UPDATED: November 23, 2021 to reflect the premiere of Encanto on November 24, 2021.
Encanto, Disney’s long-awaited latest animated musical , premieres November 24 in theaters and December 24 on Disney+.The film follows a family who all have special powers — well, almost all of them — and who live in a magical and protected small mountain village.It Stephanie Beatriz and John Leguizamo with original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda.It also has been a long time coming.
After the coronavirus pandemic sent all of Hollywood scrambling and release dates shuffling, Walt Disney Studios and its subsidiaries — aka Marvel, 20th Century, Pixar, Searchlight and more — moved premiere dates for some major releases.An example: The long-awaited fifth Indiana Jones movie, which was scheduled to be released in summer 2022, has shifted to a June 30, 2023 release.
Other schedule changes include Thor: Love and Thunder, which moves to July 8, 2022 and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which moves to November 11, 2022.
Walt Disney Studios is an expert at straddling the line between popcorn programming and awards season darlings.
Continuing with its theme park adaptations, the Mouse House recently announced that Owen Wilson and Rosario Dawson would be joining the cast of director Justin Simien’s Haunted Mansion movie.And news also recently broke that there are plans for a second Jungle Cruise film after the box office success of the 2021 Emily Blunt-Dwayne Johnson film.In original properties not based on IPs, Free Guy star Ryan Reynolds has stated that the studio would be interested in a sequel to that summer 2021 hit.
Meanwhile, Disney and its subsidiaries are entering the 2021 awards season full steam.Films released this season besides Encanto include Steven Spielberg’s remake of the musical West Side Story and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch .
Below, we’ve gathered details for some of the flashier Disney and Disney-associated films that are expected to hit in the next few years – it’s the most comprehensive new Disney movies list you’ll find.
We’ll add to this list as more information becomes available, especially in regards to the speculation surrounding Marvel and Pixar movies still waiting release dates – and in some cases, titles – as well as other rumored and in-development films like the sixth Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Most Anticipated 2021 Movies
Below, you’ll find the Disney-produced projects that have locked release dates – for now.Among them are big-hitters like Black Panther 2 and Encanto.Expect some of the dates later in the set to shift as announcements are made, and note that the situation with the coronavirus and theater openings remains fluid.We’ll keep this list updated so you’re always on top of what’s coming up.
We’ve noted which of these are Twentieth Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures releases.
Encanto (2021)
Release Date: November 24, 2021
Directors: Byron Howard and Jared Bush, Charise Castro Smith
Cast: Stephanie Beatriz
In June 2020, the Disney-themed news outlet The Disinsider reported that Zootopia directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush would be making this Walt Disney Animation Studios film about a young girl who is the only one in her family not to have magical powers.Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music and Bush and Howard co-wrote the script with Charise Castro Smith, who serves as co-director.Stars include Stephanie Beatriz, Wilmer Valderrama, María Cecilia Botero and Adassa.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
Release Date: December 3, 2021
Director: Swinton Scott
Cast: Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress, Chris Diamantopoulos
Disney confirmed during the December 2020 Walt Disney Company investors day that it was working on an animated version of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.Like its source material, the film will focus on Greg Heffley — a scrawny, but ambitious, kid with an active imagination.He has big plans to be rich and famous, provided that he can survive middle school.The film will air on Disney+.
West Side Story (2021)
Director Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner bring a new generation to this tale of star-crossed lovers struggling to stay together amid gang warfare.One can only imagine that the film will concentrate particularly hard on the themes of outsiders and immigration – especially given the casting of Rita Moreno, who crossed off the “O” in her EGOT when she won the Academy Award for playing the headstrong Anita in the first film.
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Release Date: December 17, 2021
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe and Toni Collette
Based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel, Cooper’s Stanton “Stan” Carlisle has a talent for manipulating people.
Has he met his match in Blanchett’s psychiatrist, Dr.Lilith Ritter? A 1947 film adaptation of this novel starred Tyrone Power and was directed by Edmund Goulding.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Release date: December 17, 2021
Director: Jon Watts
Starring: Tom Holland
After much back-and-forth and fears that the kid wouldn’t make it, Disney and Sony reached an impasse and Spidey fans will get a new film.Jon Watts, who directed the first two films in this reboot of the franchise, returns as director and Far From Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are back for this project.
The COVID-19 pandemic, however, pushed the film’s release from July 2021 to November of that year — and then again to that December.
