Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Early CinemaCon Predictions: Walt Disney Pictures

For my next set of CinemaCon predictions, I'm going with the multi-million dollar corporation known as The Walt Disney Company. One important thing to note is that the CinemaCon website says "Disney will unveil their 2018 schedule" as opposed to "Disney will unveil their upcoming schedule" like every other studio is apparently doing. Let's just go over their schedule for the year very quick.

Film: Avengers: Infinity War
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Prediction: The entire movie will be shown at the convention.

Film: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Prediction: An extended clip will be shown.

Film: Incredibles 2
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Prediction: A new trailer will be shown at the event, and will be released online shortly afterwards.

Film: Ant-Man and the Wasp
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Prediction: A new trailer will debut.

Film: Christopher Robin
Release Date: August 3, 2018
Prediction: Just the teaser will be shown, and maybe a clip as well.

Film: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Release Date: November 2, 2018
Prediction: Just the trailer will be shown.

Film: Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-it Ralph 2
Release Date: November 21, 2018
Prediction: An extended clip will be shown and released online right after the show.

Film: Mary Poppins Returns
Release Date: December 25, 2018
Prediction: An extended clip will be shown at the convention.

Now, let's say that Disney shows off a calendar containing their future releases. Before I get to the real juicy details, here is something that I think will happen with their titled 2019-2020 films...

Film: Captain Marvel
Release Date: March 8, 2019
Prediction: A small tease may or may not be shown.

Film: Dumbo
Release Date: March 29, 2019
Prediction: I expect nothing but a mere tease.

Film: Penguins
Release Date: April 19, 2019
Prediction: A trailer will be shown.

Film: Avengers 4
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Prediction: The film will be bumped up a week a la Infinity War.

Film: Aladdin
Release Date: May 24, 2019
Prediction: They may or may not show the musical sneak peak that appeared at D23.

Film: Toy Story 4
Release Date: June 21, 2019
Prediction: A delay is possible, since they did just get a new writer.

Film: Spider-Man: Homecoming 2
Release Date: July 5, 2019
Prediction: A title will be revealed at either Disney or Sony's presentation.

Film: The Lion King
Release Date: July 19, 2019
Prediction: They could show off the footage from D23.

Film: Artemis Fowl
Release Date: August 9, 2019
Prediction: A cast gets announced.

Film: Frozen 2
Release Date: November 27, 2019
Prediction: A title gets revealed.

Film: Star Wars: Episode IX
Release Date: December 20, 2019
Prediction: A quick tease will be shown, nothing more.

Film: Mulan
Release Date: March 27, 2020
Prediction: Perhaps they could announce who is voicing Mushu, amongst other cast members.

Film: Indiana Jones 5
Release Date: July 10, 2020
Prediction: Have Harrison Ford come on stage to remind the audience that it's still happening.

Now, what I really expect to happen is that we get a full 2019-2020 Disney slate in which they reveal all of their untitled films for those two years. I'll do things a little differently here...

Film Type: Untitled Disney Live-Action
Release Date: October 4, 2019
Prediction: Jungle Cruise

Film Type: Untitled Disney Live-Action
Release Date: November 8, 2019
Prediction: Maleficent 2

Film Type: Untitled Disney Live-Action
Release Date: February 14, 2020
Prediction: The Jungle Book 2

Film Type: Untitled Pixar
Release Date: March 6, 2020
Prediction: Suburban Fantasy World

Film Type: Untitled Marvel
Release Date: May 1, 2020
Prediction: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3

Film Type: Untitled Disney Live-Action
Release Date: May 29, 2020
Prediction: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Film Type: Untitled Pixar
Release Date: June 19, 2020
Prediction: Mark Andrews Film

Film Type: Untitled Marvel
Release Date: July 31, 2020
Prediction: Black Widow

Film Type: Untitled Disney Live-Action
Release Date: October 9, 2020
Prediction: The Haunted Mansion

Film Type: Untitled Marvel
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Prediction: Doctor Strange 2

Film Type: Untitled Disney Animation
Release Date: November 25, 2020
Prediction: Dean Wellins Film

Film Type: Untitled Disney Live-Action
Release Date: December 23, 2020
Prediction: Disenchanted

Finally, I think they'll conclude the presentation with this...

Film Type: Untitled Marvel
Release Date: May 7, 2021
Prediction: Black Panther 2

Black Panther has just crossed the $1B mark worldwide, so you can bet your bippy that Disney is going to have a sequel ready for 2021. In their usual first weekend of May slot too! Actually, how about bump it up to the last weekend of April? It's definitely going to work for Infinity War, so...

4/26/2019-Avengers 4
4/24/2020-Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
4/30/2021-Black Panther 2
4/29/2022-Untitled*

*=This is only here because Disney actually has claimed a 5/6/2022 date for a Marvel project.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Disney announced more Star Wars features for the coming years. Lucasfilm moving Indiana Jones 5 to 2020 gives me the idea that there won't be a Star Wars film out that year, but perhaps there could be an Episode X penciled in for either 5/28/2021 or 12/22/2021. I also wouldn't be shocked if a third anthology feature was scheduled for 5/27/2022 or 12/16/2022. I chose those four dates because Disney has claimed them for live-action films. Lucasfilm usually doesn't claim dates for untitled films, but...

Speaking of which, here's the rest of Disney's upcoming slate now that my predictions are pretty much done:

Untitled Disney Live-Action - February 12, 2021

Untitled Disney Live-Action - March 12, 2021

Untitled Pixar - June 18, 2021

Untitled Disney Live-Action - July 9, 2021

Untitled Marvel - July 30, 2021*

Untitled Disney Live-Action - October 8, 2021

Untitled Marvel - November 5, 2021

Untitled Disney Animation - November 24, 2021

Untitled Marvel - February 18, 2022

Untitled Pixar - March 18, 2022

Untitled Pixar - June 17, 2022

Untitled Disney Live-Action - July 8, 2022

Untitled Marvel - July 29, 2022

Untitled Disney Live-Action - October 7, 2022

Untitled Disney Live-Action - November 4, 2022

Untitled Disney Animation - November 23, 2022

Untitled Disney Live-Action - February 17, 2023

*=One last thought. I think this untitled Marvel film will be a third Spider-Man: Homecoming movie, but they could either announce that at Disney or Sony's conference.

Well, those are all the predictions I have right now, but don't rule out a full 2023 slate (of untitled films) just yet.

What say you?

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