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Disney teases live-action Peter Pan & Wendy with new poster

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Walt Disney Pictures kicked off this year’s D23 Expo yesterday by showcasing the studio’s upcoming live-action slate with a presentation that included trailers for the upcoming sequels Hocus Pocus 2 and Disenchanted along with a first-look teaser for the live-action The Little Mermaid remake. That wasn’t all Disney had in store for fans however, as […]

Ariana DeBose to lead Disney’s animated musical Wish

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Ever wondered how the iconic Disney wishing star came to be? No, us either, but the Mouse House are going to tell us anyway in their all-new animated feature film Wish.  Announced at the D23 Expo event, the Wishing Star origin story will be headlined by West Side Story‘s Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, and directed by […]

Star Wars: Ahsoka casts its live-action Ezra Bridger in Eman Esfandi

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Ezra Bridger is the latest animated Star Wars character to make the jump into live action, with Eman Esfandi (Red 11, King Richard) signing on to play the young hero of Star Wars Rebels in Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka. The series sees Esfandi joining Rosario Dawson in the title role as Ahsoka […]

Prepare to meet The Sanderson Sisters again in new Hocus Pocus 2 trailer

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The Sanderson Sisters won over the hearts of every 90s kid in the cult classic Hocus Pocus. Now, they return and prepare to take on three new high schoolers in Hocus Pocus 2. Hocus Pocus 2, an Original movie event, will stream this September 30 on Disney+. The trailer made its debut at this year’s […]

Pixar announces plans for Inside Out sequel with Amy Poehler returning

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Arguably their last great film, Pixar have today confirmed that they plan to make a sequel to their animated classic Inside Out.  Inside Out‘s director Pete Docter and the voice of Joy Amy Poehler were in attendance at Disney’s D23 Expo to make the announcement.  Set for release in summer 2024, they revealed that Kelsey […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi behind-the-scenes sizzle reel rumoured for D23

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With the news that a new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been classified, and word that Lucasfilm are skipping Comic-Con in favour of D23, there’s been a lot of expectation that we’ll be getting our second look at December’s hotly-anticipated Episode VIII during the Disney Expo next weekend. Well, according to rumours […]

UPDATE: Marvel’s Black Widow gets a first poster and a new white costume

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UPDATE: A hi-res version of the poster has now been released and can be viewed below… The official D23 Expo Black Widow poster from Marvel artist Andy Park has been revealed, and gives us our first look at David Harbour suited up as Red Guardian along with Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Rachel Weisz as […]

Disney’s Ongoing Fight To Be Feminist

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Kate Harrold on Disney’s ongoing fight to be feminist… The Disney Princess is an iconic film archetype and one that has been around since Snow White and the Seven Dwarves premiered in 1938 and it doesn’t seem to be a figure fading from our cultural canon anytime soon. With reinvention being a continuous process, the […]

UPDATE: Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier promo artwork revealed

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Now updated with a higher quality image of the poster… The first poster for the Disney+ Marvel team-up series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was on display at the D23 Expo this past weekend and sees Anthony Mackie sporting a new costume which appears to take some inspiration from the Captain America: Sam Wilson […]