Disney is officially staking its claim on 2028. The House of Mouse has locked in two massive sequels for the same summer window, ensuring that the sequel-heavy strategy is here to stay.
While we’ve known these projects were in the pipeline since the D23 announcements last year, we now have a much clearer picture of when the Parr family and Experiment 626 will be returning to theaters just three weeks apart.
The live-action side of the studio is moving fast on a follow-up to last year’s massive hit. Lilo & Stitch 2 May 26, 2028.
The studio’s live-action Lilo & Stitch became the highest-grossing live-action/animated hybrid in history last summer, crossing the $1 billion mark. Rumors suggest the film will move away from the Stitch Has a Glitch plot to introduce a wider array of Jumba’s experiments—including fan-favorites like Angel (624) and Reuben (625).
Pixar’s Incredibles 3 has officially landed a prime summer slot: June 18, 2028.
Peter Sohn (Elemental) is taking over the director’s chair, while original mastermind Brad Bird remains involved as an executive producer and writer to keep the DNA of the first two films intact.
If the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer felt a little familiar to you, it’s probably because director Destin Daniel Cretton is tapping into a very specific era of Spidey lore. While the movie takes its name from the 2008 comic reset, the footage is screaming “Neogenic Nightmare”—the infamous Season 2 arc from the beloved Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
Cretton has previously cited the 90s cartoon as his definitive version of the wall-crawler, and the trailer confirms he’s bringing that show’s brand of genetic anxiety to the MCU.
In the 14-epiaose second season of the animated series, Peter’s greatest enemy wasn’t a guy in a suit; it was his own DNA. And from what can be gleaned from the long-awaited first trailer, that seems to be the case for Tom Holland‘s Peter in Brand New Day.
Faces with a problem he can’t handle on his own, Peter isn’t seeking help from a wizard this time; he’s going to Bruce Banner. We see Banner warning Peter that if his DNA continues to mutate, it will be “enormously dangerous.” The decision echoes Peter seeking out help from Charles Xavier, who is something of an expert himself on mutations, in “The Mutant Agenda” episode.
While some of the information about the plot of the new film leaked some time ago, fans theorized that Peter’s transformation wouldn’t actually take place in the film but was rather a hallucination caused by Jean Grey, who is reportedly being played by Sadie Sink. However, the trailer explicitly shows Peter waking up in a web-like cocoon and realizing he’s developed organic web-shooters. In the 90s show, these power upgrades were among the terrifying first symptoms of what was to come.
Between a beleaguered Peter collapsing and the life cycles monologue from Tombstone, the trailer is heavily foreshadowing a physical transformation. If Peter’s DNA is truly mutating as Banner says, it seems as though the Man-Spider won’t be far behind.
To further the similarities, Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle makes his long-awaited film debut here, though his role seems to be far different from the one in the animated series in which the Punisher hunts Spidey.
By blending the forgotten man status quo of the comics with the genetic tragedy of the 90s show, Cretton is truly cooking with some special gas. Simply put, the more time Peter spends as Spidey, the more he becomes the Spider. And without his friends to ground him in a world where nobody remembers him, Brand New Day looks to be a desperate race against time to stop Peter from turning into something unrecognizable.
A new day has officially dawned for Peter Parker…and things are going great. After a global, fan-led marketing blitz that saw snippets of the film popping up from Lima to Seoul, Sony and Marvel have finally dropped the full trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton m, this fourth Tom Holland-led entry isn’t just a sequel; it’s being framed as a rebirth. Set four years after the world forgot Peter Parker, we find a hero who has mastered the Spider-Man side of his life but is completely failing at the Peter side.
The Monologue
The trailer is anchored by a chilling, gravelly voiceover from what sounds an awful lot like Keith David. He lays out the film’s core theme: “Spiders have three life cycles. And between cycles, it can leave the spider vulnerable to threats. Those spiders that survive… go through a kind of rebirth.“
Key Trailer Reveals
The Key to the City Spoiler: In a move that has already set the Daredevil fandom on fire, one clip shows Spider-Man receiving the key to New York City from Sheila Rivera who is definitely not Wilson Fisk. This seemingly confirms that the Mayor Fisk era comes to a definitive (and likely disgraced) end in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2
The Punisher & The Hulk: We get our first look at Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle and Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner. While Peter initially goes to Banner to help with his glitching, unstable powers, rumors tease a much darker turn—with Ruffalo tapping into the feral, out-of-control Grey Hulk persona.
The MJ Mystery: Despite the spell, MJ is back. The trailer shows a heart-wrenching moment where Peter attends a college party only to see MJ with a new boyfriend. However, a later shot shows Spidey and MJ sharing a moment on a rooftop, suggesting that while she doesn’t know Peter, she’s starting to know the man under the mask.
The Man-Spider: Peter’s body is literally fighting him. We see him collapsing in his apartment and mention of a metamorphosis. It seems as though the rumors of the Man-Spider transformation are true, setting up the most body-horror-heavy Spidey film to date.
The trailer’s action peak features a massive prison break involving Michael Mando’s Scorpion and a literal army of Hand Ninjas in bright red, comic-accurate gear. This marks the first time the Hand has appeared in the MCU and they look deadlier than ever.
After the record-breaking global success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks an entirely new chapter for Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Four years have passed since the events of No Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone, having voluntarily erased himself from the lives and memories of those he loves. Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he’s devoted himself entirely to protecting his city — a full-time Spider-Man — but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.
When Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones steps back onto the rain-slicked streets of Hell’s Kitchen in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, she won’t be the same person we left behind in 2019. In a move that prioritizes narrative weight over easy nostalgia, showrunner Dario Scardapane has confirmed that the MCU is leaning into the real-world passage of time, treating the seven-year gap since the Netflix era as canon.
Speaking on the character’s evolution, Scardapane made it clear that they aren’t interested in a “frozen in time” version of the character. “One of the things we’ve leaned into is that time has passed… We’re acknowledging that. These characters have matured; they’ve gone through life,” Scardapane told SFX Magazine.
The question driving her return is simple but fascinating: What does it look like for a bourbon-swilling smartass to mature seven years in a world that has been through the Blip and a Kingpin takeover?
The show respects the timeline since Jessica Jones Season 3 ended on Netflix. By the time we see her in Born Again (set in 2027), nearly a decade has passed in-universe since her last standalone adventure. Unlike Matt Murdock, Jessica doesn’t wear a mask. Scardapane noted that this makes her particularly vulnerable in the Mayor Fisk era. While Daredevil can hide in the shadows, Jessica is a known quantity to the Anti-Vigilante Task Force.
The official production notes for Season 2 also highlight a 6-month time jump from the end of Born Again Season 1. This means that by the time Jessica enters the fray, Fisk’s administration has truly taken hold, and the underground resistance—led by Matt and Karen—is in desperate need of a heavy hitter who has gone through life and come out the other side.
By acknowledging the gap, Marvel is finally connecting the dots of the Defenders Saga in a way that feels organic. This isn’t a reboot; it’s a sequel. Scardapane’s reverence for Melissa Rosenberg’s original Netflix run suggests that while Jessica has changed, the hard-edged soul of the character remains intact. She’s just a little older, a little wiser, and likely a lot more dangerous to anyone standing in her way.
After a three-year hiatus following the conclusion of the Prime Video series, the Dad TV king is officially back, but this time he’s trading the small screen for a R-rated cinematic swan song. Amazon MGM Studios has released the first trailer for Jack Ryan: Ghost War, a feature-film continuation that promises to push the franchise into darker, more visceral territory than ever before.
The biggest takeaway from the trailer? Jack Ryan is officially shedding its TV-MA skin for a hard R-rating. While the series was never shy about violence, Ghost War is being described as a real-time thriller that leans into “violence and language“.
