All the new Disney movies coming out in the next few years

Rachel Zegler in Snow White, one of the new Disney movies on the way
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There's no shortage of new Disney movies coming our way over the next few months – and years. And, after Disney's Q1 2024 earning call, there's a new title to add to the list: Moana 2. The animated sequel is heading for the big screen this November, joining the likes of Inside Out 2 and a Lion King prequel on the 2024 release slate.

Other intel from that call revealed that we can expect Zootopia 2 to arrive in theaters next fall, while Toy Story 5 and Frozen 3 are now slated for 2026. In short, it's a big time for Disney sequels. But that's not all – in fact, it's barely the start. We can also look forward to a live-action Snow White remake, written by Barbie's Greta Gerwig, Tron 3, which is currently filming, and plenty more besides. We've got the lowdown on all the new Disney movies you need to know about, right here.

But, we should note that you won't find Star Wars or Marvel in the below guide, though both franchises fall under the Disney umbrella. For those, check out our guides on the upcoming Marvel movies and the upcoming Star Wars movies

New Disney movies: 2024

Inside Out 2

Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Joy in Disney Pixar's Inside Out

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Release date: June 14, 2024

In the follow-up to Inside Out, new emotions are joining the line-up and young Riley is now a teenager. The film is set to be written by Meg LeFauve, produced by Mark Nielsen, and directed by Kelsey Mann.

Amy Poehler and Phyllis Smith are back as Joy and Sadness, while Tony Hale, Lewis Black, and Liza Lapira are voicing Fear, Anger, and Disgust. Maya Hawke joins the cast as Anxiety, who throws the other emotions for a loop. 

Mufasa: The Lion King

The Lion King

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Release date: July 25, 2024

The Lion King prequel is in the works with Moonlight's Barry Jenkins stepping in to replace Jon Favreau as director. As confirmed by Disney, Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Nicholas Britell will provide the music. Timon, Pumbaa, and Rafiki will tell the story of how Mufasa went from orphan cub to King of the Pride Lands.

Kelvin Harrison Jr., who voices Scar in the movie, has teased that the film will explore his character's backstory. "We're going to get to really get a backstory to Scar, and he is hilarious," he revealed. "He is still very, very spicy. He is also the sweetest young lion you also ever meet, too. So, it's going to be fun seeing the relationship between Scar and Mufasa."

Aaron Pierre will voice Mufasa (James Earl Jones voiced him in both the animated original and Jon Favreau's live-action remake), while Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen will return as Timon and Pumbaa, and John Kani is back to voice Rafiki. 

Moana 2

Moana 2

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Release date: November 27, 2024

Moana 2 started life as a TV show, but Disney boss Bob Iger announced a surprise 2024 theatrical release in the company's Q1 earnings call in February 2024. 

Per Disney's official synopsis, "Moana 2 will take audiences on an “expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui, and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced."

Auli’i Cravalho is expected to return to voice Moana, while Dave Derrick Jr., who previously worked on the first movie, as well as Encanto and Raya and the Last Dragon, will direct. It doesn't seem like Lin-Manuel Miranda will return for songwriting duties, though – Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, the duo behind the Unofficial Bridgerton Musical, are taking over instead.

The live-action remake of the first movie, starring Dwayne Johnson as Maui, is still going ahead. You can read more about that below.

New Disney movies: 2025

Snow White

Rachel Zegler in West Side Story

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Release date: March 21, 2025

West Side Story's Rachel Zegler is set to star as Snow White in this live-action remake, while Gal Gadot is the Evil Queen. Andrew Burnap has been cast as the male lead – and that's not the prince or huntsman, either, but a new original character. 

Marc Webb directs – he previously helmed (500) Days of Summer and the Amazing Spider-Man movies – while Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the duo behind the music in La La LandThe Greatest Showman, and Dear Evan Hansen, are writing a set of brand new songs for the movie. Barbie and Lady Bird writer-director Greta Gerwig is penning the script.

Due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, the film has been delayed from March 2024 a full year to March 2025. 

