UPDATE: The Walt Disney Studios' CinemaCon panel has concluded. Read the article below with the biggest updates from the panel!
CinemaCon 2026 will close out with a massive presentation from Walt Disney Studios, which has some of the biggest movies of the year in store. CinemaCon is the world's largest gathering of movie theater chains and studio representatives, taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Following an extensive round of panels from the biggest studios in the world, the last of these presentations may yet be the biggest of them all.
Day 4 of CinemaCon is coming to an end with a presentation from Walt Disney Studios. This panel will run from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. PT/5:30 - 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 16, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The crown jewel of this presentation is expected to be Marvel Studios' Avengers: Doomsday. While details on the presentation have not been confirmed, Disney is predicted to deliver something big for the fifth Avengers movie.
Additionally, one of the studio's next big releases is The Mandalorian and Grogu on May 22, which will be the first Star Wars movie released in theaters since 2019's Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker. This film will pit Din Djarin and his little green companion on a new adventure across the galaxy, putting them in the crosshairs of the Hutt clan.
Additionally, Disney may offer a new look at Toy Story 5, the first new addition to the franchise since 2019's Toy Story 4. Woody and Buzz will be back together as they and the other toys fight the rise of technology in young Bonnie's life.
Other movies possibly on the docket include Moana and The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Ahead of the presentation, Disney Entertainment, Studios, The Walt Disney Company Chairman Alan Bergman posed for a photo next to Avengers: Doomsday directors Joe and Anthony Russo. On the far right is Chris Evans, who will return as Steve Rogers for the 11th time (12 MCU movies in total) in Doomsday.
Every CinemaCon 2026 Announcement for The Walt Disney Studios
Disney's CinemaCon 2026 presentation has started, marking the final major panel of the event. Ahead of the presentation, attendees received a popcorn box with The Mandalorian and Grogu's title card, along with a tall Diet Coke can with the logo for The Devil Wears Prada 2.
The presentation got underway with a hype reel that included footage from films like Zootopia, Avatar, Predator: Badlands, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Lilo & Stitch, Thunderbolts*, Help Me, and Hoppers. The footage was followed by clips from upcoming releases, including Avengers: Doomsday, Toy Story 5, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Mandalorian and Grogu, and more.
Disney then celebrated a handful of those movies yet to be released, including the four films mentioned above and the upcoming live-action remake of Moana.
The slate was then laid out in title cards for a dozen new movies, also featuring Super Troopers 3, Wild Horse Nine, The Dog Stars, Hexed, Gatto, and Ice Age: Boiling Point.
Disney celebrated massive success in 2025, with a box-office total of $6.6 billion across all its movies, more than $1 billion ahead of its nearest competitor. Disney also has 37 $1 billion movies, four times as many as any other studio.
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Disney's panel began with an update on The Devil Wears Prada 2, which will open in theaters on May 1. Star Anne Hathaway spoke about the movie's cultural impact before proclaiming, "20 years later, we are back!" She also offered her thanks to theater distributors for their support.
New footage was then shown, as Miranda Priestly critiques a fashion shoot and mocks the models for looking like methadone addicts in Jersey. An assistant chimes in to tell her that she cannot say words like that, leading her to say, "What... methadone, or New Jersey?"
The full clip can be seen below:
The Mandalorian and Grogu
The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau came on stage to promote the new Star Wars movie, saying it is "exciting to have Star Wars back on the big screen." The team filmed the movie "to be experienced in the cinema."
He discussed how the movie-making timetable helped them do much more, including motion-controlled miniatures and more practical sets. Tickets for the movie will go on sale on Friday, April 17, and a brand-new trailer was shown.
After an opening shot of Grogu sitting on a log and meditating, Sigourney Weaver's Colonel Ward is heard discussing how people have heard stories about him and Mando. Next, a new shot of the villainous Embo, before Ward says, "This isn't about revenge, it's about preventing another war." She is also seen wearing a Rebel pilot uniform.
Mando works to keep Grogu safe, while Ward is seen in a pilot's outfit. Other clips showed much of what has already been seen in past trailers, while also showcasing more of the Hutts and action sequences. Mando and Grogu also bound through the snow, rain, and forest in other shots, before Mando faces off against the giant white serpent and the Hutts. Attendees then saw the first 18 minutes of the movie.
