Fireplace and Ice’ and ‘Incredibles 3’ movies By Reuters

By Daybreak Chmielewski, Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway

ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) -Walt Disney, which reclaimed the highest of the summer season field workplace with Pixar animation’s “Inside Out 2” and Marvel’s raunchy “Deadpool & Wolverine,” opened its D23 fan conference Friday with a dwell efficiency from the anticipated animated movie “Moana 2.”

Dwayne Johnson, a featured star who was joined by Auli’i Cravahlo and Hawaiian dancers, instructed the 12,000 attendees that in reprising his position as Maui, he would as soon as once more be singing, “in keys that do not exist.”

The movie reaches theaters on Nov. 27.

Director James Cameron took the stage, together with “Avatar” stars Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington, to indicate off artwork from the following sequel, and announce its title, “Avatar: Fireplace and Ash.”

Pixar’s chief artistic officer, Pete Docter, introduced a brand new “Inside Out” collection based mostly on foremost character Riley’s desires, “Dream Productions,” that takes place between the primary two films and can premiere in 2025.

Docter additionally introduced a brand new installment of one in every of Pixar’s largest titles “The Incredibles,” which is centered on a unusual superhero household and is getting a 3rd movie that will likely be directed by Brad Fowl.

Disney mentioned a slate of recorded live-Broadway musicals that will likely be arriving on Disney+, together with the hit film “Frozen.” “We’re actually glad to announce that the hit musical (Frozen), which was filmed on stage, will premiere on Disney plus in 2025,” mentioned Jennifer Lee, Disney Animation’s chief artistic officer.

Lee mentioned the corporate can be creating a Broadway musical based mostly on the movie “The Biggest Showman.”

D23 shared an early take a look at the upcoming Disney+ collection “Skeleton Crew,” which is a coming of age science fiction “Star Wars” collection created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford (NYSE:).

Director Jon Favreau provided an early take a look at “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” a big-screen adaptation of the Disney+ collection due out in 2026.

Marvel reprised a few of its best hits from final month’s San Diego Comedian-Con conference. It showcased the “Captain America Courageous New World” and “Unbelievable 4” movies, and the forthcoming Disney+ collection, “Daredevil Born Once more” and “IronHeart.”

It additionally dropped a trailer for its upcoming horror collection “Agatha All Alongside,” based mostly on the collection “WandaVision” together with a haunting musical efficiency from the forged of witches within the collection. The collection contains authentic songs from the expertise behind “Frozen” and “Coco.”

“Percy Jackson,” the collection based mostly on Greek mythology that follows its namesake protagonist demi-god, is returning for a second season referred to as “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, after the unique ebook title by writer Rick Riordan.

The corporate touted the energy of its films throughout an investor name this week, marking a return to type after shedding its place because the highest-grossing Hollywood studio in 2023.

“It is by no means too late to have that large Hollywood comeback,” mentioned Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore. “They usually’ve definitely had that.”

“Inside Out 2” is the very best grossing animated movie of all time, with a world field workplace tally of $1.6 billion, surpassing the document set by Disney’s “Frozen II.” A month later, “Deadpool & Wolverine” had one of the best home opening for an R-rated movie and has introduced in additional than $850 million in international ticket gross sales.

“There’s in fact variability within the movie enterprise,” wrote Deutsche Financial institution analyst Bryan Kraft in a observe to traders. “But when Disney has discovered its field workplace magic as soon as once more, extra progress could also be forward, as a powerful theatrical slate continues.”

Disney CEO Bob Iger extolled the movie studio’s theatrical lineup over the following two years, which incorporates the animated sequel “Moana 2,” a live-action model of “Disney’s Snow White,” a rebooting of the Marvel superhero franchise “The Unbelievable 4: First Steps” and James Cameron’s third “Avatar” film.

“When you concentrate on not solely the potential of these within the field workplace, however the potential of these to drive international streaming worth, there is a cause to be bullish about the place we’re headed,” Iger mentioned on the investor name.

The discharge of “Inside Out 2” helped generate greater than 100 million views of the unique movie on Disney+, the corporate mentioned.

Buyers and followers are hoping for extra particulars on Friday about future plans for the Marvel superhero studio. The corporate had to decide on a brand new villain for future movies after actor Jonathan Majors was convicted of assaulting and harassing a former girlfriend. It additionally was pressured to delay some titles due to strikes by Hollywood writers and actors final 12 months.

Ultimately month’s Comedian-Con popular culture conference, Disney revealed that “Iron Man” actor Robert Downey Jr. will play the “Unbelievable 4” villain, Physician Doom.