ (2025– )

Beginning September 2 on Disney+, you can watch new installments of the lively ‘Minnie’s Bow-Toons: Pet Hotel’. This animated series stars Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Clarabelle Cow, and Cuckoo-Loca as they manage a fun, pet-focused hotel. The latest chapter in this popular franchise started airing on Disney Junior in May 2025 and will soon be available on Disney+ following its broadcast. These adorable, three-minute episodes are perfect for young viewers!

This animated series, hailing from Disney Television Animation, is overseen by producers Tom Rogers and Rachel Ruderman, who have previously collaborated on ‘Minnie’s Bow-Toons: Camp Minnie’. The main voice cast features Kaitlyn Robrock as Minnie Mouse, Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck, Nika Futterman as Cuckoo-Loca, and April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow. The early episodes this year featured lively animal parties such as “Happy Barkday” and “Puppy Pool Party”, with more adventures centered around pets unfolding each week.

‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2025)

On Wednesday, September 3, the live-action adaptation of Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’ will become available on Disney+. This film chronicles the tale of Lilo, a Hawaiian girl who feels lonely until she takes in an alien (commonly known as Stitch) that crash-lands. Through a mix of confusion, humor, and emotional depth, Lilo manages to reconnect her family. Dean Fleischer Camp serves as director, while Chris Sanders continues to lend his voice to Stitch, Maia Kealoha portrays Lilo, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong plays Nani, Zach Galifianakis voices Dr. Jumba Jookiba, Billy Magnussen takes on the role of Pleakley, and Courtney B. Vance assumes the character of Cobra Bubbles.

The screenplay was penned by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, with Jonathan Eirich and Dan Lin serving as producers. Veteran franchise artists Eric Guaglione and Alex Kupershmidt also contributed to the project. This film initially hit theaters earlier this year and is now making its streaming premiere, headlining Disney+’s September releases.

‘Road Trip’ (2020)

The comedy series ‘Road Trip: Brief Journeys’ will be available on Disney+ starting Friday, September 5. This short-length series offers a string of humorous one-minute skits featuring characters from various Disney Television Animation shows. Imagine it as a collection of brief, amusing stops where popular families from shows such as ‘Big City Greens’, ‘Hailey’s On It!’, ‘Primos’, ‘Hamster & Gretel’, and others make an appearance. These skits were initially released on Disney’s YouTube and television channels.

These short episodes were created by Disney Television Animation’s cross-platform team, designed to work independently yet interconnect to form a larger storyline. The first season of these shorts is now available on Disney+ for convenient streaming. Each installment features the original voice actors reprising their roles, preserving the familiar tone and rhythm from the original shows, and delivering it in a fast-paced, zany road trip setting.

‘Highest 2 Lowest’ (2025)

Debuting on Apple TV+ this Friday, September 5th, ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ is a contemporary reworking of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 suspenseful masterpiece ‘High and Low’. In the lead role as music magnate David King, Denzel Washington navigates a hostage situation that demands tough decisions; Jeffrey Wright joins him as Paul Christopher, while A$AP Rocky, Ilfenesh Hadera, John Douglas Thompson, Dean Winters, Aubrey Joseph, among others, complete the talented cast. The film spans approximately 2 hours and 13 minutes.

The film, helmed by Spike Lee with a script penned by Alan Fox, is jointly produced by A24, Apple Original Films, Escape Artists, Mandalay Pictures, and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. Initially released in a select number of theaters in August, it will be available for global streaming on Apple TV+ starting September 5.

Tell us which of these you’re queuing up first this week—drop your picks in the comments!

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2025-09-02 04:45