Fire And Ash and others

Particulars of recent movies together with the title of the third instalment of Avatar, an addition to the Star Wars franchise and a sequel to Freaky Friday have been introduced at an enormous Disney fan occasion.

Filmmaker James Cameron informed a 12,000-strong viewers that Avatar: Hearth And Ash will “not be what you count on” whereas US actor Jon Favreau teased a brand new Star Wars movie titled The Mandalorian And Grogu, starring Pedro Pascal.

Actors Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, stars of the 2003 comedy Freaky Friday, additionally appeared on stage to advertise Freakier Friday, which is about for 2025.

The bulletins had been made at D23, the biennial conference for members of the official Disney fan membership, in California on Friday.

Avatar director Cameron made a shock look alongside the movie’s stars Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington.

The science fiction epic, set for launch on 19 December 2025, comes after 2009’s Avatar and its sequel Avatar: The Approach Of Water, which was launched in 2022.

“The brand new movie will not be what you count on, however undoubtedly what you need,” Cameron informed the viewers.

He mentioned it was “too quickly” to share footage however let the viewers have a look at “cool idea artwork” which featured the characters within the sky and surrounded by fireplace.

“There are new cultures and settings and creatures, and new biomes,” he mentioned.

“You will notice much more of Pandora, the planet, that you’ve got by no means seen earlier than.”

Lohan and Curtis had been greeted with a standing ovation on the eighth D23 occasion, which is being held from 9 to 11 August on the Anaheim Conference Centre in California.

Curtis described Freakier Friday – a few mom and daughter who change our bodies because of a magical Chinese language fortune cookie – as “extra enjoyable and extra emotional” than their 2003 movie.

“We have stayed in contact all through the years and we’re very shut to one another so it appears like we’re choosing up from the place we left off, which is absolutely stunning,” Lohan mentioned.

Oscar-winner Curtis informed the viewers: “We love these characters, we love one another, we love you and you’re keen on us and the film and the story and what it means to you – that is why we’re right here.”

The pair confirmed One Tree Hill’s Chad Michael Murray and NCIS actor Mark Harmon are reprising their roles within the sequel.

The viewers was proven a trio of images from the brand new movie together with a picture of Curtis sporting a silver bobbed hairdo whereas driving Lohan in an open high automotive.

Within the new movie, Lohan’s character Anna Coleman has a daughter of her personal.

Freaky Friday, primarily based on a 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers, was additionally made right into a film in 1976, starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris.

As for the brand new Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian, govt producer Dave Filoni mentioned manufacturing began “just a few weeks in the past” and it’s due for launch in Might 2026.

“We’re placing Star Wars again on the large display screen,” Mr Filoni mentioned.

The announcement got here after Pixar’s chief artistic officer Pete Docter introduced The Incredibles 3 was additionally within the works.

He confirmed Brad Hen, the author and director behind the primary two movies, has returned for the following journey from the beloved undercover super-family.

Frozen director Jennifer Lee additionally appeared to verify there shall be two extra movies added to the Frozen franchise.

“Popping out of Frozen 2, we nonetheless have some questions… Now you see why it should take two movies to reply them,” she teased.

Lee shared a primary have a look at idea artwork for Frozen 3, which is slated for 2027.

Later on the occasion, Toy Story star Tom Hanks joined a gaggle of the unique movie’s creators together with Pete Docter, now chief artistic officer on the animation studio behind it, Pixar, on a panel.

For the reason that movie’s preliminary launch in November 1995, Toy Story has turn into a celebrated franchise with three sequels and a fourth due in 2026.

Hanks voices pull-string cowboy toy character Woody.

And through the panel, the viewers was proven a printed listing titled “concepts for Woody’s pull-string dialogue traces” dated 3 February 1993.

There have been three handwritten phrases on the backside, together with Hanks’s well-known line “there is a snake in my boot”.