Disney Announces New Star Wars Trilogy….And Everything Else
When The Rise Of Skywalker premieres this December, it will close the book on the Star Wars saga…….well, this particular one. You didn’t really think it was over, did you? It had already been announced that Last Jedi director Rian Johnson would be creating a new trilogy of films, and today, we learned when they’ll appear.
Johnson’s Star Wars will follow the pattern of Disney’s current post-Jedi trilogy by releasing movies every alternate December. The unnamed movies will appear December 16, 2022, December 20, 2024, and December 18, 2026.
Disney’s complete release schedule is posted below. It’s quite beefy, as it also includes the Fox schedule, but there are some interesting revelations beyond Star Wars that are worth pointing out. First off, speaking of beef, we’re getting a Bob’s Burgers movie in 2020. We got confirmation that The New Mutants is still coming out, though which cut of the film we’re getting is still a question. A new Indiana Jones movie is slated for 2021, assuming Harrison Ford lives that long or doesn’t retire.
Note that May 1 and November 6, 2020 are unidentified Marvel movies. According to Deadline these spots could be taken by Shang Chi, Black Widow or The Eternals — they haven’t decided yet. James Cameron’s Avatar 2, originally announced for December 18, 2020, will now premiere on December 17, 2021. And yes, he still wants to make two more after that.
DISNEY/FOX RELEASE SCHEDULE
2019
Tolkien (Fox Searchlight) – May 10
Aladdin (Dis) – May 24
Dark Phoenix (Fox) – June 7
Toy Story 4 (Dis)- June 21
Stuber (Fox) – July 12
The Lion King (Dis) – July 19
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Fox) – Aug 9
Ready or Not (Fox Searchlight) – Aug. 23
Ad Astra (Fox) – Sept. 20
The Woman in the Window (Fox) – Oct. 4
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Dis) – Oct. 18
Ford v. Ferrari (Fox) – Nov. 15
Frozen 2 (Dis) – Nov. 22
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Dec. 20
Spies in Disguise (Fox) – Dec. 25
2020
Underwater (Fox) – Jan. 10
Untitled Kingsman Movie (Fox) – Feb. 14
Call of the Wild (Fox) – Feb. 21
Onward (Dis) – March 6
Mulan (Dis) – March 27
The New Mutants (Fox) – April 3
Untitled Marvel (Dis)- May 1
Artemis Fowl (Dis) – May 29
Untitled Pixar (Dis) – June 19
Free Guy (Fox) – July 3
Bob’s Burgers (Fox) – July 17
Jungle Cruise (Dis) – July 24
The One and Only Ivan (Dis) – Aug. 14
Death on the Nile (Fox) – Oct. 9
Untitled Marvel (Dis) – Nov. 6
Ron’s Gone Wrong (Dis) – Nov. 6
Untitled Disney Animation – Nov. 25
West Side Story (Fox/Amblin) – Dec. 18
Cruella (Dis) – Dec. 23
2021
Untitled Disney Marvel – Feb. 12.
Nimona (Fox) – March 5
Untitled Disney Live Action -March 12
Untitled Disney Marvel – May 5
Untitled Disney Live Action – May 28
Untitled Pixar – June 18
Untitled Indiana Jones – July 9
Untitled Disney Live Action – July 30
Untitled Disney Live Action – Oct. 8
Untitled Disney Marvel – Nov. 5
Untitled Disney Animation – Nov. 24
Avatar 2 (Fox) – Dec. 17
2022
Untitled Disney Marvel – Feb. 18
Untitled Pixar – March 18
Untitled Disney Marvel – May 6
Untitled Disney Live Action – May 27
Untitled Pixar – June 17
Untitled Disney Live Action – July 8
Untitled Disney Marvel – July 29
Untitled Disney Live Action – Oct. 7
Untitled Disney Live Action – Nov. 4
Untitled Disney Animation – Nov. 23
Untitled Star Wars (Dis) – Dec. 16.
2023
Untitled Disney Live Action – Feb. 17
Avatar 3 (Fox) – Dec. 22
2024
Untitled Star Wars (Dis)- Dec. 20
2025
Avatar 4 (Fox) – Dec. 19
2026
Untitled Star Wars (Dis)- Dec. 18
2027
Avatar 5 (Fox) – Dec. 17