Disney, having consumed the past, present, and future of 20th Century Fox earlier this year, has plans for the next seven years. Have you thought about 2027? One of the biggest media companies on the planet has, because that’s when Avatar 5 comes out. Avatar 5! In a major land grab, Disney announced on Tuesday all of its release day plans for the next seven years. Here’s the major news: The next Star Wars movie arrives in 2022 After making clear that the Star Wars movies were “on hiatus” after this December’s The Rise of Skywalker, Disney confirmed with the release schedule that fans would get another sequel — or new trilogy kickoff — in three years. Whether that’s Rian Johnson’s trilogy or whatever Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are cooking up is unknown. But per Disney’s announcement, the film will kickoff “three new as-yet-untitled Star Wars films will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2022.” Marvel has Phase 4 plans for 2020 and beyond Marvel Studios’ post-Endgame releases are technically unknown, but we know Phase 4 movies include a Black Widow standalone, an adaptation of Eternals, a Shang-Chi movie, and Black Panther 2. Marvel has two 2020 movies on the calendar, slated for May 1, 2020 and November 6, 2020, and three untitled films planned for both 2021 and 2022. With writer-director James Gunn booked for Suicide Squad in the immediate future, expect Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 to take one of the late dates. The next Disney live-action remakes are revealed Disney packed 2019 full of animation-to-IRL conversions, even following Lion King with Maleficent: Mistress of Evil into the mix on Nov. 10, 2019. The schedule reveals what’s next: Mulan, set for March 27, 2020, and Cruella, a 101 Dalmatiens redux starring Emma Stone, dated for Dec. 23, 2020. Disney has eight “untitled live-action” projects sprinkled throughout 2021 and 2022, many expected to follow suit in adapting well-known animated works. New Pixar movies remain a mystery Pixar announced the company’s next, original project, Onward, in late 2018. Other than, we know nothing — and continue to know nothing. Based on the last decade of production, sequels to the animation studio’s hits seem likely. Inside Out 2? CoCtwo? Wall-F? 2020 will see two new Pixar films, followed by a single release in 2021, and another double serving in 2022. The new Indiana Jones movie has a release date Steven Spielberg announced his involvement with Indiana Jones 5 in 2016, with an expected release of 2019. That didn’t happen, but the director does intend to make the movie with Harrison Ford. It’s officially on Disney’s calendar for July 9, 2021. Artemis Fowl gets a release date shift The highly anticipated YA adaptation from director Kenneth Branagh won’t hit theaters in 2019 as expected. After sitting in an August slot for more than a year, Disney has kicked the movie to May 29, 2020. The New Mutants has a new release date ... again The X-Men horror movie, shuffled around time and time again at 20th Century Fox, has yet another new release date, having been bumped from this August’s calendar. The movie, which stars Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams, will bow on April 3, 2020, in theory. The Kingsman prequel is still happening A holdover from Fox, the announcement revealed that the third movie in Matthew Vaughn and Mark Millar’s series remains on track for a Feb. 2, 2020 release. Blue Sky Animation will continue production on Nimona Disney now owns Pixar, Walt Disney Animation, and Blue Sky, the company behind Ice Age and this year’s wild-looking Will Smith animated film Spies in Disguise. Thankfully, the studio will remain active after the acquisition; Blue Sky’s Nimona, an adaptation of Noelle Stevenson’s graphic novel, is slated for March 5, 2021. Disney will release a new Avatar movie every two years through 2027 James Cameron’s plans to extend his CG spectacle into a five-film series holds after the Fox merger, with the first still set for Dec. 17, 2021. Whether the continued releases are dependent on the success of the sequel is unclear, but for now, we’ll return to Pandora every Christmas for the next decade, and with an ensemble of new Na’vi and human characters. Here’s the full Disney calendar, including 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight projects: Disney’s 2019 Films Tolkien (Fox Searchlight) - May 10, 2019 Aladdin (Disney) - May 24, 2019 Dark Phoenix (Fox) - June 7, 2019 Toy Story 4 (Disney) - June 21, 2019 Stuber (Fox) - July 12, 2019 The Lion King (Disney) - July 19, 2019 The Art of Dancing in the Rain (Fox) - Aug. 9, 2019 Ready or Not (Fox Searchlight) - Aug. 23, 2019 Ad Astra (Fox) - Sept. 20, 2019 The Woman in the Window (Fox) - Oct. 4, 2019 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Disney) - Oct. 18, 2019 Ford v. Ferrari (Fox) Nov. 15, 2019 Frozen 2 (Disney) - Nov. 22, 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Disney) Dec. 20, 2019 Spies in Disguise (Fox) - Dec. 25, 2019 Disney’s 2020 Films Underwatch (Fox) - Jan. 10, 2020 Untitled Kingsman Movie (Fox) - Feb. 14, 2020 Call of the Wild (Fox) Feb. 21, 2020 Onward (Disney) - March 6, 2020 Mulan (Disney) March 27, 2020 The New Mutants (Fox) April 3, 2020 Untitled Marvel (Disney) - May 1, 2020 Artemis Fowl (Disney) - May 29, 2020 Untitled Pixar Animation (Disney) - June 19, 2020 Free Guy (Fox) - July 3, 2020 Bob’s Burgers (Fox) - July 17, 2020 Jungle Cruise (Disney) - July 24, 2020 The One and Only Ivan (Disney) - Aug. 14, 2020 Death on the Nile (Fox) - Oct. 9, 2020 Untitled Marvel (Disney) - Nov. 6, 2020 Ron’s Gone Wrong (Fox) - Nov. 6, 2020 Untitled Disney Animation (Disney) - Nov. 25, 2020 West Side Story (Fox) - Dec. 18, 2020 Cruella (Disney) - Dec. 23, 2020 2021 Films Untitled Marvel (Disney) - Feb. 12 - 2021 Nimona (Fox) - March 5, 2021 Untitled Disney Live Action (Disney) - March 12, 20213/12/21<doc-sep>Walt Disney Studios Announces Film Release Schedule Including Fox Studios Releases Walt Disney Studios has announced their film release schedule, including the recently acquired Fox film studio, for everything currently slated from now through 2027. On of the most notable things on the schedule is a lack of Star Wars films in 2020 and 2021. This means that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be the last Star Wars film we see until December 2022. films in 2020 and 2021. This means that will be the last film we see until December 2022. Interestingly enough, Star Wars and Avatar films will alternate years, with Avatar 2,3,4 and 5 set to release on odd-numbered years beginning in 2021 while currently untitled Star Wars films will release in even-numbered years starting in 2022. and films will alternate years, with and set to release on odd-numbered years beginning in 2021 while currently untitled films will release in even-numbered years starting in 2022. As far as changes made to this year’s schedule, Artemis Fowl was pushed back from August all the way to May 2020. was pushed back from August all the way to May 2020. Fox’s X-Men spinoff New Mutants was also pushed back from August to April 2020 while Gambit was removed from the schedule altogether. spinoff was also pushed back from August to April 2020 while was removed from the schedule altogether. While we’re on the Marvel front, after Spider-Man: Far From Home closes out phase 3 of the MCU, we won’t see the next installment until May 1, 2020. closes out phase 3 of the MCU, we won’t see the next installment until May 1, 2020. There will only be two MCU films in 2020, but 2021 and 2022 will each see three films from the popular franchise. Below is the complete Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release Schedule: 2019 Films: 5/10/19 Tolkien (Fox Searchlight) (Fox Searchlight) 5/24/19 Aladdin 6/7/19 Dark Phoenix (Fox) (Fox) 6/21/19 Toy Story 4 7/12/19 Stuber (Fox) (Fox) 7/19/19 The Lion King 8/9/19 The Art of Racing in the Rain (Fox) (Fox) 8/23/19 Ready or Not (Fox Searchlight) (Fox Searchlight) 9/20/19 Ad Astra (Fox) (Fox) 10/4/19 The Woman in the Window (Fox) (Fox) 10/18/19 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 11/15/19 Ford v. Ferrari (Fox) (Fox) 11/22/19 Frozen II 12/20/19 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 12/25/19 Spies in Disguise (Fox) 2020 Films: 1/10/20 Underwater (Fox) (Fox) 2/14/20 Untitled Kingsman Movie (Fox) Movie (Fox) 2/21/20 Call of the Wild (Fox) (Fox) 3/6/20 Onward 3/27/20 Mulan 4/3/20 The New Mutants (Fox) (Fox) 5/1/20 Untitled Marvel 5/29/20 Artemis Fowl 6/19/20 Untitled Pixar Animation 7/3/20 Free Guy (Fox) (Fox) 7/17/20 Bob's Burgers (Fox) (Fox) 7/24/20 Jungle Cruise 8/14/20 The One and Only Ivan 10/9/20 Death on the Nile (Fox) (Fox) 11/6/20 Untitled Marvel 11/6/20 Ron’s Gone Wrong (Fox) (Fox) 11/25/20 Untitled Disney Animation 12/18/20 West Side Story (Fox) (Fox) 12/23/20 Cruella 2021 Films: 2/12/21 Untitled Marvel 3/5/21 Nimona (Fox) (Fox) 3/12/21 Untitled Disney Live Action 5/7/21 Untitled Marvel 5/28/21 Untitled Disney Live Action 6/18/21 Untitled Pixar