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Season Eight is the eighth season of Once Upon a Time, airing on Disney+. It was announced on December 3, 2019. Filming is scheduled to begin on October 23, 2019 and will end in 2020.

Season Eight will premiere in 2019 with "".

Synopsis
Storybrooke is united with the realms of story – opening the door for new dangers. Now streaming on Disney+ along with its first seven seasons, ONCE UPON A TIME delves once more into the world of some of the most famous stories of all time. With the balance of the United Realms disturbed by the appearance of a mysterious foe, the newly elected Queen Regina must balance ruling a kingdom and fighting evil. She’s not alone though – a cast made up of characters old and new joins her, each with different stories converging on the Reckoning…

Storyline Information
The following will be addressed/featured:
 * A six-year time jump.
 * Zelena's relationships with Regina and Robin will be further explored.
 * An LGBT+ retelling of a classic.
 * Why Gideon wasn't in Season Seven as much.
 * Old realms returning, including the Underworld and Victorian England.
 * No new Disney movie characters will appear, but elements from the Disney Parks will.
 * However, one Disney film will be featured.
 * One of the new villains will be the Shadow Raven.
 * The Reckoning, and what it is.
 * There will be no Dark Curses or memory wipes.
 * There will be more of an emphasis on classic literature.
 * There will be callbacks to the Land of Untold Stories arc.
 * The season is setting up for a big event that will "change things forever".
 * More new character centrics in the first half, and returning character centrics on the second half.
 * Why Emma, Henry, Snow, and David are absent.
 * Rumplestiltskin and Belle could return.

Starring

 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills/Roni
 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook/Hook (Wish Realm)/Rogers
 * Mekia Cox as Tiana/Sabine
 * Rose Reynolds as Alice/Tilly
 * Tiera Skovbye as Robin Hood/Margot

Special Guest Starring

 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena/Kelly West
 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan
 * Jared S. Gilmore as Henry (Wish Realm)

Guest Starring

 * Alan Dale as King George/Albert Spencer
 * Giles Matthey as Gideon
 * Emma Caulfield as Blind Witch
 * Sam Witwer as Mr. Hyde
 * Victoria Smurfit as Cruella De Vil
 * Andrew J. West as Henry Mills
 * Alison Fernandez as Lucy
 * Dania Ramirez as Cinderella/Jacinda Vidrio

Starring

 * Lucas Jade Zumann as 
 * Anthony Turpel as 
 * Megan Fox as 

Guest Starring

 * Gabriella Pizzolo as 
 * Zendaya as 
 * Sean Bean as 
 * Zach Roerig as 

Lineup Changes

 * Robert Carlyle is no longer billed as starring".
 * Alison Fernandez is now billed as "guest starring".
 * Andrew J. West is now billed as "guest starring".
 * Dania Ramirez is now billed as "guest starring".

Trivia

 * This is the first season to air on a network other than ABC.
 * This is the first season not to be run by Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis.
 * This is the first season to have 14 75-minute episodes.