John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, and Michael Kelly (Mike November) are all back, providing the emotional continuity fans loved in the series. The film introduces Sienna Miller as MI6 officer Emma Marlowe. She’s framed as Jack’s equal—razor-sharp, savvy, and his primary partner as they navigate a “treacherous web of betrayal”.
Jack Ryan is reluctantly thrust back into the world of espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy, forcing him to confront a rogue black-ops unit, and the clock is ticking. Operating in real time with lives on the line and the threat escalating at every turn, Jack reunites with battle-tested CIA operative Mike November (Michael Kelly) and former CIA boss James Greer (Wendell Pierce), their combined experience the only edge they have against an enemy who knows their every move. Backed by an unlikely new partner – razor-sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe (Sienna Miller) – Jack and the team navigate a treacherous web of betrayal, facing a past they thought was long put to rest – making this the most personal, high-stakes mission any of them have ever faced.
-Official synopsis for Jack Ryan: Ghost War
The trailer highlights this shift with a sequence showing James Greer (Wendell Pierce) narrowly surviving a brutal explosion orchestrated by a rogue black-ops unit. This isn’t the slow-burn geopolitical chess match of the early seasons; this is a desperate, 105-minute sprint.
Reluctantly pulled back into the field, Jack is forced to hunt down a rogue black-ops unit that seems to have deep ties to his and Greer’s past. The “real-time” aspect of the story suggests a ticking-clock energy—think 24 meets Clear and Present Danger.
With an official premiere date of May 20, 2026, the countdown to the “Ghost War” has officially begun.
The pressure has been building for Sony and Marvel to finally show their hand on Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Today, the dam officially broke. With the launch of the official website, the road to Spider-Man: Brand New Day is finally open.
Starting off a brand new day, Tom Holland officially launched the marketing campaign for the fourth installment in the Spidey franchise by revealing that ahead of tomorrow’s full trailer release, snippets of the reel will be shared throughout the day by the Spider-Man fan community.
The first snippet of footage to arrive–via a fan account in Peru–revealed a slow-motion look at a recreation of the cover of Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man.
It’s been over a decade since Charlie Cox first donned the horns in 2015, and while he’s worn everything from black ninja rags to “ketchup and mustard” yellow, there has been one glaring omission for comic purists: the logo. No longer. As has been featured prominently in the marketing for the new season, Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, Matt Murdock has finally graduated to the iconic intertwined DDs.
For Charlie Cox, the inclusion of the logo isn’t just a design tweak—it’s a narrative milestone. Reflecting on the ten-year journey to this suit, Cox noted, “I doubted whether that would ever happen. They made me earn it… I just waited for it to be something that would be hopefully inevitable.” In the context of the show, the logo represents Matt Murdock fully embracing his identity as a figurehead for the Hell’s Kitchen resistance.
Fans of Charles Soule’s Daredevil run and the Shadowland event will recognize the aesthetic immediately. The Season 2 suit is predominantly black with red lenses and a blood-red “DD” logo front and center. Costume designer Emily Gunshor revealed a brilliant bit of visual storytelling for the new threads. The lore of the show is that Matt took his red suit from Season 1 and spray-painted it black to stay in hiding from Fisk’s Anti-Vigilante Task Force. As the season progresses and Daredevil gets into more scrapes, the black paint will actually chip and peel away, revealing the original red underneath, providing a literal “Born Again” metaphor for the suit itself.
It took Gunshor’s team 18 weeks to construct the suit, with six total versions created for Cox and his stunt double, Niko Stavropolous. They even went as far as creating six different shades of red lenses for the mask to ensure the color remained consistent regardless of New York’s fickle night lighting.
