D23 Entertainment News Panel: Full Summary – The DisInsider

It’s D23 weekend and Disney is bringing all its entertainment news to attendees at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

In the 2-hour showcase from 7pm to 9pm PST, they opened with a cinematic montage of their library of work in Pixar, Marvel, animation and live action along with Dancing with the Stars taking the stage.

The hosts are Ginnifer Goldwin and Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, who voiced Officer Judy Hopps and Gary De’Snake in Zootopia 2.

Walt Disney Company CEO Josh D’Amaro arrives on stage addressing the crowd and paying tribute to the late Frank Rodriguez, the mayor of Main Street, also known as “Porch Potato.” He was known for greeting guests and cast members at Disneyland Park from his rocking chair on Main Street USA early in the morning. He tragically passed away in August 2025.

Anne Hathaway enters the stage greeting the audience and talking about how Disney began her career starring in the princess diary films like Mia Thermopolis, First Princess and now Queen of Genovia and previews the upcoming third installment which is currently in the works and features the company’s president and creative director, Dana Walden, on stage.

Walden introduced Bart Simpson from The Simpsons via video and showed a preview of The new Simpsons movie which will be released in theaters on September 3, 2027.

Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Alan Bergman takes the stage to talk about CCO, Pete Docter and Pixar and what’s to come.

incredibles 3 will be released in theaters in the summer of 2028 and announced that a new villain is on the rise.

coconut 2 is bringing back his crew from the first film and is expected to be released in November 2029. Benjamin Bratt, who voiced Ernesto de la Cruz, the musician and antagonist of the first film, teased that he is back and is hungry for revenge towards the teenage Miguel.

Coco’s world will come to the video game “Kingdom Hearts 4” and Kingdom Hearts will be a Disney+ series that will soon arrive in the streaming series.

Pixar Ono Ghost Bookmark is an original film that will be released in theaters on March 10, 2028, and the trailer was shown to the public exclusively and was described as a fun “Blair Witch Project style” trailer.

To top it off Pixar, another original film cat will show an exclusive clip and a new trailer to attendees and will be in theaters on March 5, 2027.

lilo and stitch Star Maia Kealoha takes the stage to announce that Lilo & Stitch 2 will arrive in summer 2028 and that fan favorite and Stitch’s love interest, Angel, aka Experiment 624, will be in the film.

Friends star Lisa Kudrow and Oscar winner Mira Sorvino tease their upcoming sequel to the cult classic comedy. Romy and michele 2.

Percy Jackson star Walker Scobell takes the stage alongside Andra Day and Ming-Na Wen showing off the trailer for the upcoming season 3 and it will be on the streaming service on November 20.

brothers Jonas; Kevin, Joe and Nick enter the stage to talk about Rock Camp 3 with the cast, performing a song. Currently available to stream on Disney+.

The blue movie is happening and will be released in August 2027 along with a new Ice Age movie, Boiling point scheduled for February 5, 2027. Queen Latifah and Denis Leary appeared on stage to present the new trailer.

The Greatest Showman The Musical is coming to Broadway and a company performance was shown exclusively. It will premiere in London in 2027.

Lanterns surrounded the Honda Center and a preview of the upcoming live-action Tangled with a first official look at Teagan Croft as Rapunzel. Kathryn Hahn, who plays Mother Gothel, also appeared in the first video, appearing on stage while the rest of the cast sent a video as if they were currently filming in Spain. Tangled will be released on March 31, 2028.

Filmmaker Jon Favreau presents the upcoming live-action miniseries Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Disney+. Favreau confirmed that Oswald will be a 2D hand-drawn animation with old-school animators and mentioned that the project has been in the works for 10 years. The images include Osawld touring Walt’s office in the studio.

Favreau also presents his National Geographic documentary, Lion about following a lion cub for 4 years with Hans Zimmer doing the score and will be available on Disney+ on August 20.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige takes the stage to introduce the upcoming Disney+ series. vision quest along with Paul Bettany and James Spader, who reprise their roles as Vision and Ultron. The trailer is currently available to view.

Marvel Games showed off a new trailer for the next Wolverine game.

Avengers Endgame Encore has been teased with Hugh Jackman on screen and Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool speaking behind the camera.

Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell and Robert Downey Jr. arrive on stage to show off some exclusive footage from Avengers: Doomsday. It’s the same San Diego Comic Con trailer that’s now available to view here.

Sadie Sink appears on stage while they announced that X-Men will officially arrive with a new release date of May 5, 2028. She will reprise her role as the telepathic and telekinetic mutant, Jean Grey.

Along with already confirmed cast Kit Connor as Cyclops and Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, joining the cast are Adam Driver as Nathaniel Milbury aka Mr. Sinister, Christopher Abbott as Charles Xavier, Inde Navarette as Rogue and Maya Boyd as Ororo Munroe aka Storm.

Lucasfilm President Dave Filoni takes the stage to talk about Star Wars.

Ahsoka Season 2 will arrive on Disney+ on January 20, 2027 with Rosario Dawson, who plays the title character, presenting the trailer along with Hayden Christensen and Eman Esfandi, who will reprise their roles as Anakin Skywalker and Ezra Bridger. The trailer is available to watch online.

Ryan Gosling and director Shawn Levy present some footage from Star Wars: Starfighter just for attendees, and Levy teases Gosling with the introduction of Mickey Mouse Club.

For Disney Animation, CCO Jared Bush announces a Zootopia 3.

an original film ClayIt’s about a character, Flip, who wants to be a mentor and will be voiced by Oscar winner Kieran Culkin. Set for 2028.

Hailee Steinfeld takes the stage to talk about the original animated film bewitched. Walton Goggins joins the cast as a cat and Jodie Foster will play the villain, voicing a character called Witch Queen. It will be released on November 25, 2026.

frozen 3 will arrive on November 24, 2027.

Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell sing a new song for the film along with Josh Gad singing a love song for Samantha.

There are hints that the world of Frozen is a little different and mysterious and Anna is on her honeymoon with Kristof. Love will be an important aspect in the next function.

And that’s the end of the entertainment panel.

Stay tuned for the Disney Parks panel.

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