Animation 7/9/21 Untitled Indiana Jones 7/30/21 Untitled Disney Live Action 10/8/21 Untitled Disney Live Action 11/5/21 Untitled Marvel 11/24/21 Untitled Disney Animation 12/17/21 Avatar 2 (Fox) 2022 Films: 2/18/22 Untitled Marvel 3/18/22 Untitled Pixar 5/6/22 Untitled Marvel 5/27/22 Untitled Disney Live Action 6/17/22 Untitled Pixar 7/8/22 Untitled Disney Live Action 7/29/22 Untitled Marvel 10/7/22 Untitled Disney Live Action 11/4/22 Untitled Disney Live Action 11/23/22 Untitled Disney Animation 12/16/22 Untitled Star Wars 2023 Films: 2/17/23 Untitled Disney Live Action 12/22/23 Avatar 3 (Fox) 2024 Films: 12/20/24 Untitled Star Wars 2025 Films: 12/19/25 Avatar 4 (Fox) 2026 Films: 12/18/26 Untitled Star Wars 2027 Films: 12/17/27 Avatar 5 (Fox) What they’re saying:<doc-sep>Following their $71 billion merger this past spring, Disney and Fox made some major changes and additions to its theatrical release schedule Tuesday — not just for the current year but all the way through 2027. The moves include adding three untitled Star Wars movies to the slate, and shifting Fox’s four Avatar sequels to bow every other year beginning in 2021. The lineup card is akin to the 1927 New York Yankees, and underscores the sheer theatrical strength of the newly combined studios which currently control more than 38% of the 2019 domestic box office with $1.4 billion through May 5, and more than $3 billion worldwide. Note the combined quantity of titles isn’t so much the threat: Disney/Fox will count a total of 23 releases this year (15 of which are remaining) and 19 next year, totals under the 20-plus titles that Warner Bros, Universal and Sony each pumped out last year. However, it’s the IP power on the Disney-Fox schedule that is nuclear here. Two weekends ago, Disney opened Avengers: Endgame to an unprecedented record of $1.2 billion worldwide (current running grand total is $2.23B to date). Related Story 'Moon Knight': Oscar Isaac Confirms Casting In Marvel & Disney+ Series Of note, three new as-yet-untitled Star Wars films will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2022. Those dates are December 16, 2022; December 20, 2024; and December 18, 2026. Disney announced previously that two separate Star Wars series, outside of the Skywalker saga, were in development from Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Also, the Avatar series, which counts four sequels, will launch later then expected. Originally, Avatar 2 was set to open on December 18, 2020, and it will now hit theaters on December 17, 2021. An Avatar pic will play the holiday period every other year thereafter all the way to December 17, 2027. Moving in the holiday 2020 corridor is Fox/Amblin’s West Side Story adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, which will open on December 18, and Disney’s Cruella opening Wednesday, December 23, for the long holiday weekend. Still not unveiled by Disney are next year’s Marvel movies on May 1 and November 6. Word is that it’s two of three titles: Black Widow, Shang Chi or The Eternals. Diving into the details of the schedule, at the end of 2018 there were 11 untitled Marvel titles between Disney and Fox set to be released in the years followings Avengers: Endgame. Three of those belonged to Fox/Marvel release dates, and those untitled reserved slots have been removed from the schedule. The New Mutants Fox Also, Fox/Marvel’s New Mutants, which had been pushed several times on the release schedule after reshoots ahead the merger, moves again, jumping off August 2, 2020 and zipping to April 3, 2020. Coming away from Disney and Dolby’s CinemaCon presentations last month, it was clear New Mutants wasn’t headed to Hulu. Fox 2000’s Kevin Costner-Amanda Seyfried movie The Art of Racing in the Rain moves up to August 9 this year, while Fox Searchlight’s horror-thriller Ready or Not will release August 23 Ad Astra, which was set to open over Memorial Day but is still in post, heads to September 20 as expected, while Disney’s Artemis Fowl based on the Eoin Colfer novel will no longer go August 9 this year but May 29 next year. Fox awards-season blue chips will stay put on their release dates: The Woman in the Window on October 4 and Ford V. Ferrari on November 15. Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is still going in that third weekend of October slot made rich last year by Halloween: October 18. No changes for Disney Animation’s Frozen 2 on November 22, or Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on December 20. However, Fox/Blue Sky Studios’ Spies in Disguise, goes from September to Christmas. Among early 2020 titles are Fox’s Underwater on January 10, a new Kingsman movie on February 14, and Call of the Wild now on February 21 instead of December 25. Pixar’s Onward will open on March 6 and Disney’s live-action take on Mulan on March 27, 2020 (no changes there). “We’re excited to put in place a robust and diverse slate that lays the foundation of our long-term strategy, bringing together a breadth of films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Fox, Fox Searchlight and Blue Sky Studios to create an extraordinary collection of cinematic experiences for audiences around the world,” said Cathleen Taff, President, Theatrical Distribution, Franchise Management, and Business & Audience Insights, The Walt Disney Studios. “With a strong summer already in place, we are eager to carry that momentum forward over the coming years thanks to a creative wellspring of bold and imaginative stories coming from our world-class studios – including several new chapters of two revered franchises, Avatar and Star Wars.” Below is Disney-Fox’s updated theatrical release slate (Fox releases in blue): 2019 Tolkien (Fox Searchlight) – May 10 Aladdin (Dis) – May 24 Dark Phoenix (Fox) – June 7 Toy Story 4 (Dis)- June 21 Stuber (Fox) – July 12 The Lion King (Dis) – July 19 The Art of Racing in the Rain (Fox) – Aug 9 Ready or Not (Fox Searchlight) – Aug. 23 Ad Astra (Fox) – Sept. 20 The Woman in the Window (Fox) – Oct. 4 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Dis) – Oct. 18 Ford v. Ferrari (Fox) – Nov. 15 Frozen 2 (Dis) – Nov. 22 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Dec. 20 Spies in Disguise (Fox) – Dec. 25 2020 Underwater (Fox) – Jan. 10 Untitled Kingsman Movie (Fox) – Feb. 14 Call of the Wild (Fox) – Feb. 21 Onward (Dis) – March 6 Mulan (Dis) – March 27 The New Mutants (Fox) – April 3 Untitled Marvel (Dis)- May 1 Artemis Fowl (Dis) – May 29 Untitled Pixar (Dis) – June 19 Free Guy (Fox) – July 3 Bob’s Burgers (Fox) – July 17 Jungle Cruise (Dis) – July 24 The One and Only Ivan (Dis) – Aug. 14 Death on the Nile (Fox) – Oct. 9 Untitled Marvel (Dis) – Nov. 6<doc-sep>That said, while the Avatar films and their virtually-created worlds are pretty expensive to make, it's likely that the first two sequels were already for the most part paid for by Fox before the Disney deal happened. So the financial risk for Disney is contained, should they not perform as hoped for at the box office.<doc-sep>
Ad Astra Close this dialog window Streaming Options As the big Disney-Fox Hollywood merger of 2019 continues to play out, films from the Fox side that were once in limbo have found new release dates. Notably, The New Mutants, the horror-pegged X-Men spin-off starring Game of Thrones‘ Maisie Williams, has now been bumped for the third time to April 3, 2020. This was a big question mark considering the uncertain future of the X-Men franchise post-Dark Phoenix (which will still open on June 7) with the Disney acquisition. Meanwhile, Gambit (starring Channing Tatum) and three untitled Marvel movies originally scheduled from Fox appear to have been wiped clear from the current schedule. However, fans of Marvel will be the first to point out that this could simply mean that characters from the Fox-owned universe might transition to Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. There are a number of untitled Marvel films from Disney on the calendar. The studio is still figuring out how all of these superhero properties will work and hasn’t made a decision yet on what that might look like, EW has learned. Ad Astra, the Brad Pitt-starred sci-fi film originally set to open this month, will now open later this year on Sept. 20. As for Disney, among the new shifts in scheduling includes “three new as-yet-untitled Star Wars films” to be released “on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2022,” per a press release. In addition, the “four forthcoming Avatar films, expanding the vibrant world of Pandora, will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2021.” Since Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox film and television properties, the studio has been trying to figure out what its film slate looks like moving forward. Fox’s Mouse Guard movie was one of the casualties, as the project was dropped just weeks before production was set to begin. The animated film Nimona, based on the comic from She-Ra showrunner Noelle Stevenson, still lives in the new release date of March 5, 2021.