> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # An excellent ‘Doomsday’ trailer, our first look at ‘The Bluey Movie’ and the ‘X-Men’ cast reveal lead D23 - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-disney-d23-2026/ - Published: 2026-08-15T13:00:18.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-15T13:00:18.000Z - Description: The showcase revealed projects across Disney Animation, Star Wars, Marvel Studios, Pixar Animation, Walt Disney Studios and more. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: Popculturology • Special Edition, Popculturology, Disney, Marvel, MCU, Star Wars, Avengers, Avengers: Doomsday, X-Men, VisionQuest, Ahsoka, Star Wars: Starfighter, Hexed, Frozen III, Zootopia, Incredibles 3, Coco 2, Bluey, The Bluey Movie, Oswald, Tangled, Lilo & Stitch, The Simpsons Disney popped into San Diego Comic-Con last month to tease a few upcoming projects —[**Ryan Gosling** as Ghost Rider! **David Jonsson** as the new Black Panther!](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-special-edition-marvel-sdcc-2026/) — but the studio’s D23: Ultimate Fan Event is, well, the ultimate event for news from all of Disney’s major divisions. The studio used its main D23 panel on Friday night to unveil a bunch of news stretching across Disney Animation, *Star Wars*, Marvel Studios, Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Studios. ## Sign up for Popculturology Love reading about movies, TV shows and everything pop culture? Get the free ****Popculturology** newsletter in your inbox. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ## Marvel Studios ![Robert Downey Jr. in Avengers: Doomsday](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/Avengers_TrailerPull-crop.jpg) ****Robert Downey Jr.** in **Avengers: Doomsday*. / Avengers ### Avengers: Doomsday [This should’ve been the Day One trailer](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-trailer-avengers-doomsday/) for *Avengers: Doomsday*. Not [the trailer we got last month](https://www.theomnicosm.com/the-first-avengers-doomsday-trailer-is-just-a-bunch-of-toys-getting-smashed-together/). Not those [ridiculous teasers that were attached](https://www.theomnicosm.com/disney-rolls-out-the-first-avengers-doomsday-teasers-in-the-worst-way/) to *Avatar: Fire and Ash*. This one. “All of you are living stolen lives.” “Hell answers to me.” This is the true *Avengers: Doomsday* trailer. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcAcOqKOO7O/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Robert Downey Jr. (@robertdowneyjr)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcAcOqKOO7O/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) Before we even got to the D23 panel on Friday night, **Robert Downey Jr.** revealed a new Doctor Doom poster. Which is also better than pretty much any previous poster we’ve gotten for *Doomsday*! Who’s running the marketing campaign for this movie? ### X-Men At long last, we have the cast for the MCU’s *X-Men* movie: **Sadie Sink** as Jean Grey, **Kit Connor** as Cyclops, **Christopher Abbott** as Charles Xavier, **Samara Weaving** as Emma Frost, **Inde Navarrette** as Rogue, **Maya Boyd** as Storm and **Adam Driver** as Nathaniel Milbury ... better known as Mister Sinister. How cool is that *Obsession* rocketed Navarrette into being in *X-Men*? It feels like there’s probably more cast announcements to come for *X-Men*, especially when you take into account the rumor that **Charles Melton** dropped out of playing Beast just a few days ago. This roster is also missing pivotal X-Men characters like Wolverine and Magneto. ### VisionQuest I love everything about this *VisionQuest* trailer. I love that the talented folks behind *VisionQuest* were able to build that story out into *Agatha All Along* and now get to conclude it with this show. And I love how the line “I was a different person back then” is a fun callback to the Ship of Theseus conversation in *WandaVision*. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC-o5-vZcz/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Marvel Studios (@marvelstudios)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC-o5-vZcz/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) The first poster for *VisionQuest* absolutely feels like it belongs alongside the advertising for *WandaVision*. Thrilled to see **James Spader** unleashed in the MCU too. ## Star Wars ![Ariana Greenblatt in Ahsoka](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/AhsokaS2_TF_11-crop.jpg) ****Ariana Greenblatt** in **Ahsoka*. / Lucasfilm ### Ahsoka It’s so cool that the second season of *Ahsoka* is fully leaning into live-action *Clone Wars* stuff, but I really could do without the whole “are you a Jedi ... or not?” schtick for Ahsoka again. We already saw her walk away from the Jedi Order. She is who she is. Please let this character be fun again, **Dave Filoni**. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDA6b-wYZd/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Star Wars (@starwars)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDA6b-wYZd/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) This is a badass poster. ### Star Wars: Starfighter No trailer for *Star Wars: Starfighter* at D23, but we did get the reveal that **Ryan Gosling**’s character’s name is Kade Auberon. Which is a perfect Star Wars name. I also want that “Rebel Alliance as skull-and-crossbones” jacket. > Ryan Gosling is Kade Auberon. > > Experience Star Wars: Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling, only in theaters May 28, 2027\. [pic.twitter.com/hoFlXv8nLL](https://t.co/hoFlXv8nLL?ref=theomnicosm.com) > > — Star Wars (@starwars) [August 15, 2026](https://x.com/starwars/status/2088482498326241652?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theomnicosm.com) Busy few weeks for Gosling. He was at SDCC last month for the reveal that [he was starring in *Ghost Rider*](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-special-edition-marvel-sdcc-2026/), which *Starfighter* director **Shawn Levy** is also helming. And now here he is at D23. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDBd-IN%5FVv/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Star Wars (@starwars)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDBd-IN%5FVv/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) The throwback *Star Wars* logo is a nice touch for the *Starfighter* teaser poster. ## Disney Animation ![Billie Doe and Beef Roger Crumbchuck in Hexed](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/Billie_and_Beef-crop.jpg) Billie Doe and Beef Roger Crumbchuck in **Hexed*. / Walt Disney Animation ### Hexed Disney, you can’t just say something like “**Walton Goggins** is Beef Roger Crumbchuck” and expect us to all go on with our lives. I need to know everything about his *Hexed* character. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDDJjym830/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Walt Disney Animation Studios (@disneyanimation)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDDJjym830/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) ### Frozen III Going into the Walt Disney Animation portion of D23, my money was on two things: A trailer for *Frozen III*. And the announcement of *Moana 3*. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDDYZooO1s/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Walt Disney Animation Studios (@disneyanimation)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDDYZooO1s/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) I was wrong on both parts. Disney didn’t release a trailer for *Frozen III*, but the footage from the animated film sounds *very* interesting. “Elsa was in a pink gown that audibly stunned the crowd. Anna was in a wedding dress asking who is crashing the wedding,” [*Vulture*’s **Savannah Salazar** wrote](https://www.vulture.com/article/d23-2026-movies-tv-announcements.html?utm%5Fmedium=s1&utm%5Fcampaign=nym&utm%5Fsource=bluesky#the-first-footage-from-frozen-3-elicited-some-of-the-biggest-laughs-of-the-night-and-closed-out-the-showcase). “And the Northern Lights guided Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf to a devious ice diva — wait, *is* this going to be gay? \[**Idina Menzel**\] they couldn’t say who that is … yet.” ### Zootopia 3 > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC9OKthYFw/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Walt Disney Animation Studios (@disneyanimation)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC9OKthYFw/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) And while Disney didn’t announce a third animated *Moana* movie, it did reveal that *Zootopia*, *Moana*’s fellow 2016 release, was getting a second sequel. And this one was going to the birds. ### Clay > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDCarGoFGT/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Walt Disney Animation Studios (@disneyanimation)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDCarGoFGT/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) I’m fully behind any new original story from Disney. Especially if **Kieran Culkin** is doing one of the voices. ## Pixar Animation ![The Ghost Market title card](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/GMT_Logo1.jpg) The **Ghost Market* title card. / Pixar ### Ghost Market I guess Pixar isn’t calling this one “*Ono Ghost Market*” anymore? And why wasn’t this *Ghost Market* teaser released in a normal format? I’m 40\. I don’t want to watch vertical videos. ### Incredibles 3 We got new concept art from director **Peter Sohn**’s *Incredibles 3*. **Brad Bird**, the director of the first two *Incredibles* movies, is writing the screenplay for the third installment. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcCxIRUzizU/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Pixar (@pixar)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcCxIRUzizU/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) “It’s the kids’ turn,” Pixar chief creative officer **Pete Docter** [told the crowd](https://www.vulture.com/article/d23-2026-movies-tv-announcements.html?utm%5Fmedium=s1&utm%5Fcampaign=nym&utm%5Fsource=bluesky#pete-docter-annouces-incredibles-3-will-be-premiere-summer-2028). ### Coco 2 Guys, I’m not OK with Miguel getting older for *Coco 2*. I’m also not emotionally prepared to see [Miguel reunite with Mamá Coco](https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2088459415607230692?s=20&ref=theomnicosm.com) in the Land of the Dead. