Disney’s D23 announcements in Anaheim, California put Coco 2 on a November 2029 release path and brought Benjamin Bratt back as Ernesto de la Cruz. The three-day event also gave Disney a way to seed multiple projects years ahead of release, from Pixar titles to a new live-action adaptation.
D23 in Anaheim, California
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event ran for three days, and Disney used the weekend showcase to tease updates from Avengers: Doomsday, Star Wars, the new X-Men cast, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Tangled, Coco 2, Oswald, and The Bluey Movie. For fans of Disney, the immediate value was not a full slate reveal but a clearer map of what is coming next across film and streaming.
Pixar also previewed The Incredibles 3, with Peter Docter saying, “They want to prove that they are ready to be real Supers, and their parents aren’t quite so convinced. So they’ve been sneaking out at night to protect the city, and it doesn’t go over so well at home. To make matters worse, they are struggling to contain Jack Jack…” He added, “A new threat is taking a heavy toll on Bob, who’s grappling with his own relevance in a world of Supers that may have outgrown him. Because even though Supers are legal again, that doesn’t mean all supers are good.”
Pixar’s 2027 to 2029 slate
Disney+ greenlit a Kingdom Hearts series based on the game created by Tetsuya Nomura, with a new story that expands the Kingdom Hearts universe. Pixar previewed Ghost Market with a release expected for 2028 and named Trevos Jimenez and Jesse Andrews as co-directors. That leaves Disney with a slate that is broad, but still unevenly detailed: some projects now have timing and creative leads, while others were only teased.
The Bluey Movie got a teaser trailer and is set for release on August 6, 2027. Coco 2 was set to bow in November 2029, and Bratt said, “He’s a little menace who ruined a career and destroyed a legend,” before adding, “Ernesto de la Cruz is back for revenge…proving that fate has twists.”
Benjamin Bratt and Coco 2
That November 2029 date gives Disney a long runway on a sequel that now has at least one returning voice role and a clear villain-side hook. It also leaves the studio holding several teased projects without full plot details, which keeps the next round of Disney disclosures focused on the pieces fans can actually schedule around: casting, footage, and the order in which those titles move from preview to release.
