2025 is here! Now that the New Year celebration has been done and dusted, it’s time to take a seat, kick up your feat and binge on these exciting shows on Disney+ Hotstar in January.
From lighthearted comedy shows to thrilling action flicks – here are the new and returning series that will ease you into 2025.
Alien: Romulus
- Premiere Date: 1st January 2025
- Cast: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Aileen Wu, Spike Fearn, Daniel Betts, Trevor Newlin
- Synopsis: This truly terrifying sci-fi horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its iconic roots. While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young colonizers come face-to-face with the most relentless and deadly life form in the universe.
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
- Premiere Date: 8th January 2025
- Cast: Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Pollyanna McIntosh, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Terry O’Quinn, Matthew August Jeffers, Andrew Bachelor, Breeda Wool, Craig Tate
- Synopsis: Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead…and ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive? Or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?
Unmasked
- Premiere Date: 15th January 2025
- Cast: Kim Hye-Soo (김혜수), Jung Sung-Il (정성일)
- Synopsis: After years of alienating advertisers by breaking some of the country’s biggest and most contentious news stories, an investigative news team’s days are numbered after broadcasting an exceptionally controversial story. With time running out on their careers, the team are challenged to accomplish the impossible if they want to save their jobs: solve a twenty-year-old cold case involving a famous actor who disappeared without a trace.
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spiderman
- Premiere Date: 29th January 2025
- Cast: Hudson Thames, Eugene Byrd, Grace Song, Hugh Dancy, Kari Wahlgren, Zeno Robinson
- Synopsis: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will follow Peter Parker’s journey as he grows into his role as a hero. While not connected to the main Marvel canon, this animated series opens up new storytelling possibilities within the Spider-Man universe, allowing for fresh takes on beloved characters, unique villains, and Peter’s personal struggles.
- Teaser:
Adrenaline Rush
For those seeking more thrilling shows, here are some that are guaranteed to make your blood race. Journey through exciting adventures, and follow beloved characters into the core of danger, going through each heart pounding moment alongside them.
Feed your inner adrenaline junkie, and embrace the fear. It’s all part of the fun, to be afraid for and with the characters on screen. So settle down, and get ready for shows that are sure to get your minds racing, and blood pumping.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing, Season 1
- Premiere Date: 10th January 2025
- Cast: David Schwimmer, Ana Ortiz, Jayden Bartels, Sam McCarthy, Elijah M. Cooper, Francesca Noel, Galilea La Salvia
- Synopsis: “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” begins with fraternal twins Devin and Cece adjusting to life with their recently divorced dad, Anthony. When the duo discovers a threat stirring, they quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, Devin, Cece and their friends — Alex, CJ and Frankie — find themselves entangled in the chilling tale of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994.
Tracker, Season 2
- Premiere Date: 22th January 2025
- Cast: Justin Hartley, Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise, Fiona Rene
- Synopsis: “Tracker” features Justin Hartley as lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
Nightbitch
- Premiere Date: 24th January 2025
- Cast: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Patrick Snowden, Emmett James Snowden, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Archana Rajan, Jessica Harper
- Synopsis: A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.
Paradise
- Premiere Date: 28th January 2025
- Cast: Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Julianne Nicholson
- Synopsis: “Paradise” is set in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals. But this tranquility explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high stakes investigation unfolds.
Wondrous Odyssey
If you’re someone who leans more towards imaginative journeys, wandering through creative worlds, then these choices are perfect for you! Follow each character through breathtaking worlds, and experience the wonder of these fantasy realms.
It’ll be like you’re on an adventure of your own, as you walk in the paths of these characters. You’ll see the world from their point of view. Truly a choice of shows that you can’t miss out on.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Season 1
- Premiere Date: 1st January 2025
- Cast: Jude Law, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, Tunde Adebimpe, Kerry Condon, Nick Frost
- Synopsis: “Skeleton Crew” follows the journey of four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, then get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy, crossing paths with the likes of Jod Na Nawood, the mysterious character played by Law. Finding their way home—and meeting unlikely allies and enemies—will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.
