Disney’s biennial D23 expo has adopted sizzling on the heels of some surprises at San Diego Comedian-Con in July — an occasion that noticed the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. How do you one up that announcement? With tons and plenty of new ones.
Day one of many weekend occasion noticed the return of a number of Disney classics like The Incredibles, Toy Story, and Frozen. And between Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars, there was one thing for everybody. That is why we rounded up each announcement, trailer, teaser, remake, and extra so you do not have to overlook a factor.
Kicking off the leisure showcase was the official trailer for Moana 2. Set three years later, Moana and demigod trickster Maui staff up as soon as once more to face a brand new risk to Oceania.
It appears Disney has plans for Moana to be its new flagship Disney Princess, as a result of, on prime of the sequel, we’re additionally getting a live-action remake. That has already began manufacturing and could be anticipated in 2026. Nonetheless, you possibly can catch Moana 2 on November 27, 2024.
This one has been in manufacturing hell and topic to some intense controversy since filming wrapped up in 2022. Nonetheless, the discharge of the live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 traditional is lastly on the horizon.
The teaser trailer provides us our first seems at Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot as Snow White and the Evil Queen respectively, together with its heavily-CGI’d world. This one hits theaters on March 21, 2025.
First take a look at Sew within the live-action remake of Lilo & Sew
Lilo & Sew is one other traditional Disney movie that nobody actually requested for a live-action remake of, however we’re getting one anyway. Given Disney’s visible results monitor report in relation to anthropomorphic animals, our first take a look at Sew is precisely what one would count on, which boils all the way down to “yep, that is him alright.”
Past that preliminary teaser at D23, it was additionally introduced that this adaptation of the 2002 cult traditional will get a Summer time 2025 launch.
Incredibles 3 announcement
With Incredible 4 getting some love as of late, it is sensible that the household movie franchise impressed by Marvel’s First Household is introduced to be making its return. Helmed by long-time author and director of the collection Brad Chook, Incredibles 3 was introduced as in manufacturing at Pixar.
No additional particulars have been supplied exterior the announcement. It ought to be famous that Incredibles 2 was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time till Inside Out 2 took the throne.
Toy Story 5 teaser
Talking of beloved animated Pixar motion pictures that … perhaps ought to’ve ended two movies in the past, followers at D23 acquired a small teaser for Toy Story 5. In keeping with director Andrew Stanton, Woody, Buzz, and the gang might be combating to cease their new youngster from changing into an iPad child.
“This time round, it’s toy meets tech,” Stanton mentioned at D23. “It’s going to be enjoyable, and we are able to’t anticipate you all to see it in the summertime of 2026.”
Frozen 3
Oscar-winning movie Frozen is about to get its third film within the franchise someday in 2027, based on its creator Britney Lee. There was additionally a small teaser proven to company at D23 that confirmed Elsa and Anna driving a white horse and a brown stag.
Past that, it was additionally introduced that after the discharge of Frozen 3, there are plans for a Frozen 4.
Zootopia 2
Oh, look, one other sequel. This time, it is for the hit Disney movie Zootopia, which noticed bunny cop Judy Hopps blackmail fox con artist Nick into serving to her remedy a criminal offense.
The duo is again once more with Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan as a snake named Gary. The casting of Quan was the large information relating to this announcement, however followers of the collection can count on this to hit theaters round Thanksgiving of subsequent 12 months.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew is about in the course of the New Republic period, the years after Return of the Jedi, and based mostly on its plot synopsis, might be about 4 youngsters misplaced within the galaxy making an attempt to make their manner dwelling. Jude Regulation can also be set to make his debut within the galaxy far, far-off, this time as a pressure consumer named Jod Na Nawood.
Mashable High Tales
We additionally acquired a primary take a look at what the suburbs seem like within the Star Wars universe. Based mostly on the trailer proven at D23, this present is closely impressed by traditional Steven Spielberg movies like E.T. and Hook.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres on Disney+ on Dec. 3.
Agatha All Alongside
A brand new trailer for the WandaVision sequel collection Agatha All Alongside hit the stage at D23, together with a efficiency of an unique tune, “The Ballad of the Witches Highway.”
