{"id":426737,"date":"2026-08-07T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/426737\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:28:10","slug":"the-10-things-were-most-excited-to-see-or-learn-about-at-d23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/426737\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Things We’re Most Excited to See or Learn About at D23"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Comic-Con may be over<\/a>, but another major pop culture convention<\/a> in Southern California is already gearing up. It\u2019s D23, Disney\u2019s biennial convention<\/a> for all things House of Mouse. That\u2019s Disney Animation, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, 20th Century, Searchlight, and everything else Disney owns.<\/p>\n

The event takes place from August 14-16 at the Anaheim Convention Center, a stone\u2019s throw from Disneyland in Anaheim, CA,<\/a> and besides a convention hall full of fun stuff, each night culminates in a mega presentation crosstown at the Honda Center, the home of the Anaheim Ducks (no longer owned by Disney, but originated by it). Friday, it\u2019s a preview of everything Disney has coming in film and TV. Saturday, it\u2019s theme parks. And Sunday, it\u2019s a star-studded induction of celebrities into Disney\u2019s own hall of fame called Legends.<\/p>\n

For our sake, though, we\u2019re mostly focused on Friday and Saturday. What are we hoping to see or learn? Here are the 10 top things we\u2019re hoping for at D23.<\/p>\n

\"Star\u00a9 Lucasfilm 1. Star Wars: Starfighter footage <\/p>\n

With The Mandalorian and Grogu now in theaters, Lucasfilm\u2019s part in the D23 festivities should mainly focus on two things: Ahsoka season two (more on that soon) and the first Star Wars movie set after the events of The Rise of Skywalker. No one has seen anything from the upcoming Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling team-up, but with less than a year to go before release, we\u2019d imagine some sort of short teaser trailer will play at the convention. And we can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n

2. X-Men cast announcement <\/p>\n

Over the past few days, multiple actors have been tapped<\/a> by the trades to be playing characters in Jake Schreier\u2019s upcoming X-Men movie. And what is that all leading to? We\u2019re hoping it\u2019s some kind of grand announcement not just of the actors we know, but the ones we don\u2019t too. And maybe an official release date to kick off the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<\/p>\n

\"Ahsoka\u00a9 Lucasfilm 3. Ahsoka season two trailer <\/p>\n

As Star Wars slowly transitions back to a theatrical experience instead of a streaming one, Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni has one last story to wrap up. It\u2019s the second season of Ahsoka, the only live-action Star Wars show currently on the schedule, and with its January release rapidly approaching, we\u2019re all but sure we\u2019ll get our first official look at what\u2019s next for Ahsoka, Ezra, Hera, Sabine, and the gang.<\/p>\n

4. More Avengers: Doomsday footage <\/p>\n

First there was a trailer. Then there was a special Comic-Con sizzle<\/a>. And, at D23, you have to imagine Marvel Studios will show a little something different to the fans. Or, maybe, it\u2019ll just be the Comic-Con footage again. Hopefully, though, there will be something even cooler.<\/p>\n

\"Vision\u00a9 Marvel Studios 5. VisionQuest trailer <\/p>\n

At Comic-Con, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige mentioned the company does have an upcoming TV show, but that event was going to focus on movies. The assumption, of course, was the next event wouldn\u2019t just be movies. And that opens the door for D23 to have first look at VisionQuest, a sequel series to WandaVision which follows Paul Bettany\u2019s artificially intelligent superhero.<\/p>\n

6. First Frozen 3 footage <\/p>\n

While the next film from Disney Animation, Hexed<\/a>, is all but certain to be the focus, Disney fans want to see the big guns. And, for Disney Animation, there\u2019s nothing bigger than Frozen. The third film is scheduled for release in November 2027, so it\u2019s still a long way away, but you have to think we\u2019ll get a little taste of what\u2019s to come from the world of Anna and Elsa, especially since the project was mentioned at the last D23.<\/p>\n

\"Incredibles\u00a9 Pixar 7. Incredibles 3 news <\/p>\n

Riding high off the success of Toy Story 5, Pixar\u2019s next film is an original one called Gatto. And while that, like with Disney Animation, will be the focus, you have to think there will be some updates on upcoming sequels such as Incredibles 3. It\u2019s not coming out until closer to the next D23 (presumably) in 2028, though, so this might be a stretch.<\/p>\n

8. Villains\u2019 Land update <\/p>\n

D23 isn\u2019t just about movie and TV news. There will also be lots and lots of theme park news. And, if it happens, the biggest of that would be official news on the previously announced villains-themed area coming to Walt Disney World. There has been much speculation on what it\u2019ll be called, and what rides will be in it, so after years of prep, now would be the time to make things official.<\/p>\n

\"AvatarConcept art of the new Avatar ride \u00a9 Disney Parks 9. The future of Avatar <\/p>\n

Speaking of making things official, at the last D23, Disney announced a new Avatar ride was coming to Disney\u2019s California Adventure. Since then, rumors have swirled that that may have changed, especially when the third installment of the franchise didn\u2019t perform as well as the first two. So, it would be great to hear if Avatar will continue in the parks and, maybe, if those fourth and fifth films are coming too.<\/p>\n

10. A new Galaxy\u2019s Edge <\/p>\n

Beyond that, Disney is almost certain to announce theme park news we haven\u2019t even thought of yet. New rides, lands, etc. And one rumor that has been swirling is that it\u2019s looking to open a third Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at another park. Currently, there are two, one in Florida and one in California, so one not in the U.S. would make sense. Could this be announced at D23? We\u2019ll find out next week.<\/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":"San Diego Comic-Con may be over, but another major pop culture convention in Southern California is already gearing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,107276,107281,34374,50330,1925],"class_list":["post-426737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-d23","tag-d23-expo","tag-marvel-studios","tag-pixar","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}