Disney teased its upcoming movies and television series including 鈥淢oana 2鈥� in a rousing showcase featuring sneak peaks, live performances and surprise appearances from actors including Dwayne Johnson, Zoe Salda帽a and Jude Law.
Fans at Disney鈥檚 D23 convention welcomed CEO with a standing ovation Friday at the top of the showcase. 鈥淭he world needs to be entertained maybe even more so now than ever before and we take that responsibility seriously,鈥� he said before presentations teased new movies in the 鈥淎vatar,鈥� 鈥淭oy Story鈥� and 鈥淚ncredibles鈥� franchises.
In the evening鈥檚 first surprise, and of 鈥淢oana鈥� jolted the crowd of over 15,000 at the Honda Center with a performance of a song featuring drummers and dancers in costumes styled after the beloved animated movie.
The actors are reprising their roles as Moana and Maui, respectively, in which is set to hit theaters Nov. 27. Before showing an extended sneak peek of the film, Johnson said that working on the films has been special to him, noting that his daughters, who are 6 and 8 years old, were in the crowd.
Disney subsequently online. The footage introduces characters new (Moana now has a little sister) and familiar, like her pet pig Pua and the Kakamora, a band of dart-blowing coconut-clad pirates.
Johnson also announced that he鈥檇 be continuing his long-running work on Disney projects to create a 鈥淢onster Jam鈥� live-action movie. The studio did not announce any updates to Johnson鈥檚 other Disney project, the that is in development.
Star Wars updates
Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni teased the which they said only started filming recently. Favreau said he felt compelled to 鈥減ut something together鈥� for the showcase and showed a brief clip featuring the title characters, as he put it, 鈥渙n a whole new journey.鈥�
Law spoke about announcing it will be coming to Disney+ on Dec. 3.
鈥淚 fell in love with 鈥楽tar Wars鈥� when I was a 10-year-old boy,鈥� Law said before sharing footage from the show, which has been billed as a coming-of-age tale.
Updates on 鈥楢vatar,鈥� 鈥楩rozen鈥� and Pixar sequels
Pixar Animation Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter announced the studio is developing a third 鈥淭he Incredibles鈥� movie, with Brad Bird returning as director.
鈥淭oy Story 5鈥� director Andrew Stanton said it鈥檒l be toys versus tech in the summer 2026 film featuring Woody, Buzz and the rest of the crew.
Jennifer Lee, the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, shared concept art from 鈥淔rozen III鈥� that features Anna, Elsa and Olaf looking onto the horizon with an ominous creature lurking close behind them. The film will arrive in 2027.
Director James Cameron and actors Zoe Salda帽a and Sam Worthington reunited on stage to announce the official title of the third 鈥淎vatar鈥� movie: 鈥淎vatar: Fire and Ash.鈥�
鈥淭he new film is not what you expect, but it鈥檚 definitely what you want,鈥� said Cameron, who will be bestowed in a ceremony to close out D23 on Sunday.
Fans got a look at 鈥淶ootopia 2,鈥� coming to theaters November 2025. The film鈥檚 star Ginnifer Goodwin also announced Ke Huy Quan will be joining the cast as a snake.
Fresh off Comic-Con, Marvel teases more
Following the blitz of at Comic-Con International, the studio鈥檚 president Kevin Feige came out after a welcome video from Ryan Reynolds, who thanked the crowd for supporting his box office record-breaking 鈥淒eadpool & Wolverine.鈥�
Ryan Coogler, the , joined Feige to discuss 鈥淚ronheart,鈥� starring Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos. The cast introduced a first look at the series that follows Thorne鈥檚 character, Riri Williams, who was first introduced in 鈥淏lack Panther: Wakanda Forever.鈥�
Feige also spoke about 鈥淢arvel鈥檚 first family,鈥� . Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach said hello to the audience in a short video clip in their costumes from the set in the U.K., where filming began late last month.
Fans also got a glimpse of the first look at 鈥淒aredevil: Born Again,鈥� set to start streaming on Disney+ in March. Feige said the new series will channel the essence of the Netflix original, with Charlie Cox reprising his role as Matt Murdock, but will also set the characters on a new path. A second season is in the works.
Big musical moments
Music will be a key part of 鈥淢ufasa: The Lion King,鈥� the upcoming prequel to the 2019 photo-realistic film, a remake of the 1994 animated classic. Director Barry Jenkins and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created original music for the new movie, introduced a clip featuring a new song, 鈥淚 Always Wanted a Brother,鈥� which depicts the early relationship between Mufasa and Scar.
Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot took to the stage to promote their live-action 鈥淪now White鈥� movie, which is scheduled for March 2025. Zegler plays the original Disney princess and 鈥淲onder Woman鈥� Gadot plays the evil queen. The film will feature new songs from duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known for 鈥淟a La Land鈥� and 鈥淒ear Evan Hansen.鈥�
Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges took to the stage to promote 鈥淭ron: Ares,鈥� which will be scored by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross鈥� Nine Inch Nails.
Kathryn Hahn performed a new song from her upcoming Marvel series 鈥淎gatha All Along,鈥� another earworm for fans of the 2021 . She praised the songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who wrote the hit song from 鈥淲andaVision鈥� that the series is named after and previously penned hits from 鈥淔rozen鈥� and 鈥淐oco.鈥�
鈥楩reaky Friday鈥� returns
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan announced the official title for the highly anticipated 鈥淔reaky Friday鈥� sequel, 鈥淔reakier Friday.鈥�
Curtis, who will be honored as a Disney Legend on Sunday, said she felt like no time had passed since they filmed the 2003 movie as they shared the first images from the new film.
Pixar talks its new stories, series
Docter also announced an original Pixar film, 鈥淗oppers,鈥� starring Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm, and shared exclusive looks at upcoming film 鈥淓lio.鈥� The young star of 鈥淓lio,鈥� Yonas Kibreab, brought Salda帽a back onstage and announced her as a lead character, joining America Ferrera and Jameela Jamil in the cast. The movie will hit theaters in June 2025.
Pixar will also have two new series hitting Disney+ in a first for the studio. Following the record-breaking success of 鈥淚nside Out 2,鈥� the studio is creating 鈥淒ream Productions,鈥� a show set in between 鈥淚nside Out鈥� and 鈥淚nside Out 2,鈥� that will start streaming on Disney+ in 2025. 鈥淲in or Lose,鈥� the first Pixar longform series, will hit Disney+ Dec. 6.
