Hilary Duff is returning to play Lizzie McGuire in a brand new series based on the character

Disney+ will be a mixture of classic Disney movies and animation (don’t forget that Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox means that the service will include every episode of The Simpsons) and original shows. The company has access to quite a few popular titles that will be used to create new adventures of popular characters. As pointed out earlier this year in a report from Loup Ventures, how many times can someone watch The Lion King? More likely to drive growth for Disney+ will be new episodes using the same characters from popular Disney classic cartoon and live films.

Disney announced yesterday that new originals are in development for Disney+ including:

• The Mandalorian-the first live-action episodic series based on Star Wars which will follow “the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.”
• High School Musical: The Musical: The Series-based on the popular High School Musical movies, this show “follows a group of students as they countdown to opening night of their school’s first-ever production of High School Musical.”
• Lady and the Tramp-A “retelling” of the 1955 animated cartoon, but with real animal stars and CGI.
• Noelle-A holiday-themed movie starring Anna Kendrick and Billy Eichner.
• Encore!-This series brings former high-school musical castmates together to recreate shows they performed many years ago.
• The World According to Jeff Goldblum-Enough said.

Other shows announced include the return of Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire in a new series, Muppets Now which will reunite Kermit and Miss Piggy, and another live-action Star Wars show. The latter will focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi and will star Ewan McGregor.