Catherine Laga'aia & Deacon Phillippe To Lead Disney+ Pilot 'Spaceship Earth'
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β’Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000
π° What Happened
Catherine Laga'aia and Deacon Phillippe will star in Spaceship Earth, a new Disney+ pilot. Laga'aia played the lead in Disney's live-action Moana.
The show is inspired by the EPCOT theme park attraction of the same name. In it, a mission to stop a global disaster goes wrong, and a group of teenagers from Earth's past and future must join forces against a mysterious threat.
Character details are being kept secret. The project comes from writers Jason Fuchs and Michael Waldron and studio 20th Television.
π The Backstory
EPCOT's Spaceship Earth is the big silver globe ride at Disney World in Florida. It tells the story of human communication through history.
Disney often turns its theme park rides into films and shows, such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise.
A 'pilot' is a first episode a studio makes to test whether a full series should go ahead. Fuchs worked on IT: Welcome to Derry, and Waldron on Loki.
π― Why It Matters
It shows studios betting on familiar Disney ideas and young stars. If the pilot works, it could become a new series for Disney+ viewers.
Catherine Laga'aia and Deacon Phillippe will star in Spaceship Earth, a new Disney+ pilot. Laga'aia played the lead in Disney's live-action Moana.
The show is inspired by the EPCOT theme park attraction of the same name. In it, a mission to stop a global disaster goes wrong, and a group of teenagers from Earth's past and future must join forces against a mysterious threat.
Character details are being kept secret. The project comes from writers Jason Fuchs and Michael Waldron and studio 20th Television.
EPCOT's Spaceship Earth is the big silver globe ride at Disney World in Florida. It tells the story of human communication through history.
Disney often turns its theme park rides into films and shows, such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise.
A 'pilot' is a first episode a studio makes to test whether a full series should go ahead. Fuchs worked on IT: Welcome to Derry, and Waldron on Loki.
It shows studios betting on familiar Disney ideas and young stars. If the pilot works, it could become a new series for Disney+ viewers.