
D23 Expo Drops a TON of News
D23 Expo is becoming a major thing rivaling the likes of the San Diego Comic Con. This weekend, Anaheim, CA was the place to be. The 2022 D23 dropped a ton of news, announcements, trailers and all you could have asked for. Big three were making a ton of announcements, those include Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox. Let’s get into it the main highlights and takeaways.
LUCASFILM:
- “Andor” is releasing in a 24-episode run (two seasons of 12 episodes each)
- “Willow” is slated for a November 30th Disney+ release
- The start of January of 2023 will debut the second season of “Star Wars: The Bad Batch”
- “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” the six-episode animated series comes to Disney+ on October 26
- Disney+ will be the exclusive home of “Ahsoka” in 2023, starring Rosario Dawson
- “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” will be coming to Disney+ soon
- “The Mandalorian” third season will be releasing on Disney+ in 2023
- Indiana Jones 5 will be releasing on June 30, 2023 in theaters
MARVEL STUDIOS:
- Phase 6 will be highlighted with ‘Fantastic Four’, ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’ and ‘Secret Wars’
- Ironheart series is coming to Disney+ in 2023
- “Werewolf by Night” special presentation streaming on Disney+ on October 7th
- Don Cheadle’s Captain Colonel James Rhodes in the series “Secret Invasion” launching on Disney+ in 2023
- More Cheadle’s Rhodey in Disney+ “Armor Wars”
- Season 2 of “Loki” is filming now and releasing on Disney+ in 2023
- The new series “Echo” is coming soon to Disney+
- Production on “Daredevil: Born Again” will begin next year
- Director Ryan Coogler shared an exclusive look at the upcoming ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, which hits theaters on November 11
- Phase 5 kicks-off with ‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Qunatumania’ on February 17, 2023 and will set the stage and connect to ‘The Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’
- Matt Shakman (WandaVision) will direct ‘Fantastic Four’, slated to release November 8, 2024
- The Sam Wilson’s ‘Captain America: The New World Order’ will hit theaters on May 3, 2024
- The ‘Thunderbolts’ were revealed, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Valentina Allegra de Fontaine), David Harbour (Red Guardian), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), Sebastian Stan (James “Bucky” Barnes/The Winter Soldier) and Wyatt Russell (John Walker/U.S. Agent), in addition to Olga Kurylenko (Taskmaster) and Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova)—Pugh. ‘Thunderbolts’ releases July 26, 2024
- Kevin Feige revealed scenes from ‘The Marvels’, which opens July 28, 2023
20TH CENTURY FOX:
- Fans were treated to the first scenes of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, releasing in theaters on December 16th
This was a huge event. D23 Expo didn’t disappoint. Here is a look at some of the trailers coming out of the event.