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC3EjbII-T/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Pixar (@pixar)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC3EjbII-T/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) *Coco 2* is shooting for [a November 2029 release date](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-2-disney-sets-november-2029-release-1236672186/?bt%5Fee=hAGOTPYEQAP%2FRWacYZ2clzFzOvGt01T0hYqG6YDp6PVXeogXYDmBPJja8qMqAwxm&bt%5Fts=1786763014265&ref=theomnicosm.com#recipient%5Fhashed=9520ed47398ae4a00cd56754f364d13bbdcc69a24b966362db818f17873f62d0&recipient%5Fsalt=df3b1887c0acabd81dc07d723166e89e54892729458d5e9d6665ff2792ee5a11&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=exacttarget&utm%5Fcampaign=Box%20Office&utm%5Fcontent=Disney%20Sets%20November%202029%20Release%20For%20%27Coco%202,%27%20Sequel%20Centered%20on%20a%20Teenage%20Miguel,%202026-08-14%2020:01:12%5F2026&utm%5Fterm=7f988d54-3224-4e7f-abe6-4ecf1c9aac54). ![Saverio and Nero in Gatta](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/Gatto-trailer-frame.jpg) Saverio and Nero in Gatta. / Pixar ### Gatto Pixar also dropped a new image from *Gatto*, the cat-centric movie with **Mark Ruffalo** voicing the lead character. ## Walt Disney Studios, 20th Century Studios and Disney+ ![Bluey in The Bluey Movie](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/BLU_D23_Poster-crop.jpg) Bluey in **The Bluey Movie*. / Disney ### The Bluey Movie Oh man, I wasn’t ready to see Bluey and Bingo in [a new form of animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YWGgZBiYc&ref=theomnicosm.com). *The Bluey Movie* is going to be huge. Like, goodbye, all box office records. - 📖 [**What Have They Done to *Bluey*?**](https://www.vulture.com/article/the-bluey-movie-trailer-3d-cg-animation.html?ref=theomnicosm.com) *(Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture)*: “The elegance of 2D designs are central to its appeal: Not only is it less stimulating to my toddler than the average pre-school show, but its characters are super easy for artistically challenged parents like myself to convincingly doodle when the kid inevitably asks for a Bluey drawing.” - 💬 “I have reminded myself that the show's creators are also the ones making this movie, so I am trying, with some difficulty, to swallow the TORRENT of RAGE that erupted in my soul upon first seeing this image,” entertainment writer Adam B. Vary [wrote on social media](https://bsky.app/profile/adambvary.bsky.social/post/3mt3uutvx6k2p?ref=theomnicosm.com). ### Oswald I have very little idea what *Oswald* is about beyond the character being **Walt Disney**’s creation before turning to Mickey Mouse, but this looks adorable. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC9PkNlNG0/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by Walt Disney Studios (@disneystudios)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC9PkNlNG0/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) Jon Favreau [calls this three-part miniseries](https://www.vulture.com/article/d23-2026-movies-tv-announcements.html?utm%5Fmedium=s1&utm%5Fcampaign=nym&utm%5Fsource=bluesky#jon-favreau-trades-grogu-for-oswald) a “personal project,” and it’s kind of nice to see him doing something not connected to The Mandalorian. ### Live-action Tangled remake There’s no way a second live-action remake of a movie from the Second Disney Renaissance will bomb, right? > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcC%5FA2azPm5/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by the FilmTripper (@thefilmtripper)](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcC%5FA2azPm5/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) We’ll find out [on March 31, 2028](https://www.instagram.com/disneystudios/p/DcC72XHO3Yb/?ref=theomnicosm.com). ### Lilo & Stitch 2 [While the live-action *Moana* remake bombed](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-box-office-report-moana/), Disney’s redo of *Lilo & Stitch* was quite successful for the studio. > First look at Angel in ‘LILO & STITCH 2’. [pic.twitter.com/Vis6EalUo7](https://t.co/Vis6EalUo7?ref=theomnicosm.com) > > — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [August 15, 2026](https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2088463320038719750?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theomnicosm.com) I’m not versed in the extended *Lilo & Stitch* mythology, but I’m told the pink alien is Angel. ### The New Simpsons Movie *The New Simpsons Movie* (yes, that’s the official title) is set to hit theaters in September 2027. > [ View this post on Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC2LTQG1pK/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) > > [A post shared by 20th Century Studios (@20thcenturystudios)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DcC2LTQG1pK/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fcampaign=loading) I can’t believe it’ll be two decades since *The Simpsons Movie* premiered. ### Percy Jackson and the Olympians A new trailer for Season 3 of *Percy Jackson and the Olympians* debuted at D23\. No, **Matt Damon** isn’t in this one. 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