Entertainment
Disney announces 50 new Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar titles coming to Disney+
Including a new Fantastic Four film
Because of the pandemic, the days of big Disney/Marvel announcement events are over. However, especially with Disney+ in its pocket, Disney can still announce great upcoming titles online. In today’s Disney Investor Day, the company did just that, revealing big titles for Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars. Here are the biggest announcements from the blockbuster event:
Old Marvel announcements getting the spotlight again
Marvel’s previously announced series just got their last chance aboard the hype train before their release dates next years. They all got new trailers and more definitive release dates: WandaVision on January 15, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier sometime in March, Loki in May, Hawkeye in the late Fall. Animated series What If? received a trailer, but no release date.
Two upcoming, previously announced MCU movies also made cameos. For one, long-time MCU helmsman Kevin Feige confirmed that they are not recasting King T’Challa in Black Panther 2 set for a July 2022 release. The third Ant-Man film got its name, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and will feature a major Marvel villain, Kang the Conqueror, played by Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors. Finally, Christian Bale will star as the villain, Gorr the God Butcher, in Thor: Love and Thunder.
New Marvel titles coming up
Marvel also announced new series coming to Disney+ sometime in the future. Armor Wars will finally grant Don Cheadle’s War Machine his own series. Secret Invasion, named after a big Marvel story, will feature Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn’s Skrull Talos from Captain Marvel. Finally, Ironheart, a younger version of Iron-Man, will star Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams.
Similarly, James Gunn, who will helm Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, will also direct a special Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special to be released a bit before the film. Meanwhile, Jon Watts, who directed Spider-Man: Homecoming, will lead a MCU version of Fantastic Four, the super family’s first appearance in the universe.
Star Wars extravaganza
While Marvel mixed it up with old and new titles, Lucasfilm unloaded a barrage of upcoming Star Wars titles coming to Disney+. Besides the already successful Mandalorian series, the franchise is getting two spinoffs: The Mandalorian: Rangers of the New Republic and Ahsoka. The rest of the series will get Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Star Wars: Ando, The Acolyte, A Droid Story, Star Wars: Lando, and Star Wars: Visions. In other news, Hayden Christiansen will reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker in upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi (also featuring Ewan McGregor as the titular character).
For movies, the franchise is getting Rogue Squadron and an untitled Taika Waititi-led film.
Disney and Pixar
Outside of Disney’s most prolific franchises, Disney and Pixar are also expanding content from its own library of titles. Baymax, following Big Hero 6’s favorite character, will premiere in 2022. Zootopia Plus, named after the movie, is a series that will also debut in 2022. Meanwhile, Tiana and an untitled Moana series will hit Disney+ in 2023.
For bigger releases, Lin-Manuel Miranda is once again attached to a new musical from Disney, Encanto, set in Colombia. Lightyear brings us back to the Toy Story world with an origin story of the titular character as voiced by Chris Evans.
Entertainment
Marvel New York Comic Con: Major updates, 2026 Disney+ slate
X-Men ’97 Season 2, VisionQuest, more
Marvel Television and Marvel Animation dropped major updates at New York Comic Con 2025, giving fans what to expect for 2026 on Disney+.
The Marvel panel showcased exclusive footage and surprise guests, hosted by Phase Hero’s Brandon Davis and Brad Winderbaum.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – Season 2 (Fall 2026)
Marvel Animation’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is set to return for a second season.
Teaser footage showed a familiar, sentient black goo—hinting at new, intriguing twists for Peter Parker’s world.
X-Men ‘97 – Season 2 (Summer 2026)
X-Men ‘97 Season 2 was one of the major highlights of the panel. Eric and Julia Lewald, the original series creators, returned as Executive Producers, joined by director Larry Houston.
They gave fans a sneak peek of what’s to come, along with exclusive footage from the upcoming season.
Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2 (March 2026)
Marvel’s Daredevil franchise continues to grow, with Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again confirmed for 1Q 2026.
Charlie Cox and Krysten Ritter (reprising her role as Jessica Jones) joined the stage to discuss where their characters will go next.
On top of that, was a special announcement that Season 3 is already in development.