The King’s Man (2021)
A treat for Anglophiles and others who love witty banter and bloody action, the third film in the Kingsman franchise is a prequel to the first two films.
The movie welcomes a new cast – including Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton – and sees one man facing off against some of history’s worst villains as they plot a potentially world-ending war.
Deep Water (2022)
Release Date: January 14, 2022
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Ana de Armas, Ben Affleck, Rachel Blanchard
This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel centers on a husband who allows his wife to have affairs to stave off a divorce, only to become a suspect when her lovers begin to disappear.Director Adrian Lyne has form here: He directed both Unfaithful and Fatal Attraction.But this will be his first film in 18 years.
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
Release Date: January 28, 2022
Director: John C.Donkin
Cast: Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg returns as the swashbuckling weasel in this 20th Century Studios film franchise.It will air in early 2022 on Disney+.
Death on the Nile (2022)
Branagh, who directed and starred in the 2017 adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express , returns to the universe of Agatha Christie mysteries.
This one finds his Belgian detective Hercule Poirot forced to cut his beach-side vacation short when a young heiress turns up murdered.The film was scheduled to be released in December 2020, but was rescheduled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sneakerella (2022)
A modern twist on the Cinderella story, this Disney+ film follows a budding sneaker designer who falls in love with the daughter of a basketball star.His best friend and a Fairy Godmother help me realize his dreams.
Turning Red (2022)
Release date: March 11, 2022
Director: Domee Shi
Starring: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh
Domee Shi, who won an Academy Award for her Pixar short Bao, is directing this film.It’s about a teenage girl named Mei who is experiencing all the awkwardness of that age — except she turns into a giant red panda every time she gets too excited.
Cheaper by the Dozen (2022)
Release date: March 2022
Director: Gail Lerner
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Zach Braff
Disney confirmed during the December 2020 Walt Disney Company investors day that Black-ish creator Kenya Barris was penning the script for this film and that Gabrielle Union would star.It’s reported that Zach Braff will play opposite her and Gail Lerner is directing.It is described as a story about “a blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life and their family business.” At the 2021 Disney+ Day, it was announced that the film would premiere in March 2022 on Disney+.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Release date: May 6, 2022
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong
Benedict Cumberbatch returns as the Sorcerer Supreme with Elizabeth Olsen joining him as the Scarlet Witch in what is being touted as the first scary MCU movie.
Director Scott Derrickson left the project, and Sam Raimi – who helmed the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films – confirmed in April 2020 that he was now overseeing it.However, the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the film’s release date from November 2021 to March 2022.It was moved again to May 6, 2022, replacing Thor: Love and Thunder (which moved to July 2022).
The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022)
Release Date: May 27, 2022
Director: Lauren Bouchard
Starring: H.Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal
Oh to imagine all the burger-related puns that could fit into a full-length movie.Hoping to rekindle the box-office magic that The Simpsons Movie did in 2007 (it grossed $183,100,000), the movie adaptation of this popular Fox sitcom is now officially a go after a lot of red tape in the Disney-Fox acquisition.The film was slated to be released in April 2021, but coronavirus-related concerns have temporarily bumped it off the schedule before it was rescheduled for May 2022.
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Lightyear (2022)
Release date: June 17, 2022
Director: Angus MacLane
Starring: Chris Evans
In a bit of brilliant meta filmmaking, Pixar offers this movie – an origin story not about the toy Tim Allen voices in the Toy Story movies, but about the movie character that inspired that doll.
Chris Evans voices the hero who infamously (also) goes “to infinity and beyond.”
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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Release date: July 8, 2022
Director: Taika Waititi
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman
Shortly before Comic-Con 2019, Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi signed on to return for a fourth installment in the God of Thunder franchise.In a surprise move, Marvel revealed that Natalie Portman is returning to the series as the new Mighty Thor, a twist pulled from a Thor comic book series by Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, and others.Meanwhile, Tessa Thompson will return as Valkyrie, the king of New Asgard who must find a Queen.It was confirmed during The Walt Disney Company’s December 2020 investors day that Christian Bale would play villain, Gorr the God Butcher.
Disenchanted
Release Date: Fall 2022
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Amy Adams
The Variety article that announces Shankman’s ties to Hocus Pocus 2 also states that Shankman was in pre-production on Disenchanted – a sequel to 2007’s Enchanted – when that news broke.It was confirmed during the December 2020 The Walt Disney Company investors day that Amy Adams would be reprising her starring role from the first film.
