Disney+ has a new superhero film coming in July, and there’s something about it that looks amazingly cheesy. It definitely looks a few steps up from Disney Channel Original Movies (which are fantastic in their own special way), but it seems to be just as cheesy. Secret Society of Second-Born Royalty is about the second-born children of royalty who apparently have superpowers because they’re the second-borns. It really is an interesting idea, and I’m probably going to watch it because it looks like it has some potential to be fun.
“Secret Society of Second-Born Royals” follows Sam, a rebellious teenage royal who unknowingly develops superpowers from a genetic trait attributed only to second-borns of royal lineage. Second-in-line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria, Sam constantly questions what it means to be royal and wants to create her own legacy. Unlike Sam’s picture-perfect older sister Eleanor who will become the next queen, Sam would rather rock out with her bandmate and best friend Mike at an illegal protest or ditch a royal engagement for a wild night out.
Fed up with her daughter’s misbehavior, Queen Catherine sends Sam to a summer boarding school where she and four other second-born royals – Tuma, Roxana, January and Matteo – discover they have unique super-human abilities and are invited to join a secret society with a longstanding tradition of covertly keeping the peace. With a new sense of purpose and a little help from their Secret Society instructor James, Sam and her fellow royal recruits must learn to harness their newfound powers and work together as a team before they can save the world.
Secret Society of Second-Born Royalty is directed by Anna Mastro (Marvel’s Runaways) and stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Sam; Skylar Astin (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) as James; Olivia Deeble (Home and Away) as Roxana; Niles Fitch (This is Us) as Tuma; Faly Rakotohavana (Raven’s Home) as Matteo; Isabella Blake Thomas (Once Upon A Time) as January; Elodie Yung (Daredevil) as Queen Catherine; Ashley Liao (Always Be My Maybe) as Eleanor; Noah Lomax (Trial By Fire) as Mike; and Greg Bryk (Handmaid’s Tale) as the villainous Inmate 34. You’ll be able to enjoy Secret Society of Second-Born Royalty on July 17 only on Disney+.