Star Wars, Avatar & December Dominance - Disney's Film Slate Revealed

For some time now, we’ve seen the strength Disney holds in the film industry, from record breaking box office hauls to critically acclaimed franchises, there has been no stopping them on their path to success. As Disney and Fox slowly begin to integrate, Disney have released an updated film slate for the next few years, with many notable changes, new entrants, and omissions.

New Star Wars Trilogy         
The most notable announcement to come from the release schedule is that Disney have now confirmed dates for a new Star Wars trilogy releasing in December of 2022, 2024, and 2026. Lucasfilm had previously announced that they were developing separate Star Wars trilogies with The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, and Game of Thrones show-runners Benioff & Weiss, however there was no confirmation as to who will be directing, nor the story regarding this new trilogy. It will be interesting to see the direction Lucasfilm takes, however I’m sad we won’t be getting one Star Wars film a year. Even though Solo was a box office bomb, I believe it was not due to Star Wars "fatigue", rather because no one was interested in seeing a Han Solo film in the first place.


Avatar Delayed (Again)
Then there’s Avatar. Disney’s acquisition of Fox means more popular franchises under their umbrella, with one of the biggest being Avatar. The new release schedule means the Avatar sequels will release as follows: Avatar 2 (Dec, 2021); Avatar 3 (Dec, 2023); Avatar 4 (Dec, 2025); Avatar 5 (Dec, 2027). The Avatar sequels have been pushed back many times (it was supposed to come out in 2014, then 2018, then 2020), so it’s frustrating seeing it happen again. But I have faith in James Cameron, and am certain the film will actually release in 2021. If all stays the same, Disney will likely dominate the December box office for the foreseeable future, alternating between Star Wars and Avatar films.

Marvel Mayhem

Marvel represents a big part of Disney’s live-action film slate, and we found out New Mutants has been pushed back again to April 2020 (I hope they eventually release this one), whilst Gambit has now officially been scrapped. Although Fox’s Marvel films have been successful, Disney will most likely only keep Deadpool alive as a franchise, although it’s a shame we won’t see such diverse film making in terms of X-Men (Deadpool, Logan, etc). Along with reshuffling the Fox/Marvel films, Disney set dates for various untitled Marvel films through to 2022 (8 films in total), which likely represents phase 4 of the MCU.

 
Other notable takeaways from the release schedule release include release dates for Mulan and Pixar’s Onward (Mar, 2020), Jungle Cruise (Jul, 2020), Cruella (Dec, 2020), and confirmations we will still be getting Fox films Kingsman 3 (Feb, 2020), Death on the Nile (Oct, 2020), as well as Steven Spielberg’s adaption of West Side Story (Dec, 2020). We will most likely receive more information about these upcoming releases and Disney’s D23 Expo later this year, which is an event I always look forward too.
You can find Disney’s full press release here, and their full release schedule here.
 

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