While 2024 is shaping up to be a relatively quiet year for biggest franchises at the box office, the same can’t be said about 2025 or 2026. On Friday, The Walt
Disney Company pulled back the curtain on a bunch of release dates for its upcoming blockbusters, including the latest entries in the , , and franchises. We’ll start with , the first movie since 2019. Disney says the spinoff of the beloved Disney+ series will hit theaters on May 22, 2026. That will be nearly seven years since ended the Skywalker Saga. Up next is Pixar’s , which is now slated to release on June 19, 2026. Much like , we haven’t seen Woody, Buzz, and the gang on the big screen since 2019. was an enormous success critically and financially, but Pixar hasn’t found similar
box office success since. Perhaps the return of will change that. The other two major announcements concern and the live-action remake. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the and have reviewed the The third movie, which stars Jared Leto as the titular computer program, is set for October 10, 2025. Disney waited an astounding 28 years between the original and , so the 15-year wait for doesn’t seem quite so bad. As for real , Disney is pushing the live-action remake back from June 27, 2025 to July 10, 2026. It seems that the studio wants to create even more space between and the remake, which will star Dwayne Johnson as Maui. Finally, Disney announced that it is moving its spy thriller , which stars Rami Malek and Rachel Brosnahan, from November 8, 2024 to April 11, 2025, and is releasing Amy Adams’ horror-comedy on December 6, 2024.