There have been some big meetings taking place at Disney this month; the studio announced dates for 19 of their upcoming features through 2020.
The plan includes long-awaited sequels for some of their most beloved animated properties, including Cars 3, The Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4 (what else can those toys possibly go through?). Six of the films are live-action features from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which we’ve previously covered. Marvel Entertainment, which produces the TV shows and movies, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney.
Maybe ‘Cars 3’ will take us to infinity and beyond? Courtesy Disney/Pixar
Fans have waited a long time to see some of these characters back on the big screen. The first Incredibles movie was released in late 2004, so it will have been a full 15 years when The Incredibles 2 hits theaters on June 21, 2019. Cars 3 is slated for June 2017, making it six years since we traveled the world with Lighting and the gang; and Toy Story 4, which Pixar president Jim Morris described as a romantic comedy, has been pushed back to June 21, 2019.
“It’s something we’ve never done with Toy Story before. It’s a love story with Woody and – and this is news – Bo Peep.”
-Disney chief creative officer John Lassetter
In the meantime, Disney is bringing us some new properties, and a few surprises in the way of 8 untitled films. Four of these projects are labeled Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (live action) and slotted for Dec. 2017, Nov. 2018, March 2019, and Nov. 2019. Two are Untitled Pixar Animation projects scheduled for March 2020, and June 2020. One is an Untitled Disneytoon Studios picture in April 2019, and one an Untitled Disney Animation in November 2020.
Jack & the Beanstalk take ‘Gigantic’ arrives March, 2018
Back in August, at D23, a previously untitled Pixar film scheduled for November 2017 was announced as Coco, a story centered on the Mexican Dia de los Muertos celebration. A title has now also been attached to a scheduled March 2018 Disney Animation project – Gigantic will be a take on the Jack and the Beanstalk tale.
For ‘Coco’ Disney hired Latino artist Lalo Alcaraz, an outspoken critic of their treatment of Latino culture
Whew, that’s a lot of popcorn! And a lot of money. According to Variety, Disney also announced today that they’ve already passed the $4 billion mark in global box office earning this year, beating its previous record by six weeks.
Here’s how the schedule looks when it’s all put together:
- 2017
6/17 – Cars 3
11/17 – Coco
12/17 – Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (live action) - 2018
3/18 – Gigantic
6/18 – Toy Story 4
11/18 – Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (live action) - 2019
3/19 – Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (live action)
4/19 – Untitled Disneytoon Studios
6/19 – The Incredibles 2
11/19 – Untitled Disney Fairy Tale (live action) - 2020
3/20 – Untitled Pixar Animation
6/20 – Untitled Pixar Animation
11/20 – Untitled Disney Animation
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