{"id":572823,"date":"2026-08-18T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/572823\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:14:18","slug":"disney-reveals-x-men-cast-slate-of-sequels-at-d23-fan-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/572823\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney reveals X-Men cast, slate of sequels at D23 fan event"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KevinKevin Feige, Marvel Studios’ President, speaks onstage at the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Feige also showed footage from Avengers: Doomsday, set to be released in December, which will bring together the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, X-Men and Wakandan warriors in an epic clash against the evil Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey jnr.<\/p>\n

Another highlight was the first look at Ryan Gosling in Lucasfilm\u2019s Star Wars: Starfighter, which will hit the big screen in 2027 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Star Wars.<\/p>\n

Sequels announced <\/p>\n

Disney CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro, who took over in March, kickstarted this year\u2019s D23 event, which has become a platform for studios to showcase their latest projects alongside stars, creatives and directors.<\/p>\n

Pixar offered previews of its Italian fable Gatto and supernatural tale Ghost Market, as well as The Incredibles 3 and Coco 2.<\/p>\n

\"KeKe Huy Quan, Maia Kealoha, and Ginnifer Goodwin at the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Other sequels unveiled include Lilo & Stitch 2, Ice Age: Boiling Point and Frozen 3, promoted by stars Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything\u2019s a sequel here,\u201d said attendee Gary Aurin, who came to D23 with his son.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s Disney, so you just gotta get used to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Director Jon Favreau took to the stage to introduce Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a mini-series to debut next year on the Disney+ platform.<\/p>\n

The cartoon rabbit Oswald preceded Mickey Mouse and was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1927 for Universal Pictures. Disney acquired the rights to the character in 2006.<\/p>\n

D23 wrapped up on Sunday.<\/p>\n

– AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios’ President, speaks onstage at the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9980,3471,696,1975,238696,179,18920,276413,2398,19552,156,8231,13503,4999,57982,282361,70487,282363,435,282362,111,139,1536,69,1118,1517,123831,274252,78054,84575,7563,1533,282360],"class_list":["post-572823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-adam","tag-among","tag-announced","tag-at","tag-biennial","tag-california","tag-cast","tag-d23","tag-disney","tag-driver","tag-entertainment","tag-event","tag-fan","tag-friday","tag-gathering","tag-inde","tag-joining","tag-marvels","tag-movie","tag-navarrette","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-next","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-reveals","tag-sadie","tag-sequels","tag-sink","tag-slate","tag-those","tag-will","tag-xmen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572823","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=572823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}