All Upcoming Walt Disney Pictures Movies: Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, 20th Century Studios, And Searchlight Pictures
UPDATED: March 23, 2026
The upcoming slate of Walt Disney Pictures titles will bring a lot of familiarity, with a live-action Lilo & Stitch as well as new, animated, chapters in the Frozen, Toy Story and Zootopia-verses. Searchlight Pictures is also producing The Roses, director Jay Roach and writer Tony McNamara’s reimagining of the Michael Douglas-Kathleen Turner divorce comedy The War of the Roses (Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman star).
But there are also titles like the Pixar Animation Studios animated film Elio and Searchlight Pictures’ Joel Kim Booster wedding-themed comedy Again Again Again.
Below, we’ve gathered details for some of the Disney and Disney-associated films that are expected to hit in the next few years. We’ll add to this list as more information becomes available, especially in regard to the speculation Pixar Animation Studios movies still waiting release dates.
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Below, you’ll find the Disney-produced projects that have locked release dates – for now. Expect some of the dates to shift as announcements are made. We’ll keep this list updated so you’re always on top of what’s coming up. We’ve also noted which of these are 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures releases.
Release Date: May 22, 2026Director: Jon FavreauStarring: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Jonny Coyne
Originally conceived as the fourth season of the Disney+ TV show The Mandalorian, writers Favreau and Dave Filoni adapted the story into a film after the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes delayed production schedules.
Release Date: June 19, 2026Director: Andrew Stanton, McKenna Jean HarrisStarring: Tom Hanks, Greta Lee, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ernie Hudson, Tony Hale, Conan O’Brien, Blake Clark
The toys face their scariest foe yet… technology.
Release Date: July 10, 2026Director: Thomas KailStarring: Dwayne Johnson
This is a live-action take on the 2016 blockbuster about a Polynesian princess who (reluctantly) teams with the demigod-with-a-God-complex Maui on a mission to save her people. Johnson is welcomed back to play Maui and Hamilton director Thomas Kail will helm this film. Catherine Laga’aia replaces Auli’i Cravalho in the titular role.
Ice Age 6 (20th Century Animation)Release Date: December 18, 2026Director: TBDStarring: Ray Romano, Simon Pegg, Denis Leary
Most of the Ice Age regulars are back to heat up the franchise’s sixth installment.
Star Wars: Starfighter (Lucasfilm)Release Date: May 28, 2027Director: Shawn LevyStarring: Ryan Gosling
Details are still TBD.
Frozen IIIRelease Date: November 24, 2027Director: TBDStarring: TBD
Disney’s not letting go of the blockbuster franchise about two royal sisters, one blessed with magical powers and one not so much, who must routinely find ways to save their village. Details are still scarce, but Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee shared concept art at the August 2024 D23 Expo that she said “captures the seeds of their next epic adventure.”
A fourth Frozen film is also said to be in the works.
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Bluey: The MovieRelease Date: TBD 2027Director: Joe BrummStarring: Melanie Zanetti, David McCormack
It was inevitable. The TV show about a family of Australian blue heelers who are loved by both kids and kids at heart is going to Hollywood. A feature-length Bluey film is in the works with creator Brumm directing. It will also feature voice talent from the show such as Melanie Zanetti (who voices Bluey’s mum, Chili) and David McCormack (who voices Bluey’s dad, Bandit).
Avatar 4 (20th Century Studios)Release Date: December 21, 2029Director: James CameronStarring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
Details are still TBD.
Coco 2 (Pixar Animation Studios)Release Date: TBD 2029Director: Lee UnkrichStarring: TBD
Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced the news in March 2025 during the annual meeting of shareholders, saying then that “while the film is just in the initial stages, we know it will be full of humor, heart and adventure.”
Avatar 5 (20th Century Studios)Release Date: December 19, 2031Director: James CameronStarring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
Details are still TBD.
Below are projects that have been announced, are in some state of development – we define “stalled” as a state of development – and whose dates we’re still awaiting.
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9 to 5 Remake (20th Century Studios)Director: TBDStarring: TBD
What a way to make a livin’. Variety reported in 2024 that Jennifer Aniston’s Echo Films was producing a remake of the 1980 office satire that starred Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton.
29 DatesDirector: Richard WongStarring: TBD
This young adult rom-com, which is based on the Melissa de la Cruz novel, will appear on Disney+. While no cast or writer has been announced, we know that this story centers on a 16-year-old Korean exchange student who meets a host of eligible bachelors from around the globe. It has been compared to author Jenny Han’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before series.
