‘Onward’ coming to Disney Plus on April 3, now available for download

Disney is taking swift action to get the newly Disney-Pixar release “Onward” to the public now that movie theaters have closed due to the coronavirus.

The film, which premiered in theaters on March 6 will be available to buy digitally and on Movies Anywhere beginning today at 8 p.m. EST/ 5 p.m. PST and it will be available on Disney+ starting April 3 in the U.S.

“While we’re looking forward to audiences enjoying our films on the big screen again soon, given the current circumstances, we are pleased to release this fun, adventurous film to digital platforms early for audiences to enjoy from the comfort of their homes,” Dan Scanlon (Director, “Onward”) and Kori Rae (Producer, “Onward”) said,

In “Onward,” teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot (voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt) get an unexpected opportunity to spend one more day with their late dad, embarking on an extraordinary quest aboard Barley’s epic van Guinevere. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries.

But when the boys’ fearless mom Laurel (voice of Julia Louis-Dreyfus) realizes her sons are missing, she teams up with a part-lion, part-bat, part-scorpion, former warrior – aka The Manticore (voice of Octavia Spencer) – and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed.