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Despite Hollywood\u2019s ongoing struggles with original films, Disney isn\u2019t backing off from trying new characters and concepts as the studio announced a new original animated film \u201cHexed\u201d that will be released on Thanksgiving weekend in 2026.<\/p>\n
The film was unveiled as part of an hour-long animation presentation at Disney\u2019s Destination D23 in Orlando on Saturday, along with the announcement that the upcoming sixth \u201cIce Age\u201d film would move to a February 2027 release and would bear the title \u201cIce Age: Boiling Point\u201d and the addition of Yvette Nicole Brown and Patrick Warburton to the cast of this November\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2.\u201d<\/p>\n
More from TheWrap<\/strong><\/p>\n In its logline for \u201cHexed,\u201d Disney says the film will follow \u201can awkward teenage boy and his Type \u2013 A mom, who discover that what makes him unusual, might just be magical powers that will turn their lives and a secret world of magic, upside down.\u201d<\/p>\n Over the past four years, the majority of original animated films released theatrically have come from Disney, either through Walt Disney Animation or its NorCal counterpart Pixar, which also has original films on its upcoming slate with \u201cHoppers\u201d this March and \u201cGatto\u201d in June 2027.<\/p>\n But while Pixar\u2019s \u201cElemental\u201d was able to rebound from a poor opening weekend to become a box office success in 2023, WDA\u2019s \u201cStrange World\u201d and \u201cWish\u201d were high-profile Thanksgiving busts while Pixar\u2019s \u201cElio\u201d became this summer\u2019s most prominent bomb with just $152 million worldwide against a production budget that has been reported to balloon well past $150 million after original director Adrian Molina exited the film and a major overhaul of its plot commenced.<\/p>\n To date, the last original film to cross $500 million at the global box office was Pixar\u2019s \u201cCoco\u201d with $814 million back in 2017. Since then, \u201cElemental\u201d is the closest to get to that mark with $494 million, followed by Illumination\u2019s \u201cMigration\u201d with $300 million.<\/p>\n Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s \u201cK-Pop Demon Hunters,\u201d meanwhile, skipped theaters when its studio sold the film to Netflix for a $20 million profit. It went on to take advantage of its immediate streaming release to become a viral sensation and this past week became Netflix\u2019s most-watched film of all time as well as the streamer\u2019s first No. 1 at the box office with $18 million grossed from a two-day limited engagement theatrical run.<\/p>\n \u201cHexed\u201d won\u2019t be alone on the 2026 slate when it comes to original films. Along with Pixar\u2019s \u201cHoppers,\u201d Sony will release the animated furry basketball film \u201cGoat\u201d this February while DreamWorks will release \u201cForgotten Island,\u201d an adventure comedy from \u201cPuss in Boots: The Last Wish\u201d director Joel Crawford, in theaters in September 2026.<\/p>\n On the Thanksgiving 2026 slate, \u201cHexed\u201d now sits alongside Universal\u2019s \u201cFockers-in-Law,\u201d a legacyquel to the 2000 film \u201cMeet the Parents\u201d starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro alongside Skyler Gisondo and Ariana Grande. Netflix will also release Greta Gerwig\u2019s upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis\u2019 \u201cThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician\u2019s Nephew\u201d in a rare full theatrical release negotiated by the \u201cBarbie\u201d director.<\/p>\n The post Disney Sets Original Film \u2018Hexed\u2019 for Thanksgiving 2026<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite Hollywood\u2019s ongoing struggles with original films, Disney isn\u2019t backing off from trying new characters and concepts as the studio announced a new original animated film \u201cHexed\u201d that will be released on Thanksgiving weekend in 2026. 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