More Disney 2021 plans: Kate McKinnon as Elizabeth Holmes, Y: The Last Man on FX

Raya and the Last Dragon, now coming to Disney+ simultaneously in March 2021.

Disney held its 2020 Investor Day event on Thursday, and naturally the House of Mouse's high-profile franchises have grabbed all the initial headlines. Yada, yada, Fantastic Four MCU film and Loki series. Blah, blah, seven new Star Wars things.

But Lucasfilm and Marvel were far from the only Disney-owned entities making investors tingle with anticipation due to exciting upcoming projects. With the full project rundown now available to peruse, a few announcements in particular caught our eye on first pass.

For FX on Hulu, the long-anticipated adaptation of Y: The Last Man will finally debut in 2021. Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's famed DC Comics title centers on a post-apocalyptic world where only one mammal with a Y chromosome survived: a cisgender man who roams this new reality with his pet monkey. The story has been rumored for a film or TV adaptation basically since the comic neared its ending (Disturbia Director D.J. Caruso was once attached back in 2007), but Diane Lane and relative newcomer Ben Schnetzer will ultimately headline the cast bringing it to life.

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