Yesterday, The Walt Disney Company held its 2020 Investor Day, making many exciting announcements. Bob Chapek, Chief Executive Officer, The Walt Disney Company, and Bob Iger, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, led the event.
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige was on board to announce lots of information about their upcoming film and TV lineup. Disney+ will be getting numerous new shows including "Secret Invasion" starring Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn, "Ironheart" starring Dominique Thorne, and "Armor Wars", starring Don Cheadle. Also in the lineup is a "Guardians of the Galaxy" holiday special.
As for films, we will see "Fantastic Four", "Black Panther II", "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania", "Falcon & the Winter Soldier", and "Loki", among others.
Other Disney+ properties will include "WandaVision," the animated series "What If…?"; "Ms. Marvel"; "Hawkeye," with Hailee Steinfeld joining Jeremy Renner in the series; "She-Hulk," starring Tatiana Maslany in the title role alongside co-stars Mark Ruffalo and Tim Roth; "Moon Knight"; "Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special"; and a series of original shorts, "I Am Groot."
Feature films will include "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania", "Black Widow", "Shang Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings", "Eternals", "Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness", "Thor: Love and Thunder", "Blade", "Captain Marvel 2", and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3".
"Disney+ is key to the interconnection and expansion of the MCU. It will be home to both our feature films and our series for years to come," said Feige.
Aside from Marvel, Disney has many other releases coming as well. Lucasfilm announced new Star Wars universe Disney+ series and new feature films including "Obi-Wan Kenobi", starring Ewan McGregor with Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader, and two series set in the Mandalorian era from Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni: "Rangers of the New Republic" and "Ahsoka," a series featuring the fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano. Other titles announced for Disney+ included "Andor", "Star Wars: The Bad Batch", "Star Wars: Visions", "Lando", "The Acolyte", and "A Droid Story". "Willow" will make a comeback in a new series with Warwick Davis returning in the title role. The next feature film in the Star Wars franchise, releasing in December 2023, will be "Rogue Squadron"; the next installment of the "Indiana Jones" franchise will be released, and a Star Wars feature film by writer/director Taika Waititi and "Children of Blood & Bone".
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Production announced their lineup which includes "Hocus Pocus 2", reboots of "Three Men and a Baby" with Zac Efron and "Cheaper by the Dozen" with Kenya Barris and Gabrielle Union, and a new "Sister Act" film starring Whoopi Goldberg, who is on board as a producer with Tyler Perry. Additional Disney+ projects revealed include "Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers", a hybrid live action-animated film starring John Mulaney and Andy Samberg; "Pinocchio", directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks; "Peter Pan & Wendy", starring Jude Law as Captain Hook and Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell; and "Disenchanted", with Amy Adams returning as Giselle. New live-action biographical films set for the service include "Greek Freak", about NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo, as well as projects about Keanon Lowe and Chris Paul. The group is also developing new animated takes on favorite 20th Century Studios' titles "Diary of a Wimpy Kid", "The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild", starring Simon Pegg; and "Night at the Museum". The studio also previewed its slate of feature films including "Jungle Cruise"; "Cruella"; a prequel to "The Lion King"; and "The Little Mermaid".
Walt Disney Animation Studios also announced a number of projects, including the upcoming feature film "Encanto," which includes new songs by Emmy®, GRAMMY®, and Tony Award® winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and is slated for theaters in November 2021. The studio also revealed that "Raya and the Last Dragon" will debut simultaneously on Disney+ Premier Access and in theatres in March 2021. They also announced new series for Disney+, including "Baymax", "Zootopia+", "Tiana" and "Moana, The Series", as well as "Iwájú", which will be produced in collaboration with the Pan-African comic book entertainment company Kugali.
The slate for Pixar Animation Studios was also revealed. Among the titles are Pixar's first-ever long-form animated series "Win or Lose", which debuts exclusively on Disney+ in Fall 2023, and two brand-new feature films slated for theaters in 2022 - Academy Award®-winning director Domee Shi's "Turning Red," and "Lightyear," the definitive origin story of the hero that inspired the toy. Chris Evans will lend his voice to the role of Buzz. Slated for theaters next summer is the original feature film "Luca". Details were shared about new Disney+ series, including "Inside Pixar", "Pixar Popcorn", "Dug Days", and "Cars", as well as the upcoming feature film "Soul" and short "Burrow"-both debuting on Disney+ on December 25, 2020.