Again Again Again (Searchlight Pictures)Director: TBDStarring: Joel Kim Booster
Deadline reported in 2024 that Fire Island’s Booster wrote this script, which is about a man of honor whose attempts to keep his best friend’s wedding on track go off the rails when his boyfriend shows up and causes drama.
Aladdin Spin-OffDirector: TBDStarring: Billy Magnussen
The Hollywood Reporter reported in 2019 that Disney had hired Jordan Dunn and Michael Kvamme to write a spin-off of its live-action version of Aladdin that would focus on Magnussen’s smarmy Prince Anders. Magnussen will reprise his role in the film. He told Entertainment Tonight in 2024 that the project was still happening, but was pushed due to delays from the COVID-19 shutdown and SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
Alvin Ailey Biopic (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Barry JenkinsStarring: TBD
Deadline reported in 2019 that Moonlight director Jenkins was developing an as-yet-to-be-titled biopic about the famed choreographer.
Live-Action The AristocatsDirector: QuestloveStarring: TBD
Not to be confused with the Paul Provenza comedy documentary The Aristocrats, this film will be a live-action reimagining of the 1970 film about Parisian cats who suddenly learn they have inherited a fortune from their owner. Deadline reported in 2022 that Will Gluck and Keith Bunin were writing the script.
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Live-Action BambiDirector: TBDStarring: TBD
Although long in the works, the film lost director Sarah Polley in 2024. It’s also already seen backfire from conservatives who bristled when one of its screenwriters, Lindsey Anderson Beer, suggested today’s kids haven’t seen the film as much as previous generations because [spoiler] it showed Bambi’s mom’s death and that her take “did give a little bit more of a scope to it.”
The Barrier (20th Century Studios)Director: Edward BergerStarring: Austin Butler
It was announced in 2024 that All Quiet on the Western Front’s Berger would direct, and that Butler would star in, this film based on a MacMillan Hedges short story. The plot is being kept under wraps, but Deadline reports that it is described as “Interstellar meets Top Gun.”
Beach Read (20th Century Studios)Director: Yulin KuangStarring: TBD
Based on Emily Henry’s best-selling novel, this rom-com follows two authors who agree to swap aesthetics (she to write the Great American Novel; him to write a book with a perfect happy ending) and end up falling in love.
Bomb (20th Century Studios)Director: Ridley ScottStarring: TBD
Deadline reported in 2023 that there was an explosion of offers for this project, which is based on Kevin McMullin’s short story about a hostage negotiator who gets called into work the night before his wedding.
Buster Keaton Biopic (20th Century Studios)Director: James MangoldStarring: TBD
Deadline reported in 2022 that Mangold was developing a film based on Marion Meade’s book, Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase. However, Deadline then reported in 2023 that Warner Bros. TV was making a biographical series with Rami Malek set to star as the silent film star.
The Caves of Steel (20th Century Studios)Director: John RidleyStarring: TBD
Deadline reported in January 2025 that the 12 Years a Slave Oscar winner had also co-written the latest adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s 1954 sci-fi novel with Luke Cage’s Cheo Hodari Coker. Set in a future where the last living humans dwell in cave cities, the plot follows a human and a humanoid robot who partner to solve a high-profile murder.
Club 33Director: TBDStarring: TBD
Can’t get a reservation at Disneyland’s exclusive restaurant? Buy a movie ticket. The Hollywood Reproter reported in 2024 that Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen’s 21 Laps Entertainment was developing a story set at the club that was in the vein of whodunnit comedies like Clue (apropos, as frequent 21 Laps collaborator Ryan Reynolds may have lost his chance to star in a remake of that Tim Curry classic).
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Cruella 2Director: Craig GillespieStarring: Emma Stone
Soon after the 2021 release of Disney’s villain origin story, Cruella, news broke that a sequel was in early development. Variety reported at the time that director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Tony McNamara were expected to return. A couple months later, Deadline confirmed that Emma Stone had a deal to be in the second film.
Stone told Variety in 2024 that the project is a “work in progress” and that it will come together “hopefully sooner rather than later.”
The Devil in the White City (20th Century Studios)Director: Martin ScorseseStarring: Leonardo DiCaprio
Appropriately, given its title, this is a project stuck in development hell. In 2010, DiCaprio bought the rights to Erik Larson’s book about the overlapping lives of serial killer H. H. Holmes and World’s Fair architect Daniel Burnham in 1890s Chicago. Several adaptations, including a TV series for Hulu starring Keanu Reeves, were workshopped. In January 2025, 20th Century Studios announced its plans to adapt with Scorsese and DiCaprio still involved.