Production on the sequel started in May 2021 and it was announced at the 2021 Disney+ Day that the film would premiere in fall 2022 on the streamer.James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey and Idina Menzel will also be reprising their roles while Maya Rudolph and newcomer Gabriella Baldacchino join the cast.
(Photo by Buena Vista courtesy Everett Collection)
Hocus Pocus 2
Release Date: Fall 2022
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy
In March 2020, Variety reported that Hairspray director Adam Shankman was attached to direct this sequel while others https://thedisinsider.com/2021/04/22/exclusive-anne-fletcher-replaces-adam-shankman-as-director-for-hocus-pocus-2/ in April 2021 that Anne Fletcher has taken over directing duties.Disney confirmed in May 2021 that the original film’s stars, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, would be returning for this movie and that the plot will follow “three young women [who] accidentally bring the Sanderson Sisters back to modern day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on the world.” It will air in fall 2022 on Disney+.
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Pinocchio Live-Action Movie
Release Date: Fall 2022
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks
Continuing Disney’s trend of making live-action versions of fan-favorite films from its vault, it was announced in January 2020 that Robert Zemeckis had signed on to co-write and direct a version of Pinocchio in this format.
It was announced during the December 2020 The Walt Disney Company investors day that Tom Hanks would star as woodworker Geppetto.In March 2021, it was announced that Benjamin Evan Ainsworth would play the title character, Cynthia Erivo would play the Blue Fairy, Keegan-Michael Key would play Honest John, and that Joseph Gordon-Levitt would play Jiminy Cricket.It will air in fall 2022 on Disney+.
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Much is at stake for the second chapter of Black Panther – including how it will pay tribute to star Chadwick Boseman, who died of complications related to colon cancer in August 2020.It was https://twitter.com/Disney/status/1337200405659480065 during The Walt Disney Company’s December 2020 investors day that lead character T’Challa will not be recast and, instead, the film “will explore the world of Wakanda & the rich characters introduced in the first film.” The film was scheduled to be released in July 2022, but was pushed to that November.
Avatar 2 (2022)
Release Date: December 16, 2022
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver
The long-awaited sequel to director Cameron’s box-office hit and Best Picture nominee checks in with Worthington’s former human, Jake Sully, and his partner, Neytiri (Saldana), a member of Na’vi royalty.Weaver, whose character died in the first film, is back in a new role.Lang, whose character also died in the first film, is also back ( [somehow](//www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/877415-colonel-quaritch-will-be-the-main-villain-in-the-avatar-sequels#/slide/1) ).New cast members include Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis.
Production was delayed on this film, as well as Avatar 3, 4, and 5 , due to coronavirus concerns.
Rodrick Rules
Release Date: 2022
Director: TBD
Starring: TBD
A second animated film from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series will premiere in 2022 on Disney+.It is not to be confused with the 2011 live-action film with a similar name .
The Marvels (2023)
Release Date: February 17, 2023
Director: Nia DaCosta
Starring: Brie Larson
Captain Marvel star Brie Larson will return for the second film, which we will finally see in the summer of 2022.In January 2020, it was announced that WandaVision’s Megan McDonnell would write the script .it was announced at The Walt Disney Company’s December 2020 investor day that Nia DaCosta would direct and that Iman Vellani, who plays Ms.Marvel in that titular Disney+ TV show, will appear in this film.
(Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
The Little Mermaid
Release Date: May 26, 2023
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Halle Bailey, Awkwafina, Daveed Diggs
This remake of the Disney classic is one of the most anticipated releases the studio has coming – at least, if the feverishness of the rumor mill is anything to go by.We know that R&B star Halle Bailey will play Ariel, Daveed Diggs will play Sebastian, Awkwafina will play Scuttle, and Jonah Hauer-King will play Prince Eric.
The film will include music from the animated smash as well as new songs from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Untitled Indiana Jones Film
Release date: June 30, 2023
Director: James Mangold
Starring: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen
Ready your leather jackets and fedoras.After much waiting, the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise will finally arrive in theaters in summer 2023.While plot details about the rugged archaeologist’s latest adventures have truly yet to be unearthed, star Harrison Ford is set to return, while Steven Spielberg has handed the directing reins over to Ford v Ferrari and Logan helmer James Mangold.
