Much of the conversation surrounding The Walt Disney Company revolves around acquisitions such as Marvel and Star Wars, but the company hasn’t yet completely abandoned its roots. Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar continue churning out original movies every year, while live-action remakes of animated classics have become central to the studio’s strategy. That strategy is going to look much the same in the coming years, as you’ll see in our list of Disney and Pixar release dates for 2024, 2025, and beyond.
Disney and Pixar 2024 release dates
Moana 2 | Nov. 27, 2024
- Directors: Dave Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller
- Cast: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Hualālai Chung
In the sequel to Disney’s 2016 musical adventure Moana, Moana and Maui reunite three years later for an all-new adventure. When Moana receives a call from her wayfinding ancestors, she embarks upon a journey “to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.”
Mufasa: The Lion King | Dec. 20, 2024
- Director: Barry Jenkins
- Cast: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, John Kani
In this prequel to the 2019 remake of The Lion King, Rafiki (John Kani) tells Simba and Nala’s daughter Kiara the story of how Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) became the king of the Pride Lands. The movie will show us how Mufasa and Scar went from being loving brothers to bitter enemies. Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen will also return as Timon and Pumbaa.
Disney and Pixar 2025 release dates
Snow White | Mar. 21, 2025
- Director: Marc Webb
- Cast: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, Andrew Burnap, Ansu Kabia
Snow White star Rachel Zegler has not been afraid to speak her mind about Disney’s original Snow White and the Seven Dwarves or the upcoming live-action remake. This has regrettably attracted plenty of trolls, but that doesn’t change the fact that Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Lady Bird) co-wrote this live-action remake, and Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man) directed it. That’s enough talent to pique the interest of any cinephile.
Elio | June 13, 2025
- Director: Adrian Molina
- Cast: Yonas Kibreab, America Ferrera, Jameela Jamil, Brad Garrett
Pixar’s Elio is about a young boy who is mistaken for the leader of Earth and abducted by an interplanetary council of aliens. It’s a clever and hilarious idea made all the more exciting by the fact that the movie is being written and directed by Coco’s screenwriter and co-director, Adrian Molina. If Elio is even half as good as Coco, we’re in for a treat.
Tron: Ares | October 10, 2025
- Director: Joachim Rønning
- Cast: Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, Sarah Desjardins, Jeff Bridges
More than 40 years after the first movie and 15 after its sequel, Tron: Ares will bring the Disney sci-fi action franchise back to theaters in 2025. The newest entry “follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.”
Zootopia 2 | Nov. 26, 2025
- Directors: Jared Bush
- Cast: Jason Bateman, Ginnifer Goodwin
Jason Bateman is returning as Nick Wilde, and Ginnifer Goodwin will be back as Judy Hopps in the sequel to Zootopia. Ke Huy Quan is also joining the cast as a “creepy, slithery, highly venomous” snake named Gary, who sends the duo on a new mission.
Avatar: Fire and Ash | Dec. 19, 2025
- Director: James Cameron
- Cast: Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington
Here’s how director James Cameron described Avatar 3 at D23: “High emotional stakes. New cultures and settings. You’ll see more of Pandora the planet than you ever saw before. The new film isn’t what you expect, but it’s definitely what you want.”
Disney and Pixar 2026 release dates
Hoppers | March 6, 2026
- Director: Daniel Chong
- Cast: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm
After scientists discover how to transmit human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, an animal lover named Mabel “hops” into a robot beaver to explore the secrets of the animal world. This will be director Daniel Chong’s second movie.
Toy Story 5 | June 19, 2026
- Director: Andrew Stanton
- Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
Despite Lightyear failing to lift off in 2022, Pixar isn’t ready to give up on Buzz just yet. Toy Story 5 is now in the works, and this time, Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the gang will “go head to head with an all new threat to playtime: technology.” Andrew Stanton (WALL-E, Finding Nemo) is set to direct the sequel.
Moana | July 10, 2026
- Director: Thomas Kail
- Cast: Dwayne Johnson
After mining the depths of its lengthy canon, Disney is jumping into the 21st century with its live-action remake of 2016’s Moana. We don’t know much about this 2026 remake yet, but we know Dwayne Johnson is reprising his role as Maui and producing the film alongside the original voice of Moana, Auliʻi Cravalho. Disney will cast a new actor to play the titular role.
Disney and Pixar 2027 release dates
Frozen 3 | Nov. 24, 2027
- Director: TBA
- Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad
One of Disney Animations’s biggest cash cows will return for Thanksgiving 2027. We don’t know anything about the plot yet, but Anna and Elsa will be back.
Undated Disney and Pixar movies
All of the movies listed below are in various stages of development and may or may not ever see the light of day. That said, there has been at least enough evidence of their existence to compel us to include them somewhere on this page:
- Bambi (CGI remake)
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Hercules (Live-action remake)
- Hunchback (Live-action remake)
- Incredibles 3
- Lilo & Stitch (Live-action remake)
- Out of My Mind (Disney+)
- Space Mountain
- The Aristocats (Live-action remake)
- Tower of Terror
- Untitled sequels: Cruella 2, Frozen 4, Jungle Cruise 2, Maleficent 3, Mulan 2, Pirates of the Caribbean 6
As soon as we learn more about the fates of these movies, we’ll add them to the list above and share more details about their plots, directors, and casts.
