If you’re a Disney entertainment fan, we have some seriously exciting updates for you!

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Disney is almost always working on a new movie, short film, TV show, and more to entertain millions across the globe. The company has been sharing news and info on upcoming projects that have us pretty excited. Recently, Disney went to the Annecy Festival, and they shared some pretty cool updates that we think you will want to know! 

The Walt Disney Company recently returned to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival! This festival is the world’s largest event dedicated to animation, which celebrates “the artists, storytellers, and creative innovation” that are driving animation forward. During their time at the festival, Disney shared new details, exclusive footage, and more from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, 20th Television Animation, and Disney Kids & Family.

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Starting off with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney shared a presentation about their upcoming movie, Hexed. Directors Fawn Veerasunthorn, Jason Hand, and Malcon Pierce led the panel, where they showed the first-ever public debut of scenes from the film! The movie, which releases on November 25th, 2026, follows a teenage girl named Billie who discovers she has secret magical powers. Once those powers are unleashed, she finds herself on a journey into a “vast witch realm” where she teams up with her mother, Alice, as they uncover family mysteries.  This will be the studio’s 65th animated feature! It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating Tangled as the company’s 50th animated feature in 2010.

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In the same panel, Veerasunthorn and Pierce also announced a new animated short called Lilo & Scratch. The new short will debut in theaters with Hexed, and it’s the first project starring Stitch within Disney Animation since the 2002 original animated feature Lilo & Stitch. How cool is that?! The two directors have a sneak peek at the new short during the festival. The project stars Chris Sanders (the original voice of Stitch) and Maia Kealoha (Lilo from the 2025 live-action version of the film). In the new short, Stitch “may have finally met his match in Scratch,” a new cat who Lilo says is the “newest member of their ‘ohana.” Lilo leaves Stitch in charge of the cat, which leads to classic chaos. The short is in the original animation style like the 2002 film, and it “combines techniques from both hand-drawn and CG animation, along with rich watercolor backgrounds, in an innovative new way.”

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Over at Pixar Animation Studios, director Enrico Casarosa revealed new details about the upcoming movie Gatto! Casarosa shared new plot details with the audience and some never before scene art work. He also showed three sequences from the film, which is about an adorable black cat, Nero, as he begins to question if he’s lived the right lives after years of living in Venice. Nero is indebted to a mob boss cat, Rocco, and he is forced to “forge a truly unexpected friendship that may finally lead him to his purpose — unless Venice gets the better of him first.” This film is coming to theaters on March 5th, 2027.

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Pixar also announced the title of a new short called Loving Dory. This new short takes us into the world of Finding Nemo again, and it follows Dory as she confuses a plastic bag for a gentle jellyfish. She falls in love with it and its “curious nature,” but things become “toxic” pretty quickly. We can’t wait to see what this one will be like! Disney and Pixar also revealed concept art for the short.

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For 20th Television Animation, Mike Judge, co-creator of the Hulu original series King of the Hill, was given the Honorary Cristal award in recognition of his decades-long career. To commemorate the award, Judge shared an exclusive episode from the upcoming new season of King of the Hill, which begins its 15th season on Disney+ and Hulu on July 20th.

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Finally, Disney Kids & Family showcased several of its upcoming projects, including a live drawing session for the new show Dragon Striker, an exclusive first look for the upcoming Cars: Lightning Racers series, and multiple screenings for the upcoming Disney+ series The Doomies. 

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They also announced several new things, like Journey (working title), Warrior Cats, which is based on a popular children’s book series, and a Christmas special called Mickey’s Home Alone. (Personally, the Warrior Cats books were very impactful on my childhood friend group, so this is very exciting).

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Disney also confirmed the fourth and final season of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, plus a new stop-motion holiday special called A Proud Family Wizmas.

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We are eager to see all of Disney’s new projects as they slowly debut in 2026 and into 2027. As always, be sure to keep following DFB for more Disney news, updates, and more.

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