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UPDATED, 9:14 a.m.: Disney has unveiled the official trailer for its musical fantasy Disenchanted — the anticipated follow-up to its Oscar-nominated 2007 original Enchanted, which is slated for release on Disney+ on November 18. Disenchanted picks up ten years after Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) wed the…

There wasn’t any Doom, but there was a feeling of dread in one of the key characters from the classic Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Ke Huy Quan, who appeared in the 1984 film as 11-year-old Chinese orphan “Short Round,” was apprehensive as he was about to meet Harrison Ford for the first time…

Michelle Yeoh is a mythological goddess in the new Disney+ series American Born Chinese. Based on the genre-hopping graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, Disney unveiled a featurette of the new series during the D23 Expo. “It’s a lot of fun, it’s a log of magic, it’s a lot of badass action,” Yeoh says in the clip which you…

In his two-hour presentation at D23 today, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Josh D’Amaro rattled off a long list of coming (and potentially coming) movie-themed attractions. First and foremost is Frozen, which will be the subject of new lands at three of the company’s parks internationally. Next year…

Bob Chapek won't talk about whether an Encanto sequel is coming or not, but the Disney CEO makes it clear he has some very big plans for the company as it heads into its 100th anniversary in 2023. "We call it next-gen storytelling," Chapek said backstage at the D23 Expo in Anaheim on Saturday about what has been…

Percy Jackson is back and Disney+ just unveiled the first look teaser trailer of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The footage was introduced at the D23 Expo by the three stars of the series: Walter Scobell, Aryan Simhadri and Leah Sava Jeffries. Watch the teaser video above. “Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood…

Disney’s movie and television studios including Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Studios, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, 20th Century Studios and Disney Branded Television revealed plenty of news at the D23 Expo, which ran September 9-11 at the Disneyland-adjacent Anaheim Convention Center. Highlights…

“This holds a treasure of utmost importance. I thought about destroying it a billion times to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.” So begins the official trailer for National Treasure: Edge of History, the upcoming Disney+ series based on the hit film franchise. The trailer was unveiled Saturday by series…

Disney+ is doubling down on the holidays. The streamer has unveiled three new unscripted holiday specials. Best in Snow is hosted by Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess, Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays features the eponymous a cappella group and Run D.M.C's Rev Run is making The Hip Hop Nutcrack…

Abbott Elementary‘s Jamaal Avery, Jr. and Emma Berman (Luca) have been tapped to lead the cast of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, the full-length animated Star Wars series for preschoolers. It’s slated for premiere in 2023 on Disney Junior and Disney+. The castings were announced Saturday by Ayo Davis, president, Dis…

You’re not gonna believe who wants to take over the job of Santa Claus. In the first trailer for The Santa Clauses for Disney+, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) meets with Peyton Manning about taking over the very important role of Kris Kringle. Since Scott is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can't be…

Season 2 of sports comedy-drama Big Shot, headlined by John Stamos, will debut Oct. 12. The announcement was made during the Disney Branded Entertainment presentation at D23 by the division’s President Ayo Davis, who was joined on stage by Stamos. Created by David E. Kelley, Dean Lorey and Brad Garrett, with Lorey…