D23 Expo 2024 - News & Rumors

[Grabnar]

I'm genuinely surprised there wasn't more actual news to come out of the panel last night.

I would have thought at least one new MCU project would be announced, and more details about the other two STAR WARS movies coming after MANDO & GROGU.

I’m honestly not surprised we didn’t get much new Marvel, I think they’re realizing they’re poisoning the well and are slowing down to reevaluate.

 

[Nick]

I'm genuinely surprised there wasn't more actual news to come out of the panel last night.

I would have thought at least one new MCU project would be announced, and more details about the other two STAR WARS movies coming after MANDO & GROGU.

I think a big reason why no major marvel news is because they are in the middle of retooling and trying to get everything right. They have three films coming out next year (we all know Blade ain’t coming out) so if they just run the table and have a great year, then it’ll earn a lot of consumer confidence back which is the struggle they’ve had.

 

[GA-MBIT]

Yeah, honestly not a ton of the slate interests me a ton.

Toy Story 5 seems like a total dud to me. I really don't want any more, and other family animated films have tackled the Ipad / Screens thing before. I just feel like it'll become instantly dated like Wreck-It Ralph 2.

Incredibles 3 is another dud. I2 was real mediocre and left me kinda sour. They're gonna have to really sell me on more. Especially in a theatrical enviroment absolutely overloaded with Superhero content. If this isn't Spiderverse-tier, there's no point.

Lightning Round thoughts:

- I want a good, proper Moana 2. I'm still not convinced.
- Not excited for Tron 3 without Daft Punk and with Leto in such a primary role. NIN is an interesting pull though, I'm interested to see how it turns out. "Going to The Real World" and "AI" sounds like doodoo to me.
- Mufasa and Snow White are gonna be real stinkers, and I don't trust Stitch at all.
- Hoppers / Avatar 3 / Zootopia 2 :shrug:
- I'm glad Captain America is finally noticing the Celestial in the ocean. Took long enough.
- I'm just not the audience for Star Wars extended universe stuff.
- Blade must be in some real trouble.
- The Greatest Showman broadway adaptation seemed inevitable and has been rumored for a little while now. Not a fan of the movie, and the music generally is pretty generic and overly contemporary 2010s-y. Curious to see how it performs.

Here's hoping they've got some big ideas for the parks panel. The King Thanos version of the Avengers ride is a legitimate surprise, and I'm happy to see it shown off in some way. Hopefully we get a proper re-announcement.

 

[Nick]

Yeah, honestly not a ton of the slate interests me a ton.

Toy Story 5 seems like a total dud to me. I really don't want any more, and other family animated films have tackled the Ipad / Screens thing before. I just feel like it'll become instantly dated like Wreck-It Ralph 2.

Incredibles 3 is another dud. I2 was real mediocre and left me kinda sour. They're gonna have to really sell me on more.

Lightning Round thoughts:

- I want a good, proper Moana 2. I'm still not convinced.
- Not excited for Tron 3 without Daft Punk and with Leto in such a primary role. NIN is an interesting pull though, I'm interested to see how it turns out. "Going to The Real World" and "AI" sounds like doodoo to me.
- Mufasa and Snow White are gonna be real stinkers, and I don't trust Stitch at all.
- Hoppers / Avatar 2 / Zootopia 2 :shrug:
- I'm glad Captain America is finally noticing the Celestial in the ocean. Took long enough.
- I'm just not the audience for Star Wars extended universe stuff.
- Blade must be in some real trouble.
- The Greatest Showman broadway adaptation seemed inevitable and has been rumored for a little while now. Not a fan of the movie, and the music generally is pretty generic and overly contemporary 2010s-y. Curious to see how it performs.

Here's hoping they've got some big ideas for the parks panel. The King Thanos version of the Avengers ride is a legitimate surprise, and I'm happy to see it shown off in some way. Hopefully we get a proper re-announcement.

- the song Auli'i Cravallo sang from Moana 2 sounded really good.
- Captain America has me extremely hyped. I might be the only one super pumped but it looks like a return straight to Winter Soldier vibes.
- Skeleton Crew... yeah as much as I appreciate a good Amblin feeling project, it just looks like its aimed at the 8-15 crowd.
- I really won't be surprised if Blade gets canned and kinda hope it does.
- Hoppers is exactly my kind of bonkers.

 

[Jake S]

They haven't made a bad Toy Story film yet (I'd argue they've all been quite excellent), so I have no reason not to give Pixar the benefit of the doubt. Also thoroughly enjoyed Incredibles 2, so I'll probably catch that.

Otherwise, they're all likely skips for me. Not interested in the live action remakes and I'm pretty checked out on Marvel at this point. So, nothing against the slate as much as most of it wasn't going to interest me no matter what was on it.

