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Disney to Launch Warrior Cats Series on Disney+ 2028

6/19/2026

Summary

Disney Launches

Disney will launch an animated Warrior Cats series in 2028 on Disney+ and Disney Channel.
AC Bradley created and showran the series while Rodrigo Blaas directed it.
El Guiri Studios will animate the series.
Original Force will adapt the series for Tencent Video in China.
The franchise has sold over 90 million books, been translated into 38 languages, and receives 50 million monthly YouTube views.

Summary

Disney+ Launches Series

Disney+ will launch the franchise’s first authorized animated series covering the Prophecies Begin arc.
Disney+ is expanding its youth-fantasy lineup after the success of the Percy Jackson series and a forthcoming Eragon adaptation.
A.C. Bradley, former Marvel Ms. Marvel writer, and Emmy-winning director Rodrigo Blaas lead the series.
Warrior Cats launched a U.S. retail-toy line in 2026, after Alibaba Pictures bought the film rights in November 2016 but never advanced the project.

History

Historical Context

Disney’s 2009 $4 billion purchase of Marvel reunited the Marvel Productions library with its comic-book franchise, a move later reinforced by Disney’s 2019 acquisition of 21st Century Fox that restored additional Marvel properties. Leveraging this integrated catalog, Disney+ built a global subscriber base and proved the profitability of franchise-driven streaming, a model now guiding the 2028 Warrior Cats animated series for Tencent Video.

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Disney Launches

Disney will launch an animated Warrior Cats series in 2028 on Disney+ and Disney Channel.
AC Bradley created and showran the series while Rodrigo Blaas directed it.
El Guiri Studios will animate the series.
Original Force will adapt the series for Tencent Video in China.
The franchise has sold over 90 million books, been translated into 38 languages, and receives 50 million monthly YouTube views.

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