The Dog Stars (20th Century Studios)Director: Ridley ScottStarring: Jacob Elordi
Based on a Peter Heller novel, this post-apocalyptic thriller is about the survivors of a flu virus that wiped out most of humanity. Gladiator II star Paul Mescal was supposed to star in this film, but Variety reported in 2025 that he ha to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.
DNA (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Jorma TacconeStarring: Ben Schwartz, Sam Rockwell
Schwartz also wrote the script for this comedy, which he sold to Searchlight in 2020, reports Deadline.
Enemy Mine (20th Century Studios)Director: TBDStarring: TBD
Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas would be giving an update to this 1985 cult sci-fi film, The Hollywood Reporter noted in June 2024. The first film starred Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. as a human and an alien who crash-land together on a desolate planet. Oh, and also their species hate each other.
Flight of the NavigatorDirector: Bryce Dallas HowardStarring: TBD
Actor-director Howard is remaking the 1986 sci-fi adventure movie for Disney+, switching the lead from a 12-year-old boy who goes missing and reappears eight years later to a female character. A release date is still unknown. Howard told the Los Angeles Times in 2022 that “there’s not a script yet.”
Untitled The Fly Film (20th Century Studios)Director: Nikyatu JusuStarring: TBD
Rising horror power-player Jusu (Nanny; a Night Of The Living Dead sequel) will write and direct this project based on the world created in David Cronenberg’s body horror classic, according to Deadline. A plot and casting are still TBD.
Free Guy 2Director: Shawn LevyStarring: Ryan Reynolds
Star Reynolds Tweeted soon after Free Guy’s summer 2021 premiere that Disney would be interested in doing a second film. What that film would look is still TBD, as returning director Levy told Collider in 2023 that the script was being retooled because it was too similar to box office smash Barbie. He further sunk the idea in a 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter where he said “we’ve worked for two years on ideas and scripts” and that “I’m less certain now … [W]e’re really proud of the movie and we don’t need to make sequels. If we don’t crack a story that feels very worth making, we’d rather just make a different movie.”
Deliver Me from Nowhere (20th Century Studios)Director: Scott CooperStarring: Jeremy Allen White
The Bear star will play Bruce Springsteen in this biographical film about the making of the musician’s Nebraska album. Odessa Young and Paul Walter Hauser also star.
Eenie Meanie (20th Century Studios)Director: Shawn SimmonsStarring: Samara Weaving, Karl Glusman
Written and directed by Simmons, this heist film stars Weaving as (according to Deadline) “a former teenage getaway driver who is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.”
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Remake (20th Century Studios)Director: Michelle Garza CerveraStarring: Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
A re-imagining of the 1992 psychological thriller about obsession, revenge and parenting.
In the Blink of an Eye (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Andrew StantonStarring: Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs
This sci-fi drama that interconnects three stories exploring the history of the world is said to be premiering soon on Hulu.
Incredibles 3 (Pixar Animation Studios)Director: Brad BirdStarring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter
The release date for the beloved superhero franchise’s third film has officially been set for June 16, 2028.
Is This Thing On? (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Bradley CooperStarring: Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett
Deadline reported in 2023 that long-time friends Cooper and Arnett would star in this film. Details are being kept under wraps, but it’s known that Arnett also co-wrote the script with Mark Chappell. Sean Hayes joined the cast in 2024.
The third film in the franchise was announced at the August 2024 D23 Expo.
Lilo & Stitch 2 (Walt Disney Pictures)Director: TBD Starring: TBD
Disney is officially developing a sequel to its smash-hit live-action Lilo & Stitch remake, and the studio has announced that the film will have its world premiere on May 26, 2028. Walt Disney Pictures announced the film on June 26 — that is, 6/26, a playful nod to Stitch’s original name, Experiment 626. A teaser above features Stitch driving a hot-pink convertible across the Walt Disney Studios lot, shouting, “Get ready. Here we go!”
Live-Action HerculesDirector: Guy RitchieStarring: TBD
It was first announced in 2020 with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings writer Dave Callaham handling the script and Avengers filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo producing.
Joe Russo told Variety in 2022 that this film will be “a little bit more experimental in tone, a little bit more experimental in execution.”