The film had been scheduled to be released in July 2022, but it was announced in October 2021 that Disney was pushing its release to June 2023.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Release Date: July 28, 2023
Director: Peyton Reed
Starring: Paul Rudd
The third chapter in the Rudd-starring superhero standalone “is going to be a much bigger, more sprawling movie than the first two,” director Reed said when visiting SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show in August 2020.Reed also teased then that “it’s going to have a very different visual template.” It was confirmed during parent The Walt Disney Company’s December 2020 investor meeting that Kathryn Newton was joining the cast as Cassie Lang and Jonathan Majors would play Kang the Conqueror.In addition to Rudd, previous cast members Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, and Michelle Pfeiffer will also return.In October 2021, it was announced that the film had been pushed from February 2023 to July 2023.
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Release Date: December 23, 2023
Director: Patty Jenkins
Starring: TBD
The first-ever Star Wars film to be directed by a woman follows a group of fighter pilots who band together to defend good from evil.
Avatar 3 (20th Century Studios)
Release date: December 20, 2024
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
Avatar 4 (20th Century Studios)
Release date: December 18, 2026
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
Avatar 5 (20th Century Studios)
Release date: December 22, 2028
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
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 for.
A number are projects that are set to premiere on Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, and a number were taken off the schedule following the coronavirus outbreak and have not been re-dated.
For more info on upcoming Marvel films without release dates, check our our full list of upcoming Marvel movies .
Nimona (20th Century Studios)
Director: Patrick Osborne
Starring: TBD
This animated film is based on the graphic novels by Noelle Stevenson – a.k.a.the creator of Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power – and tells the story of a young shape shifter who happens to be the sidekick of a super-villain.
Fantastic Four
Director: Jon Watts
Starring: TBD
It was announced during The Walt Disney Company’s December 2020 investor day that Jon Watts was on board to helm a long-rumored new version of the Fantastic Four series.It’s been https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/fantastic-four-marvel-studios-setting-up-next-big-franchise/ that the film will premiere in 2023.
Children of Blood & Bone
Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Starring: TBD
In 2019, Deadline https://deadline.com/2019/08/children-of-blood-and-bone-movie-lucasfilm-kathy-kennedy-kay-oyegun-rick-famuyiwa-fox-disney-1202662804/ that This is Us’s Kay Oyegun is adapting the film based on Tomi Adeyemi’s young adult fantasy novel about a young girl who attempts to restore magic to her kingdom.It was also reported that year that Rick Famuyiwa would direct.
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New Pirates of the Caribbean Movie
Director: TBD
Starring: TBD
The ship that doesn’t ever seem to sink will keep sailing with Disney’s newest attempt to revive the franchise.
Initially, Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were hired for the project, but in October 2019 it was announced that franchise vet Ted Elliott and Chernobyl writer Craig Mazin were taking over writing duties.No word on cast and director or on whether Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) will be a part of the new story.
New Pirates of the Caribbean Movie
Director: TBD
Starring: Margot Robbie
The above Pirates film should not be confused with the one set to star Margot Robbie.This film, which The Hollywood Reporter says will be penned by Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson, will reportedly be female-fronted and be its own story that will introduce new characters beyond those already part of Jack Sparrow’s orbit.
29 Dates
Director: Richard Wong
Starring: 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.
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Peter Pan & Wendy
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Alexander Molony, Ever Anderson, Jude Law
Something to crow about? In March 2020, https://variety.com/2020/film/news/disney-live-action-peter-pan-peter-wendy-1203529492/ reported that newcomer Ever Anderson would play Wendy and The Reluctant Landlord’s Alexander Molony will play Peter in this live-action version of the 1953 Disney animated classic.It was confirmed at the December 2020 The Walt Disney Company investors day that Jude Law would play Captain Hook and Yara Shahidi will play Tinker Bell.Pete’s Dragon’s David Lowery will direct.
The film will air on Disney+.
Robin Hood Live-Action Movie
Director: Carlos López Estrada
Starring: TBD
Another classic animated Disney film to get the live-action/CGI treatment is 1973’s animated musical Robin Hood.In April 2020, Disney https://variety.com/2020/film/news/robin-hood-animated-remake-1234577408/ that Lopez Estrada would be directing a new adaptation of this movie with Lady and the Tramp’s Kari Granlund writing the script.
The film will air on Disney+.
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Cruella 2
Director: Craig Gillespie
Starring: 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.
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Live-Action Snow White Movie
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Rachel Zegler
After falling asleep for several years, the live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves has risen with West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler set to lead.https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-snow-white-rachel-zegler-1235002439/ reported in 2021 that Marc Webb will direct and that production on the still-untitled film would begin in 2022.