Kathryn Hahn will reprise her function because the witch Agatha Harkness and is joined within the present by costars Joe Locke, Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, and Debra Jo Rupp.
The present will comply with Hahn within the aftermath of WandaVision having to face a “magical gauntlet of trials” alongside the Witches Highway as she seeks to realize her powers again.
The primary two episodes of Agatha All Alongside will premiere on Disney+ on September 18.
The Incredible 4: First Steps snippet
Followers at D23 acquired an unique sneak peek on the preliminary teaser trailer for Marvel’s The Incredible 4: First Steps starring Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Incredible), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/The Invisible Girl), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/The Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Factor). This did not cease followers from recording it and posting it throughout social media although, and it will possibly simply be discovered by looking out.
The trailer is identical one proven at SDCC final month and is comprised of numerous check footage and conceptual previsualization reels. Nonetheless, what Marvel has readily available now with filming nonetheless ongoing is fairly spectacular.
Alongside the all-star forged as Marvel’s First Household, the movie will even star Julia Garner (Ozark) because the Silver Surfer’s lover Shalla-Bal, and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The First Omen) because the world-devouring entity Galactus. Paul Walter Hauser, Natasha Lyonne, and John Malkovich will even co-star in undisclosed roles.
The Incredible 4: First Steps is about to launch on July 25, 2025.
Daredevil: Born Once more snippet
Alongside Incredible 4, Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Once more sequel collection additionally had its unique trailer leaked on the web by phone-happy followers. Be happy to look, as a result of we cannot be embedding the trailer for this one right here both.
Serving as a continuation of the beloved Netflix Daredevil, Charlie Cox and his co-stars Vincent D’Onofrio (Kingpin), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Web page), and Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson) all return to make their official debuts into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The trailer proven at D23 was jam-packed with surprises such because the return of Jon Bernthal’s Punisher and Wilson Bethel’s Bullseye. Alongside them was our first take a look at the costumed vigilante White Tiger.
There is not any official trailer but, however the present is about to launch on Disney+ on March 1, 2025.
Avatar 3 is now Avatar: Fireplace and Ash
After the smash success of Avatar: The Manner of Water, it is sensible that its deliberate follow-up movie might be all about hearth. Director James Cameron and stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña took took the stage to disclose the official title to the subsequent movie within the franchise, Avatar: Fireplace and Ash.
Whereas no official particulars of the sequel had been revealed, Cameron did present attendees idea artwork from the movie exhibiting the Ash Folks of the Na’vi and their otherworldly masks — taking clear inspiration from conventional Native American ghost dances.
The deliberate launch date for Fireplace and Ash is December 19, 2025, however if you cannot wait and wish some Na’vi lore to fill the hole, take a look at Large Leisure’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora online game.
Freaky Friday 2 is now Freakier Friday
Whereas there aren’t quite a lot of particulars about this movie, stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee-Curtis appeared on stage to announce that Freaky Friday 2, the sequel to the 2003 movie, will formally be titled Freakier Friday.
In keeping with a Disney press launch, the sequel sees the return of mother-daughter duo Tess and Anna Coleman (Curtis and Lohan respectively) as Anna and her daughter put together to marry into a brand new household.
Additionally returning in Freakier Friday from the unique forged are Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao.
Freakier Friday is about to launch someday in 2025.
Tron: Ares
Lastly to cap off this round-up of D23’s leisure showcase was the reveal and first take a look at the third movie within the Tron franchise, Tron: Ares.
Jeff Bridges as soon as once more returns to the collection set on the planet inside a pc mainframe. Co-starring alongside Bridges are Evan Peters, Greta Lee, and Jared Leto because the titular Ares, a extremely subtle AI despatched to the actual world for an undisclosed mission. It was additionally revealed that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ band 9 Inch Nails might be composing the movie’s soundtrack.
Tron has develop into one of many unlikeliest movies to get a 3rd movie contemplating the 1982 movie and 2010’s Tron: Legacy had disappointing field workplace returns. Nonetheless, we cannot complain about getting extra.
Tron: Ares is about to launch on October 10, 2025.