The full new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu can be seen below:
Warning - The next section will include spoilers for The Mandalorian and Grogu.
The footage starts in a meeting room with allies to the Empire, as "Long live the Empire" is heard. One of the villains at the head of the table says he is raising another person's tribute, noting that they are "operating at a loss."
Shots are fired, as only five people remain in the room, and alarms sound. This bunker is in the snowy mountains, and Mando is making his way through the compound, but he is not seen clearly yet. Snow troopers are attempting to find him, but they keep getting picked off from the shadows.
Everyone at the table gets a gun, and they are told to lie down and cover fire. Mando shoots the guard in the office before the villain enters the elevator. The hero used a flamethrower as cover on the ground, killing guards before pointing it at the other five people at the table, who dropped their guns.
Mando then drops a bomb down the elevator shaft and blows it up before Grogu stops a little droid on wheels from escaping by using the Force, imploding it. A snowtrooper rides an AT-ST in the snow.
Grogu hides from the trooper as he gets control of the AT-ST, with Mando sneaking onto it behind the trooper and blowing the trooper up. Grogu then joins Mando as they overlook the cliffside. Mando jumps off the AT-ST and runs down the cliff, sliding in front of other walkers, running through their legs as they fire at him.
Almost getting stepped on, Mando uses his jetpack to escape with Grogu in hand. He puts charges on the legs of the AT-AT and blows up the ankle, making it collapse and fall off the cliff. The villain from earlier is inside one of the AT-ATs, which Mando enters as he goes on a rampage in a one-shot.
Mando gets on the roof, and the bad guys realize he is there before another AT-AT goes down. He then jumps down the hatch of the last one, looking for the villain before the villain jumps into an escape pod. Mando takes control of the guns, and Grogu taps his helmet repeatedly to get his attention because of the bombs timed to go off behind them.
Mando hits the villain's pod and causes him to crash, before flying off just as the bombs go off. Zeb Orellios then flies in and picks up both of them, leading to the title card coming up on screen.
X-Wings fly into the base as Zeb and Mando's ship lands, looking like what viewers have already seen in the original Disney+ show. Mando and Grogu walk down the landing strip, and Zeb is seen wearing a blue-and-white uniform. Ward waits at the table to talk to them before Zeb tells Mando, "Good luck, you're gonna need it."
Ward gives Mando a hard time for being messy while Grogu tries to use the Force to steal Ward's snacks. She walks Mando out to his new ship, a perfect-condition version of the Razor Crest he originally flew in Season 1, colored silver with yellow stripes and panels.
Ward wants Mando to go with the Hutts, who need a professional to get Rotta the Hutt after he is taken hostage by a crime syndicate. Mando says he only hunts down imperial war criminals, but Ward tells him that they need him to do this. While Mando pushes back, he is clearly considering going through with it.
Zeb heads to the back of the ship and invites Mando to look around, joking that he'll even let Mando fly this time. Mando turns the ship on, and Grogu pushes a bunch of buttons before Mando tells him to stop and takes off.
Toy Story 5
The presentation then moved to an exclusive clip from Toy Story 5, starting with Bonnie opening her new LilyPad tablet. Enamored and in a trance, toys cannot get her attention, which worries them.
In the morning, Bonnie's dad tells her that screentime is over and gets her to have breakfast, leaving her room as the toys come to life. Jessie then says she will let LilyPad know how things are done there, as Bullsey helps her onto the bed.
LilyPad scares Jessie by popping up and saying hi, to which Jessie replies by saying LilyPad has gotten in the way of Bonnie making friends with the twins across the street. The device mocks Jessie by showing her a transcript of everything she says, translating it, and then making an AI rap.
Jessie doubts that LilyPad can help Bonnie make friends, even though the device replies that it just wants what's best for the child. Trading insults, Bonnie then comes back as the toys drop, and she starts to message her friends on the device, getting invited to a get-together.
Mr. Potato Head calls dibs on a spot behind the dresser that should buy him a few years, and the footage ends.
