Here are 5 Must-See Shows For Your Weekend
Its officially the weekend Disney friends and we here at MickeyBlog thought we’d help you celebrate by highlighting some of the awesome programs coming your way over the next few days! Todays list features something for absolutely everyone. We’ve got Star Wars, Superheroes, Sports, Shia LaBeouf and everything in between!
X-Men—Friday, August 7, on Disney+
Disney+ as part of their “Summer Movie Nights” is streaming this 2000 blockbuster! The X-Men, a group of mutants with super powers let by Professor X (Patrick Stewart) wage war against intolerance as well as against a band of radical mutants let by Magneto (Ian McKellen) which threatens to eliminate the human race. The All-Star cast also includes Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Halle Berry as Storm, Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, James Marsden as Cyclops, Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, Ray Park as Toad, Tyler Mane as Sabretooth and Anna Paquin as Rogue. Also be on the lookout for that all-important Stan Lee cameo!
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Adventure Awaits—Friday, August 7, on Disney+
It may be a while before you are able to actually visit Galaxy’s Edge but you can get an awesome sneak peek in this show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. Over the course of two hours, you’ll explore the epic new land and learn about how Batuu came to life. There’s fun celebrity guests including Kaley Cuoco, Keegan-Michael Key, Jay Leno, Sarah Hyland, Miles Brown and more. Walt Disney Imagineers and cast members are also on hand to discuss how they helped bring Galaxy’s Edge to life.
Holes—Saturday, August 8, at 9:40 a.m. ET on Freeform
Based on the bestselling novel by Louis Sachar this 2003 film follows Shia LaBeouf who is cursed with bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse. He is sent to Camp Green Lake a weird place that is neither green nor has a lake. He and his campmates Armpit (Byron Cotton), Magnet (Miguel Castro), Squid (Jake M. Smith), X-Ray (Brenden Jefferson), Zero (Khleo Thomas), and Zigzag (Max Kasch) must dig a hole a day to keep the warden at bay though they aren’t quite sure way. Directed by Andrew Davis, Holes also stars Patricia Arquette, Rick Fox, Dulé Hill, Eartha Kitt, Roma Maffia, Tim Blake Nelson, Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver, and Henry Winkler.
NBA on ABC—Sunday, August 9, at 3 p.m. ET on ABC
For weeks we’ve been covering the NBA Bubble at Walt Disney World and now we’re pleased to say that the games are officially back! The first game at the HP Field House will feature the San Antonio Spurs who will be squaring off against the New Orleans Pelicans. When the teams last faced off in January, the Spurs’ LaMarcus Aldridge scored 32 points, leading his team to a 121–117 victory over the Pelicans. Will Brandon Ingram lead the Pelicans to victory this time? Sports Fans can watch using the ABC app on their smartphone or tablet (iOS and Android), using connected devices (Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV), or via ABC.com.
Alice Through the Looking Glass—Sunday, August 9, at 8:45 p.m. ET on Freeform
Last but not least is the Freeform premiere of this 2016 fantasy film that checks back in with Alice (Mia Wasikowska), who has spent the past few years following in her father’s footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she discovers a magical looking glass that takes her back to the fantastical realm of Underland. There, she learns the Mad Hatter has lost his Muchness, so the White Queen (Anne Hathaway) sends her on a quest to borrow the Chronosphere, a metallic globe inside the chamber of the Grand Clock that powers all time. Time (Sacha Baron Cohen) refuses to give it up, telling Alice that altering the past is impossible. Alice steals it and returns to the past, embarking on a race to save the Mad Hatter before time runs out—all while trying to remember the White Queen’s warning that history will be destroyed if a person’s past and present selves meet.
Happy viewing and be sure to keep following along with MickeyBlog all weekend for more Disney-related news and updates!
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