The day is finally here. Tonight, Disney is hosting its two-hour “Entertainment Showcase” at D23 2026, and io9 will be there in the room. It promises to bring a slew of updates on everything in the wide world of Disney. Will there be new Avengers: Doomsday footage? Is the X-Men cast on hand? Are they ready to announce what’s coming from the future of Star Wars? The answers to all those questions and more are coming live from Anaheim, CA, right about now.
Below, follow our live blog of everything going on at the event.
Aug 14
‘Vision Quest’ Is First
Paul Bettany and James Spader are here. Feige describes it as the third in a trilogy: WandaVision, Agatha All Alongand now, Vision Quest.
What, and perhaps who, is Vision? asks Bettany. So, of course, he turns to Ultron. And now the trailer.
Aug 14
It’s Marvel Studios time
Aug 14
Jon Favreau Is Here
And he actaully got cheered! (Sorry Jon, love you, not Mando and Grogu.)
He’s announcing the 3-part Oswald miniseries coming to Disney+ in February 2027. It’s all hand-drawn 2D animation, lots of which is done by older Disney animators as well as new ones.
He showed a brief teaser of the character causing havoc in Walt’s office. It didn’t LOOK 2D but we’ll see.
From there, he spoke about his new National Geographic project, Lion.
Aug 14
This Place Is Going Nuts
And it’s not for Marvel (yet). It’s for Kathryn Hahn, here for the Tangled live-action movie. They showed a brief scene of a whole lot of hair on stairs. Also there were lantners floating all over the arena. It’s coming out on March 31, 2028.
Aug 14
Still Going…
After Bluey we got to see Denis Leary and Queen Latifah (yeah!) talk aboutIce Age: Boiling Point (boo!), which went into a live performance from The Greatest Showman: The Musical which is coming to the West End.
One hour down. One hour (ish) to go.
Still to come: Disney Animation, Marvel, Lucasfilm, etc.
Aug 14
Lots of quick hits…
After a quick tease of Lilo and Stitch 2 (coming in May 2028), Romy and Michele 2 (including a hilarious intro with Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino), and Percy Jackson season three, the Jonas Brothers hit the stage to talk about Camp Rock 3.
Then aCamp Rock 3 performance, teaser trailer for The Bluey Movie.
Aug 14
Pixar’s New Original Film: ‘Ghost Market’
In Spring 2028, Pixar will release another original film called Ghost Market. In the clip, we saw a young content creator from Chicago who is forced to go to Hawaii on vacation with his mom. There, he stumbles upon an isolated market and realizes that it’s haunted.
We then saw a scene shot horizontally, like he’s on his phone, talking about the movie. “It’s good, you’ll like it” he said before being chased by a haunted bowl of ramen.
That comes after the next original film, Gatto, which screened an exclusive longer clip.
Aug 14
‘Incredibles 3’ and ‘Coco 2’ Updates
The head of Pixar, Pete Docter, just hit the stage to talk about two highly anticipated sequels: Incredibles 3 and Coco 2, out Summer 2028 and November 2029 respectively.
Docter revealed thatIncredibles 3 will focus heavily on the Incredible kids Violet, Dash, and Jack Jack.
ForCoco 2, we learned that it takes place a few years later. Miguel is now a teenager and will travel back to the Land of the Dead to team up with Ernesto for another adventure. Lee Unkrich returns to direct.
Aug 14
Homer Catches a Homer
We just saw a first clip from The New Simpsons Movie (which seems like the official title?)
Homer is at the Isotopes game and wants to catch a historic home run that will make him rich. “Make Homer rich,” he chants. The batter hits one towards Homer but Hans Moleman catches it. Then Homer jumps on him. The ball then pops out and basically makes it through all of Springfield, hitting every character and landmark before landing right back at the stadium. Bart gets it. “D’oh.”
Now into Pixar.
Aug 14
Opening Remarkes
Zootopia 2 co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Ginnifer Goodwin are apparently hosting the night and they introduce the CEO of Disney, Josh D’Amaro. He’s talking about being a Disney fan and his journey to the big job.
Yeah yeah, get to the movies and TV, Josh!
Aug 14
Things Are Underway
After a long and, frankly, kind of painful preshow, it’s starting. 25 minutes late. The lights have gone down, and the presentation has begun.
As an overview for the next few hours, there is certainly a lot of content coming that isn’t strictly io9. We’ll keep a run of show going and then focus in on the stuff you care most about.
Aug 14
Standby…
It’s after 7 p.m. PST, and things haven’t started yet.
Aug 14
Almost There…
Fifteen minutes and counting…
The arena is filling up but there are also a lot of people in line for food and merch. It is, after all, in a hockey arena.
Aug 14
Here’s What We’re Hearing…
So here are some of the properties that are pretty much confirmed to be represented tonight.
- Ahsoka Season Two
- Bluey
- Frozen 3
- Hexed
- Ice Age: Boiling Point
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
- Percy Jackson
- Romy and Michelle 2
- VisionQuest
- Camp Rock 3
Those are the ones we’re sure of. What do we think beyond that?
- Star Wars Starfighter
- Avengers: Doomsday
- Incredibles 3
- Coco 2
And hopefully some surprises too.
Aug 14
And Here We Go…
Hello from inside the Honda Center. The DJs are entertaining the crowd with some Disney karaoke.
We’ve got about an hour until everything gets rolling. What is everyone excited about?
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