Disney Investor Day 2020 Recap

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Disney Investor Day 2020.

Liana Brooks, Staff Writer

On December 10, Disney released a whole lot of news about what’s coming to Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and a new platform called Star. A lot of people knew there was going to be an announcement, but did not expect the sheer number of films announced. Let’s take a look at Disney Investor Day followed by the new films, series, and shorts that Disney, National Geographic, Pixar, Star-Wars, and Marvel will release between 2020 and 2023. 

Disney Investor Day is a day when Disney+ and their partner networks publish their statistics on how profitable the companies have been, and give information about upcoming events, projects, and releases. The December 10 headline on the company website reads: “The Walt Disney Company Surpasses 137 Million Paid Subscriptions across it’s Direct-to-Consumer Services, Shattering Previous Guidance; Increases Paid Subscriptions Target to 300-350 million by 2024.” Disney+ launched in November 2019, and investors have been astonished at how many streamers they have gained in one year. Disney+ also partnered with other streaming companies such as Hulu and ESPN+ to create a bundle, so instead of just having Disney+, subscribers can stream more shows than ever before, including those on Star, the new international platform launching in Europe in February. 

Disney has announced approximately 10 new Star-Wars series and 10 new Marvel series, with 15 Disney live-action, animated, and Pixar series slated for theaters. Listed below is what fans are most excited about. (Some do NOT yet have release dates, or actors verified.) 

In the Shield’s “Comments” below this article, post which ones you are most excited about!

The Disney List 

  • Hocus Pocus 2
  • Flora & Ulysses
    • Starring Matilda Lawler
    • Release February 19th 2021
  • Jungle Cruise
    • Starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramerez, and more
    • Release July 2021
  • The Little Mermaid (live-action)
    • Starring Halle Bailey,  Awkwafina, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, with Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy
  • Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
    • Starring John Mulaney and Andy Samberg, also Seth Rogen will have a cameo
    • Release Spring 2022
  • Pinocchio (live-action)
    • Starring Tom Hanks
    • Directed by Robert Zemeckis
  • Peter Pan & Wendy
    • Starring Jude Law as Captain Hook and Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell
  • Disenchanted
    • Starring Amy Adams
  • Cruella
    • Starring Emma Stone as Cruella and Emma Thompson as the Baroness
    • Release 2021
  • Raya and the Last Dragon
    • Starring Kelly Marie Tran as Raya and Awkwafina as the dragon named Sisu
    • Release March 5, 2021, simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access
  • Encanto
    • Release November 24, 2021 in theaters 
  • Baymax!
    • Release 2022
  • Zootopia+
    • Release Spring 2022
  • Iwájú
    • Release 2022
  • Tiana
    • Release 2023
  • Moana, the Series
    • Release 2023
  • The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
    • Starring Emilio Estevez and Lauren Graham
    • Release 2021
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The National Geographic List

  • Cousteau
  • Genius: Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Secrets of the Whales
  • A Real Bug’s Life
  • America the Beautiful
  • Limitless With Chris Hemsworth
  • Welcome to Earth (Working Title)

The Pixar List

  • Soul
    • Starring Jamie Foxx (voice of Joe Gardner)
    • Release Dec 25, 2020
  • Luca
    • Release June 18, 2021
  • Dug Days
    • Release Fall 2021
  • Turning Red
    • Release March 11, 2022
  • Lightyear
    • Starring the voice of Buzz, Chris Evans
    • Release June 17, 2022
  • Cars
    • Release Fall 2022

Star-Wars (Lucas Film)

  • Ahsoka
    • Starring Rosario Dawson
  • Rangers of the New Republic
  • Andor
    • Starring  Diego Luna
    • Release 2022
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi
    • Starring Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan and Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader
  • The Bad Batch
  • Star Wars: Visions
  • Lando
    • Starring  Lando Calrissian
  • A Droid Story

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)

  • WandaVision
    • Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris, Kat Dennings and Randall Park
    • Release Jan 15, 2021
  • The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
    • Starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan
    • Release March 19, 2021
  • Spider-Man 3 (Name not announced)
    • Release December 2021
  • Loki
    • Starring Tom Hiddleston 
    • Release May 2021
  • What If…?
    • Release summer 2021
  • Black Widow
    • Starring Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
    • Release May 7, 2021
  • Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
    • Starring Simu Liu as Shang-Chi
    • Release July 9, 2021
  • Eternals
    • Release November 5, 2021
  • Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness
    • Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams and Chiwetel Ejiofor
    • Release March 25, 2022
  • Thor: Love and Thunder
    • Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson and Christian Bale
    • Release May 6, 2022
  • Black Panther 2
    • Release  July 8, 2022
  • Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    • Release 2023
  • Fantastic Four
    • Directed by Jon Watts

For a full list, link here:  https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/documents/twdc_investor_day_programming_fact_sheet_ecbccd9a.pdf