Disney on Wednesday rounded out the main studio reveals at CineEurope, introduced for the primary time by veteran distribution exec Andrew Cripps, who moved to the studio in March as Head of Theatrical Distribution.
Titles throughout the seven studios below the Disney umbrella had been highlighted on the Barcelona-set confab — kicked off by the continuing success of Lilo & Sew which is anticipated to cross $900 million this weekend on its strategy to changing into Hollywood’s first $1 billion grosser of 2025. Sew plushies adorned each seat within the auditorium and sported lights that flashed together with the present.
A brand new clip and a sizzle for Pixar’s spring 2026 launch Hoppers, a couple of teenage nature lover who locations her thoughts in a robotic beaver to get nearer to the animal kingdom, was launched by way of video by exec producer and Pixar CCO Pete Docter. That was adopted by the opening scene from Toy Story 5 which buzzes to cinemas in June subsequent 12 months.
Joachim Rønning then launched footage of Tron: Ares, the third installment within the groundbreaking franchise that started in 1982.
Exhibitors had been additionally proven a brand new trailer for Improbable 4: First Steps, launched by Marvel boss Kevin Feige, who additionally teased Avengers: Doomsday now taking pictures in London and due for launch in December 2026. The occasions of F4, Feige stated, will lead straight into Doomsday.
Zootopia 2 (or Zootropolis 2 because it’s recognized in some abroad markets), was repped by scenes that had been beforehand proven at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
From Searchlight got here a brand new sizzle reel for horror comedy sequel Prepared or Not 2, which wrapped taking pictures two weeks in the past and is on deck for a spring 2026 launch. The Brendan Fraser-starrer Rental Household bought a glance with a brand new reel for the story of a lonely, down-and-out American actor residing in Tokyo who begins working for a Japanese “rental household” firm to play varied stand-in roles in different folks’s lives. Additionally from Searchlight, the Olivia Colman- and Benedict Cumberbatch-led black comedy The Roses dropped a brand new clip.
Over within the Star Wars universe, a sizzle for The Mandalorian and Grogu, each characters making their debut on the large display screen in Could subsequent 12 months, was launched by director Jon Favreau in a video. The movie is in put up.
Additional proven was a brand new take a look at twentieth Century’s Predator: Badlands from Prey director and Dan Trachtenberg, who’s turning the idea on its head by making the titular character a hero. Additionally from twentieth was a go to to Sam Raimi’s currently-in-production survival/horror/thriller Ship Assist, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as co-workers who’re stranded on an island after a airplane crash.
Rounding out the presentation, Disney took a glance again on the lasting impression of 2006’s The Satan Wears Prada now that the sequel is on the brink of shoot this summer season.
Lastly, forward of footage of December threequel Avatar: Hearth and Ash, James Cameron despatched a message to CineEurope from New Zealand the place he’s engaged on ending the film. He promised “a facet of Pandora you didn’t know existed.”
He additionally stated he wished to thank and acknowledge his longtime collaborator and producer Jon Landau, who died final July. “I really feel his ardour, knowledge, heat and caring have guided us each step of the best way since then,” Cameron stated. “He could be so happy with his ultimate manufacturing.”