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Deadpool 3
Director: TBD
Starring: Ryan Reynolds
Cue the creative ad campaigns and Hugh Jackman insults.
Ryan Reynolds’ sardonic super hero is back for another installment.The Great North and Bob’s Burgers’ Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin are writing the script for the third movie, according to Deadline .The article also stated that David Leitch, who directed the second film, would likely not return for this movie due to scheduling conflicts.No word on if Celine Dion would appear.
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: TBD
https://deadline.com/2021/01/ben-affleck-keeper-of-lost-cities-for-disney-1234667770/ reported in 2021 that Oscar winner Affleck would direct this cinematic adaptation of Shannon Messenger’s best-selling book series.He’s also working with Kate Gritmon to adapt the script about “a telepathic girl [who] must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first.”
Muppet Man
Director: TBD
Starring: TBD
Someday we’ll find it … this movie about Jim Henson, which has been in the works for some time.https://deadline.com/2021/04/jim-henson-movie-muppet-man-sesame-street-muppets-michael-mitnick-1234740866/ reported in 2021 that playwright and screenwriter Michael Mitnick was rewriting the script by Aaron and Jordan Kandell and that the film about the Muppets creator was in development.
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The Simpsons Movie 2
Director: TBD
Starring: 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 .
Planet of the Apes 4
Director: Wes Ball
Starring: TBD
Director Ball told Discussing Film in 2020 that he’d already been in pre-production on the film and working with writer Josh Friedman when the coronavirus pandemic shut down Hollywood and the rest of the world.He also said in that interview that “we have a take.We have a way of staying in the universe that was created before us, but we’re also opening ourselves up in being able to do some really cool new stuff.”
No Exit
Director: Damien Power
Starring: TBD
https://deadline.com/2019/03/damien-power-directing-no-exit-fox-1202574407/ reported in 2019 that Killing Ground’s Power was directing this thriller.Not to be confused with the Jean-Paul Sartre play, this film is based on the Taylor Adams novel about strangers stranded at a rest stop during a snow storm.One of them discovers a kidnapped girl and the characters must find the kidnapper and plan their escape.
Rosaline
Director: Karen Maine
Starring: Kaitlyn Dever
This dark comedy is based on the “other” woman in the story of Romeo and Juliet — the ex Romeo is still pining after when he sets eyes on Juliet.
Based on the novel When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle, this modern take on the story will star Booksmart’s Dever and comes from a script by (500) Days of Summer’s Scott Neustadter and Michael H.Weber.
The Princess
Director: TBD
Starring: Joey King
https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-kissing-booth-joey-king-the-princess-spec-deal-20th-century-studios-hulu-1234606707/ reported in 2020 that The Act’s King is starring in the film and that the script, which is by Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton, is being kept under wraps but that it is “described as Rapunzel meets The Raid.”
Master and Commander
Director: TBD
Starring: TBD
https://deadline.com/2021/06/20th-century-master-and-commander-patrick-ness-1234769535/ reported in 2021 that 20th Century was charting a course for another Master and Commander movie with Patrick Ness writing the script.The first film, which starred Russell Crowe and was directed by Peter Weir, was set during the Napoleonic Wars and was a best picture Oscar nominee.A cast and director have not been announced for this film.
Poor Things
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Jerrod Carmichael, Emma Stone
Based on the Alasdair Grey novel, https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jerrod-carmichael-emma-stone-yorgos-lanthimos-poor-things-1234980798/ describes the plot as a Victorian-set drama with a Frankenstein twist in which “Stone plays a young woman named Belle Baxter who is brought back to life by an eccentric and brilliant scientist.” The Favourite’s Tony McNamara wrote the script.
Not Okay
Director: Quinn Shephard
Starring: Zoey Deutch
According to https://deadline.com/2021/06/zoey-deutch-quinn-shephards-not-okay-searchlight-makeready-1234768780/ , Deutch plays a young woman desperate for attention who “desperate for friends and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence.When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.”
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Director: Stephen Williams
Starring: TBD
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/black-mozart-movie-searchlight-stefani-robinson-stephen-williams-1234693968/ reports that Atlanta and Fargo writer Stefani Robinson is penning the biopic about the man known as the “Black Mozart” — a.k.a.
a musical prodigy born in the 1700s French Caribbean who was the child of an African slave and a French plantation owner and who rose to fame as both a violinist and composer but also a champion fencer (among other moments of notoriety).
