{"id":611182,"date":"2026-04-17T23:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611182\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:09:10","slug":"disney-spotlights-toy-story-5-hexed-ice-age-at-cinemacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/611182\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Spotlights ‘Toy Story 5,’ ‘Hexed,’ ‘Ice Age’ At CinemaCon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Disney used its CinemaCon presentation on Thursday in Las Vegas to spotlight three major upcoming animated theatrical titles: Pixar\u2019s Toy Story 5, Walt Disney Animation Studios\u2019 Hexed, and 20th Century Animation\u2019s Ice Age: Boiling Point.<\/p>\n

Toy Story 5<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s biggest animation push went to Toy Story 5, the next release, which opens on June 19. Disney screened footage and brought Tom Hanks and Tim Allen onstage to promote the sequel, which pits Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and Bonnie\u2019s other toys against a new threat: a tablet device named Lilypad.<\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s official description frames the film as \u201cToy meets Tech,\u201d with Bonnie\u2019s new tablet device disrupting the toys\u2019 sense of purpose. It\u2019s directed by Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Kenna Harris, produced by Lindsey Collins, and scored by Randy Newman, returning for his fifth Toy Story film.<\/p>\n

Footage shown at CinemaCon reportedly reintroduces Woody alongside Bo Peep before he reconnects with Buzz and Bonnie\u2019s toy crew. The central conflict centers on Lilypad\u2019s tech-driven influence on playtime, with the device dismissing Woody as outdated.<\/p>\n

\"Toy
\nHexed<\/p>\n

Disney also used the presentation to provide a first look and minimalist plot update for the previously enigmatic Hexed, its fall original from WDAS, and announced that Hailee Steinfeld and Rashida Jones have joined the voice cast.<\/p>\n

In the film, an impulsive teenage girl named Billie discovers magical abilities that transport her from suburbia into a witch realm called Hexe. Forced to team up with her cautious mother, Alice, the pair uncover family secrets that could reshape the world of witches.<\/p>\n

Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand are directing, with Josie Trinidad co-directing and Roy Conli producing. The film is set for a potentially lucrative holiday corridor release on November 25.<\/p>\n

CinemaCon attendees were shown a first look and a new logo, but little else was shared, other than some talk of positioning the project as a coming-of-age fantasy centered on a mother-daughter dynamic.<\/p>\n

\"Hexed
\nIce Age: Boiling Point<\/p>\n

The third animated title to get stage time was Ice Age: Boiling Point, opening February 5, 2027. Franchise vets Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, and Denis Leary appeared in person to introduce the film and discuss the next chapter of the long-running franchise.<\/p>\n

Disney describes the Lori Forte and Patrick Worlock-directed sequel as a dinosaur-and-lava-filled adventure that sends Manny, Sid, Diego, Ellie, Scrat, and the rest of the herd into previously unseen parts of the Lost World. Attendees were shown the film\u2019s opening sequence, which reportedly leans into the series\u2019 familiar comedic beats.<\/p>\n

While Disney briefly acknowledged Pixar\u2019s upcoming 2027 feature Gatto, the CinemaCon presentation focused on reinforcing established franchises and introducing Hexed as its big-swing near-term original animated release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney used its CinemaCon presentation on Thursday in Las Vegas to spotlight three major upcoming animated theatrical titles:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-611182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}