Disney delights fans at D23 with ‘Incredibles 3’ announcement, footage from ‘Moana 2’

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Disney teased its upcoming movies and TV series including “Moana 2” in a thriller featuring outrageous stunts, live action and surprise appearances from actors including Dwayne Johnson , Zoe Saldaña and Jude Law.

Fans at Disney’s D23 conference welcomed the CEO Bob Iger with great excitement on Friday at the top of the show. “The world needs entertainment now more than ever and we take that responsibility seriously,” he said before speeches teasing new movies in “Avatar,” “Toy Story” and “The Incredibles.” “.

A wonderful first evening, Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson of “Moana” rocked the crowd of more than 15,000 people at the Honda Center with a song featuring drums and dancers dressed in costumes inspired by the popular animated film.

The actors are reprising their roles as Moana and Maui, respectively, in “Moana 2,” which is set to hit theaters Nov. 27. Before showing a long sneak peek of the movie, Johnson said that working on the movies had been a special experience for him, noting that his daughters, ages 6 and 8, were among the crowd. .

Disney after that released the first full-length trailer of the film online. The game introduces new characters (Moana now has a younger brother) and familiar ones, such as her pet named Pua and Kakamora, a group of coconut-clad pirates.

Johnson also announced that he will continue his long-time work on Disney projects to create a “Monster Jam” movie. The studio did not announce any updates on Johnson’s other Disney project, the live-action “Moana,” that is in development.

Star Wars Updates

Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni joked In May 2026 the Star Wars movie “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” which they said was only recently taken up. Favreau said he felt compelled to “put something together” for the show and showed a short clip featuring the characters, as he put it, “on a new journey.”

Law spoke of “Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew” announced that it will be coming to Disney+ on December 3rd.

“I fell in love with ‘Star Wars’ when I was a 10-year-old boy,” Law said before sharing images from the show, which is said to be a coming-of-age story.

Updates on ‘Avatar,’ ‘Frozen’ and Pixar sequels

Pixar Animation Officer Pete Docter has announced that the studio is developing a third “The Incredibles” movie, with Brad Bird returning as director.

“Toy Story 5” director Andrew Stanton said it will be toys versus technology in the summer 2026 film featuring Woody, Buzz and the rest of the crew.

Jennifer Lee, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, shared artwork from “Frozen III” that shows Anna, Elsa and Olaf looking up at a terrifying creature lurking behind them. The movie will arrive in 2027.

Director James Cameron and actors Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington reunited on stage to announce the official title of the third “Avatar” movie: “Avatar: Fire and Ash”.

“The new movie is not what you expect, but what you want,” said Cameron, who will be honored with “Disney Legends” status at the D23 closing ceremony on Sunday.

Viewers looked at “Zootopia 2,” which is coming to theaters in November 2025. The star of the movie Ginnifer Goodwin also announced that Ke Huy Quan will join the cast as a snake.

Fresh from Comic-Con, Marvel teases more

Following the blitz of announcements from Marvel at Comic-Con International, studio president Kevin Feige came out after a welcome video from Ryan Reynolds, who thanked the crowd for supporting his “Deadpool & Wolverine” broken box office.

Ryan Cooler, of the director of the “Black Panther” films.joined Feige to discuss “Ironheart,” starring Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos. The actor released the first look at the series that follows Thorne’s character, Riri Williams, who was first introduced in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

Feige also talked about “Marvel’s original family,” Fantastic Four. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach greeted the audience with a short video clip in their costumes from the UK, where filming began late last month.

Fans also got a first look at “Daredevil: Reborn,” which is set to begin streaming on Disney+ in March. Feige said the new series will carry over the original Netflix series, with Charlie Cox reprising his role as Matt Murdock, but will also set the cast on a new path. A second season is in the works.

Great moments in music

Music will be an important part of “Mufasa: The Lion King,” the 2019 sequel to the original film, a remake of the 1994 animated classic. Director Barry Jenkins and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created ‘ original music for the new movie, they released a clip featuring a new song, “I’m Always Looking for a Brother,” which shows the early relationship between Mufasa and Scar.

Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot went on stage to promote their movie “Snow White”, which is scheduled for March 2025. Zegler plays the first Disney princess and “Wonder Woman” Gadot plays the evil queen. The film will have new songs from the duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, known for “La La Land” and “Dear Evan Hansen”.

Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges took to the stage to promote “Tron: Ares,” which will be joined by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ Nine Inch Nails.

Kathryn Hahn sang a new song from her upcoming Marvel series “Agatha All Along,” one of the ears for fans in 2021. “WandaVision” musical number.. He praised songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who wrote the most popular song in “WandaVision” from which the series is named and previously written songs from “Frozen” and “Coco”.

‘Freaky Friday’ returns

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan have announced the official title for the highly anticipated “Freaky Friday” sequel, “Freakier Friday”.

Curtis, who will be honored as a Disney Legend on Sunday, said it felt like no time had passed since they filmed the 2003 movie as they shared the first images of the new film.

Pixar talks about its new stories, series

Docter also announced Pixar’s original film, “Hoppers,” starring Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm, and shared exclusive thoughts on the upcoming film “Elio.” The young star of “Elio,” Yonas Kibreab, brought Saldaña back to the stage and announced her as the lead actress, joining America Ferrera and Jameela Jamil in the show. The film will hit theaters in June 2025.

Pixar will have two new hit series on Disney+, a first for the studio. After the unofficial success of “Inside Out 2,” the studio is creating “Dream Productions,” a show set between “Inside Out” and “Inside Out 2,” which will begin airing on Disney+ in 2025. Lose, ” The Pixar series premieres on Disney+ Dec. 6.