Elio

Elio

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Release date: June 13, 2025 

New Pixar film Elio sees the titular young boy transported to space after making contact with aliens, where he becomes an ambassador for Earth in a major planetary gathering that's an intergalactic version of the United Nations. Barbie star America Ferrera voices Elio's mother, Olga, a decoder at a top-secret military organization.

The film has been delayed from its original 2024 release date to 2025. 

Moana

Moana

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Release date: June 27, 2025

A live-action Moana remake is on the way, with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reprising his role as Maui in the coming-of-age tale of a Polynesian girl tasked with fulfilling her destiny.

"I'm deeply humbled and overcome with gratitude to bring the beautiful story of Moana to the live-action big screen," Johnson said in a press release.

Not much else is known at this stage, though original Moana actor Auli'i Carvalho won't be back. Instead, she'll be part of the casting process as executive producer.

Zootopia 2

Zootopia

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Release date: November 26, 2025

Zootopia 2 is coming, as announced by Disney CEO Bob Iger in the company's Q1 2023 earnings call. The original 2016 animated movie follows bunny police officer Judy Hops, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, who strikes up an unlikely friendship with con artist fox Nick Wilde, voiced by Jason Bateman. No casting information or plot details have been confirmed yet, but we do now have a release date, as announced in Disney's Q1 2024 earnings call. 

New Disney movies: 2026

Toy Story 5

Toy Story

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Release date: TBA 2026

A fifth Toy Story movie is in the works, despite 2019's Toy Story 4 seeming like the end of the road for the adventures of Buzz, Woody, and co. The original voice of Buzz, Tim Allen, has confirmed that he'll be back for the new movie. "See ya soon Woody, you are a sad strange little man and you have my pity. And off we go to a number 5! To infinity and beyond!" he wrote on Twitter. That's all we know for now, though, other than the fact that the movie is coming sometime in 2026.

Frozen 3

Frozen

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Release date: TBA 2026

A follow-up to 2019's Frozen 2 is on the way. Josh Gad, who voices Olaf the snowman in the movies, confirmed he'd be back on Twitter. "Excited to head back… into the Unknown," he wrote, quoting Elsa's big song from the sequel. Idina Menzel, who voices Elsa, also confirmed she'd be back, tweeting: "Well, now they know! Time to let it go again, people!" No plot details or further casting updates have been released yet, but the movie now has a 2026 release window.

New Disney movies: Release dates TBA

Tron 3

Tron: Legacy

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Release date: TBA

Supposedly titled 'Tron: Ares' thanks to a slip-up from new lead Jared Leto, the third Tron movie is now set to be helmed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director Joachim Rønning. Cameron Monaghan, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Gillian Anderson, and Greta Lee co-star. 

The script was penned by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne and follows a computer program (the titular Ares) that crosses into the human world. Leto will play Ares in human form. Production shut down amid the WGA writers' strike and SAG-AFTRA actors' strike, but filming kicked off again in January 2024. 

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

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Release date: TBA

A live-action remake of 2002's Lilo & Stitch is in the works for Disney Plus, directed by Marcel the Shell With Shoes On helmer Dean Fleischer Camp. The original animated movie follows Lilo (voiced by Daveigh Chase), an eccentric six-year-old girl being raised in Hawaii by her older sister Nani (Tia Carrere) after their parents die in a car crash. Lilo adopts Stitch, the result of an illegal genetic experiment with the ability to cause unending chaos, thinking that he's a dog, and let's just say things don't go too smoothly for the pair. 

Naia Kealoha will play Lilo and Sydney Elizebeth Agudong will be Nani, with Kaipot Dudoit playing her love interest David. Zach Galifianakis will play Jumba, while Billy Magnussen is Pleakley. Courtney B. Vance is set to play Cobra Bubbles. Original Nani Tia Carrere will play new character Mrs. Kekoa, and Amy Hill (who voiced Mrs. Hasagawa) will play another new character named Tūtū. Chris Sanders, who co-wrote and co-directed the original movie, is back as the voice of Stitch

The Aristocats

The Aristocats

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Release date: TBA

The Aristocats is getting a live-action adaptation, with Peter Rabbit director Will Gluck and Onward scribe Keith Bunin writing the script. Not much is known about the movie just yet, but it'll reportedly have a similar look to the live-action Lady and the Tramp Disney Plus movie. Per Deadline, Questlove will direct, executive produce, and oversee music.