Tom Hanks (Woody) and Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear) then came on stage, doing a bit about how children do not recognize them for their roles. To help, they ask the children to close their eyes before they begin doing the voices, which they did on stage. Reciting lines from the movies to each other, Hanks then joked about the dialogue they were reading after the teleprompter potentially went out.
Hanks praised Pixar, saying they could not have made this movie without the animation company, before another exclusive clip played.
Woody and Bo Peep came through the window to greetings from everyone in Bonnie's room, including Forky. Woody was seen in a poncho as he reunited with Buzz Lightyear. Buzz even had a new gold star sticker on his chest after being deputized by Bonnie and taking over Woody's position.
In a montage, LilyPad started jabbing at Woody, who said, exasperated, "Toys are for play, but tech is for everything." Jessie replied, "The last thing the world needs is more devices." More footage from the trailer showed Woody and Buzz fighting as the toys said, "It's good to see them fighting again."
Toy Story 5 debuts in theaters on June 19.
Moana
Disney moved the live-action Moana to a panel, which will splash into theaters on July 10. This started with Maui actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson pulling out a photo of his grandfather, who the role of Maui was deeply inspired by. He then told the audience, "There's something special and important about [live action]... it's real human beings, it's flesh and it's blood..."
Proceeding to call the hero of this story "a warrior" rather than a princess, he discussed how real masculinity is supporting all women:
"To me she [Moana] is a hero. She's a warrior. We, as men, should champion women and support them. To me, as Maui, that's what this [relationship between Maui and Moana] looks like."
Johnson told a story about Moana actress Catherine Laga'aia doing her first interview backstage before the panel, which led to her introduction on stage for the attendees.
New footage from the film was revealed, starting with Moana on her boat in the middle of the night, next to her grandmother's spirit and spirit animal, a stingray, in the ocean. Her pig, Pua, can then be seen on the beach in a flashback moment, before the ocean waves to the child version of Moana.
Other scenes show Maui flying as an eagle and running as a beetle, before he and Moana are seen together on a boat. Maui flies and splits a boulder in two, before a glimpse into Tamatoa's "Shiny" sequence is shown.
Part of the "You're Welcome" song comes next, before a look at the fight against Te Ka (the lava monster) and at Moana parting the water. Maui can then be seen turning into a whale before the footage ends.
The Dog Stars
Next up in the presentation was Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars, which comes to theaters on August 28.
The presentation included a trailer that started with Jacob Elordi's Hig holding a puppy in his hand, showing it to his wife, Margaret Qualley's Cima. Elordi is then seen alone in bed as the tone darkens, with Cima asking, "So, what did you do when the world ended?"
This movie tells a post-apocalyptic survival story with a dark, gritty feel, featuring multiple battle scenes and a moment when Fig and Cima escape a mob.
The full trailer for The Dog Stars was also released, which can be seen below:
Wild Horse Nine
In an exclusive clip from Wild Horse Nine, John Malkovich's Chris and Sam Rockwell's Lee are seen talking to a pair of women at the airport, showcasing the movie's comedy. Lee is fed up with how open Chris is about what they do for a living (CIA officers) and how he keeps talking about it in public, angrily saying, "We're on a f***ing airplane."
Directed and written by Martin McDonagh, this movie will be released in theaters on November 6. The Searchlight Pictures section of this panel also concluded with confirmation of four upcoming releases, including Super Troopers 3, Behemoth!, and Sweetsick.
Hexed
Disney pushed forward with one of its new animated movies, Hexed, which comes to theaters on November 25.
Teased to be a comedy adventure set in the world of magic, the main character, Billy, is unlike any Disney heroine ever brought to the screen before. She accidentally discovers she belongs to a long line of witches and is taken to a magical world by her controlling, powerful mother.
Hailee Steinfeld voices Billy, and her mother is voiced by Rashida Jones. In a clip, Billy arrives in the mysterious hidden realm of magic, walking up to a mysterious magic book as vines move out of her way. She sneezes because of the dust, and the book says, "Bless you," scaring the lead character.