Ritchie, who directed 2019’s live-action take on Aladdin, is reportedly still helming this project, although rumors circulated in early 2024 that he’d left the film. As of April 2024, the producers said they were “still waiting on a script.”
Lunik Heist (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Kemp PowersStarring: Jared Leto, John Mulaney, Lupita Nyong’o
The script, based on an MIT Technology Review, “is inspired by the true story of the American government’s plot to steal a Soviet spacecraft during a 1959 expo in Mexico City,” reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Untitled Majorettes Movie (20th Century Studios)Director: TBDStarring: H.E.R.
Deadline reported in 2024 that musician H.E.R. was re-teaming with The Color Purple producers Harpo Films and Scott Sanders Productions on this dance movie about an introvert ballerina who joins a dance squad at a HBCU. Lauren Ashley Smith (A Black Lady Sketch Show) was writing the script.
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (20th Century Studios)Director: BenDavid GrabinskiStarring: Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza González, Jimmy Tatro
Grabinski writes and directs this action-fueled buddy comedy.
Monster JamDirector: TBDStarring: TBD
A live-action film set in the world of the world of motorsports, Dwayne Johnson announced the project, and his involvement in it, at the August 2024 D23 Expo (although what exactly that involvement is is still TBD).
“I’m a pickup truck man. I love motor sports. I love monster trucks. And I thought we had an opportunity here to create something interactive and fun and live action from the POV of these monsters trucks and their eccentric and crazy drivers,” Johnson said at the D23 announcement.
O’Dessa (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Geremy JasperStarring: Sadie Sink
Jasper wrote and directed the rock opera, which stars Stranger Things breakout Sink as a small-town girl hoping to recover a cherished family heirloom. Kelly Macdonald, Mark Boone Junior, Regina Hall, Murray Bartlett and Kelvin Harrison Jr. also star.
Perfect (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Olivia WildeStarring: Thomasin McKenzie, Mckenna Grace
Wilde is set to direct the biopic about Kerri Strug, the Olympic gold medalist who famously fought a painful injury to bring her team to victory. However, she told Variety in 2022 that she was pushing back the start of production to concentrate on her children.
Prince CharmingDirector: Paul KingStarring: TBD
What happened before the meet-cute that resulted in the the happily ever after? Paddington’s King, Simon Barnaby and Jon Croker are co-writing the story that tells Prince Charming’s side of things, reporters Variety.
The Princess Diaries 3Director: Adele LimStarring: Anne Hathaway
In October 2024, Hathaway confirmed via Instagram that she would be going “back to Genovia” and that the “fairy tale continues.”
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Ready or Not Sequel (Searchlight Pictures)Director: TBDStarring: Samara Weaving
Weaving is back for more wedding night jitters for this follow-up to the 2019 black comedy about a bride who finds that her new husband’s family has some weird marriage traditions.
Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)Director: HikariStarring: Brendan Fraser, Mari Yamamoto, Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto
According to Variety, the film follows a “down-and-out actor living in Tokyo who is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental family company providing professional stand-in services.”
The Return of the Rocketeer (Disney+)Director: TBDStarring: David Oyelowo
After some false starts, a live-action remake of the 1991 film The Rocketeer is in the works with David Oyelowo on board as an executive producer and lead. The Wrap reported in 2023 that Sylvie’s Love filmmaker Eugene Ashe would write the script. The film would air on Disney+.
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion Sequel (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Tim FederleStarring: Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow
Grab the Post-its and your best business woman attire. The Hollywood Reporter announced in 2025 that Sorvino and Kudrow were in final talks to return for a sequel to this pop culture favorite.
ShrunkDirector: Joe JohnstonStarring: Rick Moranis, Josh Gad
A follow-up to the Honey, I Shrunk The Kids franchise familiar to late Gen Xers and older Millennials, the film will focus on Gad’s Nick Szalinski — son of Moranis’ Wayne from the original film series — who continues with his dad’s size-changing experiments. It will air on Disney+, although “when” is still a big TBD.
Gad Tweeted in 2023 that “a lot of u ask me what’s going on with this film. Truth is, we were inches from starting and then COVID hit, inches from starting again & then my schedule exploded with conflicts, inches from starting again & budget got the best of us. If you want it, let your local @disney know.”
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The Simpsons Movie 2 (20th Century Studios)Director: TBDStarring: TBD
Comic Book Guy — and other Simpsons characters who care about details — would like you to know that the long-awaited second Simpsons movie is a standalone film and not a sequel. At least, that was the word from series producer Al Jean when he was asked about it in 2020.
