Happy New Year everybody! 2024 was really a return to box office dominance for the Walt Disney Company with big hits from Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Alien Romulus.

Now, we are in 2025 and Disney is looking to continue their hot streak on the big screen. So, let’s dive in and see what the House of Mouse has to offer.

Captain America: Brave New World (February 14)

The film is directed by Julius Onah, who co-wrote the script with Peter Glanz along with Matthew Orton. It stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Captain America alongside Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford. Following the election of Thaddeus Ross (Ford) as the president of the United States, Sam Wilson finds himself at the center of an international incident and must work to stop the true masterminds behind it.

Snow White (March 21)

This film has two paths, one success like Aladdin or box office struggles The Little Mermaid. Directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson, the film is a remake of Walt Disney’s first big-screen animated fairy tale. Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who previously wrote the lyrics for two new songs for Disney’s billion-dollar 2019 remake of Aladdin, wrote new songs for the film, including a new “I Want” song for Snow White, titled “Waiting on a Wish”. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) in the title role and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) as her Stepmother, the Evil Queen.

The Amateur (April 11)

Directed by James Hawes and written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli, based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell. It stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez, Danny Sapani, and Laurence Fishburne. The film follows Charles Heller, a CIA cryptographer, who after loses his wife in a London terrorist attack, he realizes his bosses will not act due to conflicting internal priorities. Having blackmailed the agency to train him as a field operative, he embarks on a one-man mission to hunt down his wife’s killers.

Thunderbolts (May 2)

Directed by Jake Schreier and written by Eric Pearson, Lee Sung Jin, and Joanna Calo. It stars an ensemble cast of returning MCU villains/antiheroes featuring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Edward Pierce, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In the film, Yelena Belova, Red Guardian, Winter Soldier, Ghost, Taskmaster, U.S. Agent, and Bob go on a mission for the government.

Lilo & Stitch (May 23)

Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp and written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, the Maia Kealoha as Lilo Pelekai, with Lilo & Stitch writer-director Chris Sanders reprising his voice role as Stitch. Sydney Agudong as Nani, Zach Galifianakis as Jumba, Billy Magnussen as Pleakley, Hannah Waddingham as the Grand Councilwoman, Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Vance, and original cast members Tia Carrere, Amy Hill, and Jason Scott Lee will appear.

Elio (June 13)

Directed by Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian with initial direction by Adrian Molina, and produced by Mary Alice Drumm.[3] The film stars the voices of Yonas Kibreab, Jameela Jamil, Brad Garrett, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, and Shirley Henderson. It follows an eleven-year-old boy named Elio Solis (Kibreab) who accidentally becomes the intergalactic Ambassador of planet Earth after being beamed up to the Communiverse by aliens for making contact. He must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms and navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25)

The long-awaited film from WandaVision director Matt Shakman stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the titular team, alongside Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Sarah Niles. In the MCU’s first attempt at the first superhero family, the Fantastic Four must protect their Earth, a 1960s-inspired retro-futuristic world, from being devoured by the cosmic being Galactus.

Freakier Friday (August 8)

Plot details are being kept under wraps on the long-awaited sequel directed by directed by Nisha Ganatra. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lucille Soong and Rosalind Chao reprise their respective roles from the original film, with Julia Butters and Manny Jacinto joining the cast.

Tron: Ares (October 10)

Directed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil director Joachim Rønning from a screenplay by Jesse Wigutow and Jack Thorne. The film stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, and Sarah Desjardins, with Jeff Bridges reprising his role from the previous installments. Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.

Predator: Badlands (November 7)

Hot off the success of Prey, director Dan Trachtenberg returns to direct the new film set much further into the future. The new film, which stars Elle Fanning, follows the Predator as he traverses on an alien wasteland, while two sisters discover their horrifying past.

Zootopia 2 (November 26)

Eight years after the first film grossed over a billion dollars at the global box office, a sequel finally arrives. Studios. Jared Bush and Byron Howard return to direct the film, which stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman reprising their roles as Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde as well as Shakira as Gazelle from the first film, joined by Ke Huy Quan and Fortune Feimster. Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde must go undercover in Marsh Market to crack the case when they find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile.

Avatar: Fire and Ash (December 19)

James Cameron’s third film in the Multi-BILLION-DOLLAR Avatar franchise stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, and Giovanni Ribisi as they reprise their roles from previous films, while David Thewlis and Oona Chaplin portray new characters.

Undated projects expected for 2025

Disney has two projects also tentavily scheduled for release in 2025. First is the Jeremy Allen White-led Bruce Springsteen biopic from 20th Century Studios Deliver Me from Nowhere. The film will follow Bruce Springsteen on his journey to make his sixth album, a departure from his previous work and one representing the Boss at his most stripped-down and personal. Springsteen recorded Nebraska in the sparest, least fussy way possible—on a four-track cassette in his bedroom in New Jersey. This was a few years before he and his E Street Band became a phenomenon with Born in the U.S.A.

Lastly, 20th Century Studios’ Ella McCay, which stars Emma Mackey as the title character, with Woody Harrelson, Ayo Edebiri, Kumail Nanjiani, Jack Lowden, Rebecca Hall, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Albert Brooks in supporting roles. The film follows a young politician, who tries to balance work and family life while she takes over as Governor of her state.