A pen comes alive near a bottle of ink, saying, "Just answer these questions, dear, and we'll see if Hex is for you," reminiscent of the objects seen in Beauty and the Beast. Billy signs the book, and she is officially welcomed to the Hex, "a world of magic and wonder."
Ice Age Boiling Point
One of Disney's other new animated features, under 20th Century Studios, is Ice Age: Boiling Point, which will debut in theaters on February 5, 2027. This will be the sixth installment in the main Ice Age franchise.
Stars Ray Romano, Denis Leary, and Queen Latifah took the stage to promote their movie, teasing that their characters will face a crossroads in their lives. This will include a trip to the lost world, where new obstacles and an active volcano will bring a jolt of peril.
New footage from the movie showed franchise icon Scrat with a baby, fighting over an acorn before Scrat gives the baby a baby acorn, which it turns into a pacifier. While showing the baby how to put the acorn in the ice, the big acorn catches on fire. The Scrats float on the acorn and a block of ice as they go down a river of lava, falling into the lost world.
The footage ends with the entire cast of the movie's main characters entering the lost land.
Marvel Studios
To kick off the presentation for Marvel Studios, the studio introduced a new format for movie theaters called Infinity Vision for larger format movies. The studio will use this to help bring Avengers: Endgame back to theaters in September, giving viewers an in-theater experience with new footage and surprises:
"The release of 'Avengers: Doomsday' will officially launch Disney's 'Infinity Vision,' a certification label given to movie theater auditoriums that meet strict standards for premium scale, brightness, and sound."
The studio then celebrated its 17-year run in theaters, culminating in 37 movies that have grossed an astounding $33 billion at the box office.
This also came with an official Infinity Vision logo, which is expected to revamp the moviegoing experience for Disney movies.
Avengers: Doomsday
Moving into Avengers: Doomsday, directors Joe and Anthony Russo took the stage to promote this epic movie. It was also explained that the movie will pick up right from where Avengers: Endgame left off and that it will show the Avengers and X-Men together for the first time.
Joe Russo called Victor von Doom "the greatest Marvel villain of all time," even making it clear he was "greater than Thanos." He explained that Doom is "always three moves ahead" and is "virtually unbeatable."
Robert Downey Jr. joined the festivities in all black, save for a green t-shirt featuring Doctor Doom's mask. Attendees were then treated to an exclusive new trailer for Doomsday, which was not released to the public.
The trailer showed Downey's hooded, masked Doom preparing to invade the multiverse before Professor X looks out the window of the X-Mansion and sees a flash of light. Gambit and Shang-Chi are also seen doing battle with each other.
Another shot shows Yelena Belova and Mystique fighting, eventually leading to Mystique transforming into Yelena, turning it into a Yelena vs. Yelena fight.
Thor and Doom then face off, with Doom catching Stormbreaker in one bare hand, shocking Thor. An even bigger shocker comes when Steve Rogers returns and reunites with Thor, taking his hammer from him as he did in Endgame. This takes place in an area similar to where Thor, Tony, and Steve fought Thanos in Endgame.
Chris Evans came on stage with Downey, saying he would only have come back to the role if there was a story that needed it, which this story is. He also told Downey, "I love you, Downey, but this guy...I don't like him," teasing how evil Doctor Doom is before they fake a fight in the same way they did when Captain America: Civil War was announced.
More footage shows Xavier looking out a window at an Incursion before Doom says, "Before this day is done, we shall be faced with an unthinkable decision." Downey is also using an accent that makes Doom completely indistinguishable from Tony Stark.
Next, Ant-Man is seen kissing Cassie Lang on the forehead, confirming Kathryn Newton's return to the MCU in this movie. Thor then says, "Mark my words, we're going to need a miracle."
In the New Avengers Tower, the Fantastic Four are seen meeting both the New Avengers and Sam Wilson's Avengers team. Another scene took place in the desert surrounded by water, which was pushed back to create a wall around Shuri and Namor. Namor is also seen flying fast by the edge of the water wall.
Another shot showed Johnny Storm hugging somebody, and Sue Storm was later seen in the midst of combat.
Avengers: Doomsday is also reconfirmed to be released on December 18.
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