A new original film is coming to Disney.
On Saturday at the Destination D23 event held in Orlando, Florida, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jared Bush took to the stage to reveal that its next original film is titled Hexed.
Here’s the film’s logline: “Disney’s #Hexed is an all-new original film that follows 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.”
Josie Trinidad and Jason Hand are directing the feature, while Roy Conli and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones are producing. It’s slated to hit theaters in November 2026.
Also revealed at D23 was new additions to the cast of Zootopia 2. Bush, who directs the film along with Byron Howard, introduced Yvette Nicole Brown onstage, who will be playing the Bearoness and EMT Otter. Also cast in the follow-up to the 2016 animated film is Patrick Warburton, who will lend his voice as Mayor Winddancer.
Here is the film’s synopsis: “In Zootopia 2, rookie cops Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De’Snake (voice of Ke Huy Quan) arrives in Zootopia and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.”
Shakira, Quinta Brunson and Fortune Feimster add to the cast. Yvett Merino serves as a producer.
Zootopia 2 is set to hit theaters November 26.
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