See How They Run (Searchlight Pictures)
Director: Tom George
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell
A whodunnit set in the 1950s London theater scene about what happens when members of a production start dying.Rockwell plays a world-weary inspector assigned to the case with Ronan playing his ambitious gumshoe sidekick.The all-star cast also includes David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, and Harris Dickinson.
Empire of Light (Searchlight Pictures)
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Olivia Colman
Mendes is directing and writing the film, which Variety says is described as “a love story set in and around a beautiful old cinema on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.”
Fire Island (Searchlight Pictures)
Director: Andrew Ahn
Starring: Bowen Yang, Joel Kim Booster
https://variety.com/2021/film/news/bowen-yang-joel-kim-booster-fire-island-1235008046/ reports that the romantic comedy is a modern spin on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and “will center on two best friends embarking on a weeklong vacation to Fire Island — the historic gay escape off the southern shore of Long Island — with the help of cheap rosé and a cadre of eclectic friends.” Booster also wrote the script.
Greek Freak
Director: TBD
Starring: Uche Agada
Agada will portray NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo in this biopic that is being developed for Disney+, according to a 2021 https://variety.com/2021/film/news/giannis-antetokounmpo-movie-disney-plus-greek-freak-uche-agada-1234934816/ report.Other cast members include Yetide Badaki and Dayo Okeniyi, who will portray Antetokounmpo’s parents.
Spooked
Director: Peter Foott
Starring: TBD
News came in 2020 that Irish filmmaker Foott was developing a Disney+ supernatural comedy that https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/halloween-supernatural-comedy-spooked-works-at-disney-1304371/ says “involves a Halloween night gone awry as trick or treaters are transformed into whatever costume they are wearing.”
The Return of the Rocketeer
Director: TBD
Starring: 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 a potential lead.https://deadline.com/2021/08/the-rocketeer-movie-disneydavid-oyelowo-1234824453/ reports that Ed Ricourt is writing the project, which will focus on a “retired Tuskegee airman who takes up the Rocketeer mantle.”
Jungle Cruise 2
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt
After the success of 2021’s Jungle Cruise , it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that plans were quickly in the works for a sequel film.
https://deadline.com/2021/08/jungle-cruise-sequel-dwayne-johnson-returning-to-direct-1234824159/ reported in 2021 that original stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt were set to return for the second film and that director Jaume Collet-Serra and writer Michael Green were also returning.
Free Guy 2
Director: TBD
Starring: 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 like and whether Shawn Levy would return as director are still TBD — especially since Disney itself hasn’t officially made any comment on the matter.
That isn’t all.As per usual, there are a number of movies that are shrouded in mystery – some of which come to us from the next phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and from Pixar.Here is the full list of those.
Untitled Searchlight Film
Release Date: April 8, 2022
Untitled Searchlight Film
Release Date: June 10, 2022
Untitled Searchlight Film
Release Date: August 12, 2022
Untitled 20th Century Film
Release Date: September 23, 2022
Untitled Marvel Film
Release Date: October 7, 2022
Untitled 20th Century Film
Release Date: October 21, 2022
Untitled Disney Animation Film
Release Date: November 23, 2022
Untitled 20th Century Film
Release Date: December 23, 2022
Untitled Disney Live-Action Film
Release Date: March 10, 2023
Untitled Marvel Film
Release Date: May 5, 2023
Untitled Pixar Animation Film
Release Date: June 16, 2023
Untitled Disney Live-Action
Release Date: August 11, 2023
Untitled 20th Century Film
Release Date: September 15, 2023
Untitled 20th Century Film
Release Date: October 20, 2023
Untitled Marvel Film
Release Date: November 3, 2023
Untitled 20th Century Film
Release Date: November 10, 2023
Untitled Disney Animation Film
Release Date: November 22, 2023
Untitled Disney Live-Action Film
Release Date: March 22, 2024
Untitled Marvel Film
Release Date: May 24, 2024
Untitled Pixar Animation Film
Release Date: June 14, 2024
Untitled Disney Live-Action Film
Release Date: July 5, 2024
Untitled Marvel Film
Release Date: July 26, 2024
Untitled Marvel Film
Release Date: November 8, 2024
Untitled Star Wars Film
Release Date: December 19, 2025
Untitled Star Wars Film
Release Date: December 17, 2027
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