Cruella 2

Disney's Cruella movie

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Release date: TBA

Cruella 2 is reportedly in the works. Not much is known about the sequel yet, though director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) and screenwriter Tony McNamara are thought to be returning. Considering the Cruella post-credits scene, it's likely the sequel will bring us closer to the events of 101 Dalmatians – though that's just speculation at the moment. 

We can also expect Emma Stone back as the titular villain. "Hopefully sooner rather than later," Stone told Variety when asked when the movie might start shooting. "There's a work in progress kind of thing going on. We'll see... She's a blast, so we'll see."

Hercules

Hercules

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Release date: TBA 

A live-action Hercules is coming soon. Aladdin helmer Guy Ritchie will direct and Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo are producing. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Wonder Woman 1984 scribe David Callaham has written the first draft of the script. The animated version of the film is a musical, but The Hollywood Reporter notes that it's "unclear" if the live-action movie will keep the music. 

"It will certainly pay homage to the original with a more modern spin on it," Joe Russo told Total Film of the movie. "What Anthony and I love about the original is how funny and subversive it is. I think we try to embrace that sense of humor in the remake."

Joe Russo also told Variety that the film will be "a little bit more experimental in tone, a little bit more experimental in execution," and it has an unlikely influence. "There are questions about how you translate it as a musical," Joe said. "Audiences today have been trained by TikTok, right? What is their expectation of what that musical looks like and feels like? That can be a lot of fun and help us push the boundaries a little bit on how you execute a modern musical."

Pirates of the Caribbean reboot

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Release date: TBA

A potential Pirates of the Caribbean sequel/reboot/reimagining isn't out of the question, but a sixth entry in the popular Disney franchise remains moored for now. 

Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were originally brought in to write the script but departed sometime in early 2019. Since then, THR reported that Ted Elliott and Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, who will also be working on The Last of Us HBO series, have stepped in to replace the pair. Mazin later praised the "weird" script.

"[Elliott] wrote a fantastic script and the strike happened and everyone’s waiting around,” Mazin revealed to the L.A. Times of the project’s status.

Jack Sparrow actor Johnny Depp recently suggested he would never play the character again, though executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer said the actor's future in the franchise "is yet to be decided."

What we do know is this won't be the long-reported Pirates movie starring Margot Robbie. That spin-off of the main series has been scrapped, according to Robbie. Arr arr RIP.

Though, confusingly enough, Bruckheimer has indicated the Robbie project is still alive, telling The Hollywood Reporter: "Oh God, they're all hard. I think we're getting very close on that one, too. We have a very good script. We developed two of them – the one with Margot Robbie and one with a younger cast. The Margot Robbie one needs a little more work. The younger cast one is close. Hopefully we'll get both of them."

Sister Act 3

Sister Act 3

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Release date: TBA

Whoopi Goldberg and Wendy Makkena are returning for Sister Act 3. Hallelujah! No other details are yet known.

Three Men and a Baby

Three Men and a Baby reboot

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Release date: TBA

The '80s comedy featuring Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, and Steve Guttenberg was a surprise hit. So much so, that Disney is bringing it back for a reboot. The premise, which saw three bachelors receive a surprise 'package' in the form of a baby is likely to stay, but the cast will be shaken up. Zac Efron is confirmed to star in the Disney Plus release with Mo Marable directing. 

Untitled Tower of Terror movie

Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow

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Release date: TBA

Scarlett Johansson is set to star in this big-screen imagining of the Disney theme parks ride Tower of Terror. Inside Out scribe and Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley is on board to write the screenplay, and Disney is reportedly hoping for a high-profile director. Plot details are unknown, but the ride is connected to The Twilight Zone, and revolves around a group of people climbing into an elevator at the Hollywood Tower Hotel, plummeting 13 stories, and vanishing after the hotel is struck by lightning. 

Following Johansson's Disney lawsuit, the movie is confirmed to still be in the works with the actor attached

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