{"id":480761,"date":"2026-06-16T21:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/480761\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:24:08","slug":"hexed-teaser-trailer-casts-a-charming-spell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/480761\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hexed’ Teaser Trailer Casts a Charming Spell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the first teaser trailer for Hexed, the company\u2019s first original, non-sequel film in three years. In April, the company debuted the first footage from the film at CinemaCon<\/a> and announced that Hailee Steinfeld and Rashida Jones would voice the lead characters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hexed centers on Billie (Steinfeld), an \u201cimpulsive and unconventional teenage girl,\u201d per the film\u2019s frankly uncalled-for description, and Alice (Jones), her uptight mother (that description is mine, but if Disney is going to dunk on Billie for no good reason, I\u2019m going to upgrade their description of Alice as \u201ccautious\u201d to be similarly unflattering).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Billie accidentally unleashes secret magical abilities,\u201d the synopsis continues, \u201cshe\u2019s hurtled out of suburbia and into a magical realm called Hexe, where she\u2019s greeted by Ms. Quill (voiced by Tracey Ullman) and Elias Quire (voiced by Stephen Fry). As Billie\u2019s spectacle-filled journey unfolds, she uncovers family mysteries that could change the magical world of witches forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teaser trailer is quite charming, with Steinfeld delivering a take on teen angst that\u2019s relatable rather than cloying. And the characters voiced by Ullman and Fry are a talking quill and a talking book, respectively, which is just delightful.<\/p>\n

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Disney first announced Hexed<\/a> last year as a film that \u201cfollows an awkward teenage boy and his Type-A mom, who discover that what makes him unusual, might just be magical powers that will turn their lives and a secret world of magic, upside down.\u201d Clearly, things have changed since then, with the main character now being a teenage girl instead of a teenage boy.<\/p>\n

Hexed is directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn (Wish<\/a>) and Jason Hand (Moana 2<\/a>) and co-directed by Josie Trinidad. According to Hand in a Disney press release, \u201cHexe is a place where Billie begins to feel seen for the first time in her life. She embarks on a journey of self-discovery that reveals a powerful connection to magic, and in the process uncovers long-held secrets about her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hexed releases in theaters on November 25, 2026.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the first teaser trailer for Hexed, the company\u2019s first original, non-sequel film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2398,156,241645,409,111,139,69,2983,110219],"class_list":["post-480761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-hexed","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-trailer","tag-walt-disney-animation-studios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}