HOLLYWOOD — The Walt Disney Studios has unveiled its upcoming slate, following the recent acquisition of the Fox film studios, including changes to previously dated films and a number of major additions.
After kicking off with the record-setting success of Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame, The Walt Disney Studios’ 2019 summer slate includes Disney’s Aladdin on May 24, Fox’s Dark Phoenix on June 7, Pixar’s Toy Story 4 on June 21, Fox’s Stuber on July 12, and Disney’s The Lion King on July 19. Fox 2000’s The Art of Racing in the Rain moves up to Aug. 9, and Fox Searchlight’s Ready or Not will release on Aug. 23, while three films move to later dates: Ad Astra (9/20/19), The New Mutants (4/3/20), and Artemis Fowl (5/29/20).
The Studios’ 2019 slate rounds out with Fox’s The Woman in the Window on Oct. 4 and Ford V. Ferrari on Nov. 15, Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil on Oct. 18 and Disney Animation’s Frozen 2 on Nov. 22, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on Dec. 20, and Blue Sky Studios’ Spies in Disguise, moving from September to Christmas. Among early 2020 titles are Fox’s Underwater on Jan. 10, a new Kingsman movie on Feb. 14, and Call of the Wild on Feb. 21, followed by Pixar’s Onward on March 6 and Disney’s Mulan on March 27.
The updated calendar also sets release dates for major franchises Avatar and Star Wars. With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker bringing the original Skywalker Saga to its conclusion, three new as-yet-untitled Star Wars films will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2022. Four forthcoming Avatar films, expanding the vibrant world of Pandora, will release on the pre-Christmas weekend every other year beginning in 2021. In the holiday corridor for 2020, Fox’s West Side Story adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, will debut Dec. 18 in the pre-Christmas slot, with Disney’s Cruella opening Wednesday, Dec. 23, for the long holiday weekend.
The following is an upcoming list of titles:
2019
TOLKIEN ALADDIN DARK PHOENIX TOY STORY 4 STUBER LION KING, THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN, THE READY OR NOT AD ASTRA WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, THE MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL FORD v. FERRARI FROZEN 2 STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER SPIES IN DISGUISE
2020
UNDERWATER
UNTITLED KINGSMAN MOVIE CALL OF THE WILD
ONW ARD
MULAN
NEW MUTANTS, THE UNTITLED MARVEL
ARTEMIS FOWL
UNTITLED PIXAR ANIMATION FREE GUY
BOB'S BURGERS
JUNGLE CRUISE
ONE AND ONLY IVAN, THE DEATH ON THE NILE UNTITLED MARVEL
RON'S GONE WRONG UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION WEST SIDE STORY
CRUELLA
2021
UNTITLED MARVEL
NIMONA
UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
UNTITLED MARVEL
UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
UNTITLED PIXAR ANIMATION
UNTITLED INDIANA JONES
UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION
UNTITLED MARVEL
UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION
AVATAR 2