Kiff, Season 1
- Premiere Date: 1st January 2025
- Cast: Kimiko Glenn, H Michael Croner, Deedee Magno Hall, Eric Bauza, Eugene Cordero, Gary Anthony Williams, James Monroe Iglehart, Josh Johnson, Kate Flannery, Katie Crown, Kent Osborne, Lauren Ash, Lucy Heavens, Mary Mack, Nic Smal, Nichole Sakura, Rachel House, Rhys Darby, Steve Little, Tom Kenny, Vella Lovell
- Synopsis: “Kiff” is a nutty animated buddy-comedy about an optimistic squirrel Kiff and her chill bunny bestie Barry. From creators and executive producers Lucy Heavens and Nic Smal, the series follows Kiff and Barry as they navigate school, relationships and their often-eccentric community in Table Town, a world where animals and magical oddballs tackle day-to-day life together.
Ishura (異修羅), Season 2
- Premiere Date: 8th January 2025
- Cast: Ise Mariya (伊瀬茉莉也), Kaji Yuuki (梶裕貴), Takahashi Rie (高橋李依), Fukuyama Jun (福山潤), Ueda Reina (上田麗奈), Miki Shinichiro (三木眞一郎), Yuuki Aoi (悠木碧), Ogata Megumi (緒方恵美), Takagi Wataru (高木渉), Noto Mamiko (能登麻美子)
- Synopsis: A host of demigods have inherited the world after the Demon King has died, and a battle to determine the mightiest ensues.
A Real Bug’s Life, Season 2
- Premiere Date: 15th January 2025
- Cast: Awkwafina
- Synopsis: Tiny heroes, huge drama! “A Real Bug’s Life” is back for a thrilling second season that’s bigger and bolder than ever. Inspired by the World of Disney and Pixar’s “A Bug’s Life,” the Disney+ Original series from National Geographic takes us on another extraordinary adventure into the micro-bug world — where the forces of nature play out on a completely different scale and miniature creatures rely on amazing superpowers to make it through each day.
Comedy Gold
On the hunt for a good laugh? Look no further, this selection of comedies is sure to fill your home and your heart with laughter. You won’t be able to keep yourself from laughing out loud while watching these lighthearted shows.
Enjoy a hilarious experience, as you forget about your worries and simply have fun watching. There are no better shows to watch for a tummy-clutching, guffaw inducing time.
Medalist (メダリスト), Season 1
- Premiere Date: 5th January 2025
- Cast: Haruse Natsumi (春瀬なつみ), Ootsuka Takeo (大塚剛央), Ichinose Kana (市ノ瀬加那), Yuuma Uchida (内田雄馬), Kino Hina (木野日菜), Koichi Makoto (小市眞琴), Katou Emiri (加藤英美里), Ban Taito (坂泰斗), Itou Ayasa (伊藤彩沙), Muraji Manabu (村治学)
- Synopsis: Akeuraji Tsukasa (明浦路司), whose dreams were crushed. Yuitsuka Inori (結束いのり), left to fend for herself. These two share a dream and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination is the ice…on the world’s stage.
Abbott Elementary, Season 4
- Premiere Date: 15th January 2025
- Cast: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, William Stanford Davis, Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Synopsis: A workplace comedy centered around a group of dedicated teachers – and an oblivious principal – in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.
High Potential, Season 1
- Premiere Date: 23rd January 2025
- Cast: Kaitlin Olson, Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, Matthew Lamb, Judy Reyes, Deniz Akdeniz, Amirah J
- Synopsis: Morgan, a single mom with three kids and an exceptional mind, helps solve an unsolvable crime when she rearranges some evidence during her shift as a cleaner for the police department. When they discover she has a knack for putting things in order because of her high intellectual potential, she is brought on as a consultant to work with a by-the-book seasoned detective, Karadec. Together they form an unusual and unstoppable team.
