Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star Wars, Marvel, and more

The annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel’s X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and our first look at the VisionQuest TV show for Disney Plus. For Star Wars fans, there was a teaser trailer for season two of Ahsoka, plus a special look at Star Wars: Starfighter with an appearance from Ryan Gosling.Other new announcements included a few updates about Pixar, The Simpsons, Bluey, and others you can find below.HighlightsA new Avengers: Doomsday trailer focuses on Robert Downey Jr.’s Doom.The first trailer for VisionQuest reunites Paul Bettany and James Spader.Marvel reveals the new X-Men cast, including Inde Navarrette and Adam DriverA new Avengers: Doomsday trailer focuses on Robert Downey Jr.’s Doom.The first trailer for VisionQuest reunites Paul Bettany and James Spader.The Disney+ show premieres on October 14th, closing out a trilogy of series that began with WandaVision. VisionQuest sees the titular hero wrestle with his identity, chat with Ultron (in human avatar form), and search for his potential son.Marvel reveals the new X-Men cast, including Inde Navarrette and Adam DriverWith Spider-Man: Brand New Day behind us, and its reveal of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Marvel is finally ready to officially welcome the X-Men into the MCU. At the D23 event in Anaheim yesterday, the company revealed the cast for its upcoming, untitled X-Men film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on May 5th of 2028. Though, seeing as that’s quite far into the future, we wouldn’t be surprised if that date shifted slightly before then.In addition to Sink, the film will star Kit Connor as Scott Summers (Cyclops), Christopher Abbott as Charles Xavier (Professor X), Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Maya Boyd as Storm, and Inde Navarrette as Rogue. Navarrette is fresh off a potentially star-making turn in the surprise critical and commercial hit Obsession. The team will be facing off against Nathaniel Milbury, AKA Mister Sinister, played by Adam Driver.Read Article >Kingdom Hearts will be featured at Disney’s big D23 expo in August.Join us for a journey through light and darkness as we commemorate 25 years of KINGDOM HEARTS. Discover how this saga united Disney, Pixar, and Square Enix, with insights from the creative minds, character voices, and more behind the magic.Square Enix teases Kingdom Hearts 4 at Nintendo DirectA different kind of Sora is back in the news. Square Enix just teased the long-awaited next entry in the Kingdom Hearts series, though there’s not much in the way of info just yet. It’s called Kingdom Hearts IV and it’s launching on the Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, and PC, but there’s no release date in sight. It’s the first all-new entry in the series since KH III in 2019. You can watch the brief new teaser trailer above.That’s not the only KH-related news from the Nintendo Direct. If you missed out on earlier entries in the series, the first three titles are getting released in a single package for the Switch 2. It’ll be available on October 8th, though you can play a demo of Kingdom Hearts III right now.Read Article >




