Getting fans excited by announcing release dates for films still 3-5 years away is the cool thing to do now. Almost every studio is doing it, and now Disney is giving us a look at their jam-packed schedule.
And coming with this schedule are two huge announcements. There will be a Jungle Book 2 coming soon, and the incredibly talented Jon Favreau will return to direct the sequel. We also know there will be a Maleficent 2 coming soon, and both Angelina Jolie and screenwriter Linda Woolverton will be returning.
They also confirmed Jungle Cruise is still being developed, which is a film adaptation of a popular Disney theme park attraction. Dwayne Johnson has been connected to the project.
And while Disney has announced their claimed release dates for the next three years, they haven’t revealed which films will go in each slot. Right now, we know Alice Through the Looking Glass will be released on May 27, 2016, followed by Pete’s Dragon in August and Beauty and the Beast in March of 2017.
The rest of the schedule looks like this:
“UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY TALE (Live Action) previously dated on 12/22/17 moves up to 7/28/17
UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY TALE (Live Action) now dated on 4/6/18
UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 8/3/18
UNTITLED DISNEY LIVE ACTION now dated on 12/25/18
UNTITLED DISNEY FAIRY TALE (Live Action) now dated on 12/20/19″
We’ll keep you posted. It’ll be interesting to see which films grab the desired spots. Lots of big spots in that list, including two summer releases and a Christmas day release.