Jean told ComicBook.com in 2024 that “there’s talk and I think something will happen” and that “it’s tough for the entire animation business right now to know what the best path is. I think we want to see how the animated films do this summer.”
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Sister Act 3Director: TBDStarring: Whoopi Goldberg
Regina Y. Hicks and Karin Gist have been tapped to write the script for the latest installment in the franchise and Goldberg has stated that she is involved. In 2024, the star reiterated her desire for her costar in 1993’s Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Sheryl Lee Ralph, to appear in the movie. It will air on Disney+.
SpookedDirector: Peter FoottStarring: TBD
News came in 2020 that Irish filmmaker Foott was developing a Disney+ supernatural comedy that The Hollywood Reporter says “involves a Halloween night gone awry as trick or treaters are transformed into whatever costume they are wearing.”
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Star Wars: New Jedi Order (Lucasfilm)Director: Sharmeen Obaid-ChinoyStarring: Daisy Ridley
When breaking news that Ocean’s 12 writer George Nolfi would be writing the script, The Hollywood Reporter noted that the plot take place 15 years after the events seen in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, with Ridley’s character now a mentor to a new crop of Jedis.”
Starlight (20th Century Studios)Director: Joe CornishStarring: TBD
Attack the Block’s Joe Cornish is adapting Mark Millar’s comic. According to Deadline, which broke the news, it “centers on a space hero who saved the universe 35 years ago but when he came back to Earth, no one believed his fantastic stories. He married, had kids and settled into old age, but then his old rocket ship shows up, and he is called back for one fantastic adventure.”
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Street Justice (20th Century Studios)Director: Peter AtencioStarring: Will Ferrell
Keanu director Atencio is directing this film based on a script from Dave Callaham about “a character who decides to deliver his own brand of justice,” reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Three Men and a BabyDirector: Mo MarableStarring: Zac Efron
High School Musical alum Efron will, presumably, be one of the three men (and not the baby) in this remake of the 1980s film about a trio of guys out of their element when one of them unexpectedly becomes a father. Marable is directing, according to Deadline. Disney had planned for the film to be released in 2022 on Disney+.
Tender is the Night (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Soo HughStarring: TBD
Variety reported in August 2024 that Pachinko creator Hugh would write and direct this adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel.
Test Drive (20th Century Studios)Director: TBDStarring: TBD
Dexter: Resurrection writer Matt Venne sold this original action thriller script in November 2024, according to Deadline.
Tower of TerrorDirector: Taika WaititiStarring: Scarlett Johansson
Another project based on a popular Disney attraction, Black Widow’s Johansson will produce and star in this film according to Collider. Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley will write the script and Waititi is rumored to direct. The project was delayed during Johansson’s lawsuit with Disney over the release of her film, Black Widow and then, again, in 2023, due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. And, as Screenrant points out, her involvement in Jurassic Park 4 will only further push production on this film.
Treasure Island RemakeDirector: TBDStarring: TBD
The Peanut Butter Falcon’s Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz are writing the script. Schwartz told The Hollywood Reporter in December 2024 that “It’s an Australian surfer version of Treasure Island, and if they [Disney] ever make it, it would be so fun. It has the vibes that we do, and there’s found family, brotherhood, drama and outsider energy.”
Whalefall (20th Century Studios)Director: Brian DuffieldStarring: TBD
Deadline reported in March 2024 that Duffield would direct this adaptation of the popular Daniel Kraus novel. The two are co-writing the script, which Deadline says is “described as The Martian meets 127 Hours. The book is about a scuba diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. After giving up on life, the young man is surprised to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.”
Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight Pictures)Director: Martin McDonaghStarring: John Malkovich, Mark Ruffalo and Sam Rockwell
Deadline reported in February 2025 that Malkovich and Ruffalo were joining the project, which already reunited Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri writer-director McDonagh with that film’s best supporting actor Oscar winner, Sam Rockwell.
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Working Girl (20th Century Studios)Director: TBDStarring: TBD
Let the river run wild with this one. Selena Gomez is said to be aiding in the adaptation of the 1980s Melanie Griffith film Working Girl — a story of a Manhattan receptionist from Staten Island who should never have been underestimated. Diary of a Future President creator Ilana Pena is writing the new screenplay and Gomez is producing. It’s still unclear as to whether the Only Murders in the Building actress will star in the film.
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