Disney Investor Day 2020 - Big Announcements from Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar

Today Disney had their annual Investor and was streamed online similar to how Apple has done their events during Covid. There were a ton of projects that were announced from Marvel, Star Wars/Lucasfilm, and Pixar/Disney Animation Studios.

  • Marvel

    • Wanda Vision - Launches January 15, 2021

    • Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

    • The Falcon and Winter Soldier - Debuts March 2021

    • Black Widow

    • Loki - Debuts May 2021

    • What If…? - Animated show that makes minor changes to MCU mythos that drastically impacts the MCU

    • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    • Ms. Marvel - Set to debut in 2021

    • Captain Marvel 2

    • Eternals

    • Hawkeye

    • She-Hulk - Mark Ruffalo and Tim Roth are returning for it

    • Moon Knight

    • Secret Invasion

    • Ironheart - Based on the Ironheart comic

    • Armor Wars

    • Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

    • I am Groot

    • Thor: Love and Thunder

    • Blade

    • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

    • Black Panther II

    • Fantastic Four

  • Star Wars/Lucasfilm

    • The Mandalorian - Seasons 3 & 4

    • Rangers of the New Republic - Cara Dunne specific (Takes place in The Mandalorian timeline)

    • Ahsoka - starring Rosario Dawson (Takes place in The Mandalorian timeline)

    • Andor - Rogue One prequel series about Cassian Andor set for 2022

    • Obi-Wan Kenobi - Takes place 10 years after Episode III and Hayden Christiansen returns as Darth Vader (Production starts in 2021)

    • Bad Batch - Animated series about Clone Force 99

    • Visions - Animated short films about the Star Wars Universe

    • Lando - In Development

    • The Acolyte - Mystery Thriller

    • A Droid Story - A story about R2 and C3PO

    • Willow - Starring Warwick Davis - Takes places decades after the film, Warrick Davis returns and debuts in 2020

    • Indiana Jones - Final Installment, directed by James Mangold, slated for July 2022

    • Children of Blood and Bone - adapted from the best seller

    • Rogue Squadron - Directed by Patty Jenkins, releasing Christmas 2023

    • Taika Waititi unnamed Star Wars Project

  • Disney Animation Studios/ Pixar

    • Percy Jackson & The Olympians

    • Swiss Family Robinson

    • Beauty and the Beast

    • The Might Ducks Game Changers - Live action series starring Emilio Estevez

    • Turner & Hooch

    • Big Shot

    • The Mysterious Benedict Society

    • Hocus Pocus 2

    • Three Men & A Baby - Reboot starring Zac Efron

    • Safety

    • Flora & Ulysses

    • Cheaper By The Dozen

    • Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Animated

    • Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild - Simon Pegg returns as Buck

    • Night At The Museum - Animated

    • Jungle Cruise

    • The Lion King - Prequel

    • The Little Mermaid - Live action

    • Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers - hybrid animated/live action film

    • Pinocchio - Live action directed by Robert Zemckis and staring Tom Hanks

    • Peter Pan & Wendy - Jude Law cast to play Captain Hook

    • Disenchanted - Sequel to Enchanted with Amy Adams returning as Giselle

    • Sister Act 3 - Whoopi Goldberg returns with Tyler Perry as a producer

    • Cruella

    • Raya and The Last Dragon - will debut in theaters and Disney+ Premier March 2021

    • Baymax! - Animated Series

    • Zootopia+ - Animated Series

    • Tiana - Animated Series

    • Moana - Animated Series

    • Iwaju

    • Encanto

    • Soul

    • Dug Days

    • Cars

    • Win or Lose - Pixar’s first ever long form movie and slated for a Feb 2023 release

    • Luca - Releasing June 2021

    • Turning Red - Releasing March 2022

    • Lightyear - Buzz Lightyear origin story

Disney did also announce that the price in the US would be going up to $7.99/month or $79.99, and the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle would increase to $13.99. There is a lot of content on the horizon for Disney, and they are showing they are starting to adapt with the times by introducing new series based on their existing properties that are fan favorites.

Take a look at the sizzle reel for the Disney+ titles:

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