 

[Nick]

News from Marvel Animation Panel:

 

[Nick]

 

[GA-MBIT]

- Auli'i Cravallo sang from Moana 2 sounded really good.
- Captain America has me extremely hyped. I might be the only one super pumped but it looks like a return straight to Winter Soldier vibes.
- Skeleton Crew... yeah as much as I appreciate a good Amblin feeling project, it just looks like its aimed at the 8-15 crowd.
- I really won't be surprised if Blade gets canned and kinda hope it does.
- Hoppers is exactly my kind of bonkers.

I think there just isn't really a hook to Moana 2 for me yet, besides "It's a sequel to Moana!". Most of the characters and landscapes and villains are incredibly similar to the last movie. It's kinda just the lightning, the Disney+ Toddler surrogate character, and the Evil Island, which took a backseat to Pua, Coconuts, Grandma, etc. in the trailer.

I would love for Cap 5 to be killer. There's a chunk of really cool ideas; Cap without Soldier Serum meets Red Hulk, dealing with governmental responses to the Celestial attack, and I honestly liked F&tWS quite a bit. I just struggle to get as hyped as I used to for Marvel stuff, especially with the rough development we know this movie has dealt with. Here's hoping they pull something off.

The whole "Paranormal / Spooky MCU" angle they were advertising just seems silly and bloated in hindsight. They couldn't pull off their Thor or Captain Marvel films, I couldn't imagine them actually following through with Black Knight or whoever. Blade should happen at some point, but that's as far as they need to take it imo.

I've got a bunch of new release Pixar films to watch from the past few years. I'm sure Hoppers will be fun, but for me it just gets added to the pile with Onward and Elemental and the rest.

 

[Nick]

 

[bdubsCEO]

The initial concept for this show as Freshman Year being an MCU Spider-Man prequel sounded way more interesting than whatever this is now. This sounds like just another shallow “what if” multiverse story with a massive unnecessary cluster of characters to me

 

[Nick]

The initial concept for this show as Freshman Year being an MCU Spider-Man prequel sounded way more interesting than whatever this is now. This sounds like just another shallow “what if” multiverse story with a massive unnecessary cluster of characters to me

It definitely sounded more interesting bc it actually was going to essentially be an animated prequel to Holland’s Spider-Man.

Speaking of, I’m pretty sure the original pitch a few years ago had Holland voicing Spider-Man so I wonder if Sony balked at something and it forced them to rethink the show.

 

[bdubsCEO]

It definitely sounded more interesting bc it actually was going to essentially be an animated prequel to Holland’s Spider-Man.

Speaking of, I’m pretty sure the original pitch a few years ago had Holland voicing Spider-Man so I wonder if Sony balked at something and it forced them to rethink the show.

That seems plausible. The show seemed pretty far along, so it would make sense that it was Sony or some other outside force that forced a re-work. If I had to guess, Sony didn’t want multiple animated Spider-Man projects running at the same time and confusing people. But who knows?

 

[Nick]

Marvel put out a video from last nights showcase. Musical number from Agatha All Along im assuming is opening credits song.


Also, I missed this from yesterday. I’ll definitely enjoy this, but also where tf is the Aladdin pro shot?

 

[TheUniC6]

FWIW and take this with a HEAVY grain of salt, but Brayden of Mickey Views is claiming from his sources that he's hearing of a new land slated for DHS that will take over Star Tours and Muppet Courtyard. Whether or not this is the same thing rumored for Animation Courtyard but wires got crossed in communication with his sources to lead him to believe its now going to replace ST and Muppets or some entirely new land that will come after the Animation Courtyard expansion/replacement is unknown.

 

[kristenabelle]

I'm so excited that win or lose is finally getting a release date. Footage from D23 22 looked awesome and fun, and i have been waiting soooo patiently

 

[Jake S]

I know ridership on muppets is quite low and star tours is a bit incongruous because of galaxys edge; but for gods sake just do the obvious, sensible thing one time and add capacity to your most barren theme park.

 

[TheUniC6]

I know ridership on muppets is quite low and star tours is a bit incongruous because of galaxys edge; but for gods sake just do the obvious, sensible thing one time and add capacity to your most barren theme park.

Even if Animation Courtyard gets addressed first, I think the area with Star Tours and Muppets will be addressed in time. If we lose MuppetVision, that will truly be the end of an era. But we at least have Youtube.

 

[Tobias]

With the presentation just 30-minutes away, there's no need for rumors for obvious reasons. Just hold thy horses and whatever they want to announce will be announced.

Also, as usual. Keep expectations low and be pleasantly surprised by whatever turns out true.

 

[Nick]

Also, as usual. Keep expectations low and be pleasantly surprised by whatever turns out true.

This. If you go in with super high expectations, you're bound to be let down even if cool stuff is announced. Imo, the likelihood is confirmations of the "bluesky" level stuff or re-announcements of projects in development hell and anything beyond that is gravy.

 

[TheUniC6]

This. If you go in with super high expectations, you're bound to be let down even if cool stuff is announced. Imo, the likelihood is confirmations of the "bluesky" level stuff or re-announcements of projects in development hell and anything beyond that is gravy.

At the very least it will be a definite improvement over D23 2022 and Destination D23 2023.