Wonder Man (January 27, 2026)
Moreover, releasing early next year is an exciting new eight-episode series: Wonder Man. This stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sir Ben Kingsley.
The show takes a unique approach by exploring the behind-the-scenes chaos of a superhero movie remake. At the panel, the first trailer for the series also dropped.
VisionQuest (2026)
The final surprise of the panel was VisionQuest, the much-anticipated continuation of the story that began with WandaVision and continued with Agatha All Along.
Paul Bettany joined the panel to talk about Vision’s next chapter and his reunion with James Spader’s Ultron.
A Minecraft Movie was decidedly not for me. However, there’s no denying how much the movie was so effective for younger fans and gamers who grew up with Minecraft. It’s one of the highest-grossing movies this year. Even if I didn’t personally like it, I still consider it a success for videogame adaptations. Now, recognizing the film’s success, Warner Bros. has signed off on a sequel to Jack Black’s blocky caper, as confirmed by Variety.
It’s a mystery where the sequel will take players. Not to spoil anything, but the original movie did end with virtually loose ends neatly tied into a bow. Then again, Minecraft is an endless well of content. Where one story ends, another can just as easily open up in its place. As a game, it’s a completely open sandbox where nothing is limited.
However, to establish continuity, the sequel is reportedly tapping the talents of director Jared Hess once again. Chris Galleta might also come back to write the screenplay.
Interestingly, Jack Black is not confirmed yet. But given how much of a star he was as Steve, it’s hard to imagine a sequel without his energy, so it’s likely that he’s coming back. On a more positive note, Jason Momoa, who co-starred as Garrett Garrison, is expected to co-produce the sequel.
Warner Bros. has currently scheduled the sequel’s premiere on July 23, 2027.
SEE ALSO: Now Playing: A Minecraft Movie
Entertainment
Is this baby Rosalina in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie?
The unnamed baby is wearing the same colors and has a wand.
Less than a month ago, Nintendo announced a sequel to the widely lauded Super Mario Bros. Movie. The upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie will take audiences to outer space. It’s based, of course, on the game of the same name. Since the movie is coming out in the first half of 2026, Nintendo doesn’t have a lot of time to hype audiences for the sequel. However, the company might have just sneakily released its first teaser.
Right now, we don’t know much about the sequel’s story. All we know is that most of the main cast is coming back to reprise their roles, including Jack Black as Bowser. However, we still haven’t seen hints of a new character critical to the Galaxy series: Rosalina.
Today, Nintendo posted a mysterious video, titled Close to You, on its social platforms. The four-minute animated video shows an unnamed baby playing in their room. Suddenly, their pacifier starts floating away. The baby tries to get it back, but it floats to a mobile high up above the baby’s crib. The baby then presumably takes their first steps and falls before their mom catches them. Then, the video ends abruptly without so much as a title card.
Though the video is a mystery, there’s a high chance that the baby is Rosalina, Super Mario Galaxy’s space princess. The baby, who is also blonde, is coincidentally wearing the same colors as Rosalina. For a short time, they’re also holding what looks like a wand. Could this be a baby Rosalina?
Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for Nintendo to confirm the baby’s identity… or even what this video is about. If it is a teaser for the movie, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie premieres on April 3, 2026.
SEE ALSO: I played Mario Kart World and it was a full-throttle race to the finish
-
Cameras1 week agoDJI Osmo Nano review
-
Reviews1 week agoThe HONOR MagicPad 3 is an almost perfect premium pad partner
-
Reviews1 week agoSamsung Galaxy S25 FE review: Closer to flagship than ever
-
Reviews2 weeks agoTECNO Slim review: Smexy, Antifragile Slab
-
News1 week agovivo X300 Pro headlines Dimensity 9500 and Sony’s LYT-828 image sensor
-
Reviews2 weeks agoThe Xiaomi OpenWear Stereo Pro is a midrange wearable in premium packaging
-
Enterprise2 weeks agoTim Cook might soon step down as Apple’s CEO
-
Apps2 weeks agoYou can now connect your Spotify account to ChatGPT