By saying it with his whole chest, Murdock is moving away from the guerrilla vigilante of the Netflix era and into a symbol of open defiance against Mayor Fisk. Embracing the logo is Matt’s way of telling Fisk—and the city—exactly who is leading the rebellion. As Cox put it: “When I found out I had the double Ds, I was like, I hope I get paparazzi. I was so proud of it.”
Season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again begins streaming on D+ on March 24th.
The galaxy may be tightening under Emperor Palpatine’s grip, but the underworld is starting to push back. Lucasfilm has officially released the second, even grittier trailer for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, and it confirms that this isn’t just a survival story—it’s a declaration of war.
Launching April 6 on D+, the 10-episode series finds Sam Witwer returning as the former Sith on Janix, a planet supposedly untouched by the Imperial reach, determined to have his revenge on Darth Sidious and the Empire.
The new footage leans heavily into the “pulpy, noir” aesthetic that showrunner Dave Filoni has been teasing. Maul isn’t looking to topple the Emperor just yet. He’s looking for a “weapon” to exact his revenge for his former master’s betrayal. The trailer gives us a closer look at Devon Izara (Gideon Adlon), a disillusioned Padawan on the run after Order 66. Maul’s pitch to her is simple: “The Empire is our common enemy.” But as a voice warns in the teaser, “Maul will never be our ally.” The Empire isn’t ignoring Janix for long. We see the Eleventh Brother, aka The Crow, and Marrok, last seen in Ahsoka, leading the hunt to “lock this planet down”.
With a visual style that feels like a heavy-metal evolution of The Clone Wars, Maul–Shadow Lord looks to be giving us a Star Wars we haven’t quite seen before to kick off the Age of Maul!
If you thought the hype for Matt Murdock’s return couldn’t get any louder, Marvel Television is making sure you’re fully immersed before the first frame of Season 2 even hits your screen. Disney has officially announced the Daredevil: Born Again Official Podcast, a nine-episode video companion series launching March 17.
This isn’t just a standard promotional fluff piece; Marvel is positioning this as their first official podcast on D+, signaling a major shift in how they handle behind-the-scenes content for their heavy-hitter series.
Launching exactly one week before the March 24 premiere of Season 2, the podcast kicks off with a massive Season 1 retrospective. Episode 1 will feature Wilson Bethel, showrunner Dario Scardapane, and Marvel’s streaming skipper, Brad Winderbaum, looking back at the chaos that brought us to Fisk’s mayoral reign.
Subsequent episodes will drop alongside the series, featuring an unprecedented look at stunts, costumes, and those inevitable Easter eggs. Expect to see Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Deborah Ann Woll in intimate, actors on actors style conversations. In a smart move for accessibility, the video version will stream on both Disney+ and YouTube, while audio-only listeners can find it on all major platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
The announcement also gave us a fresh look at the Season 2 logline, and it’s grim: Mayor Wilson Fisk is officially hunting Daredevil as “public enemy number one.” The tagline—Resist. Rebel. Rebuild.—suggests we’re moving away from the courtroom and into a full-blown urban insurgency.
In Season 2 of Marvel Television’s Daredevil: Born Again, Mayor Wilson Fisk crushes New York City underfoot as he hunts down public enemy number one, the Hell’s Kitchen vigilante known as Daredevil. But, beneath the horned mask, Matt Murdock will try to fight back from the shadows to tear down the Kingpin’s corrupt empire and redeem his home. Resist. Rebel. Rebuild.
-Official synopsis for Daredevil: Born Again Season 2
With a cast that includes Krysten Ritter and Matthew Lillard, the Born Again era is clearly Marvel’s new flagship. By launching this podcast, they’re creating a sticky ecosystem for fans to obsess over every detail of the Kingpin’s corrupt empire.
Marvel is taking a page out of the HBO playbook here. Shows like The Last of Us and Succession proved that a high-quality companion podcast can keep the conversation alive all week long. For a show as dense and anticipated as Daredevil, giving fans a direct line to Scardapane and the cast is the best way to ensure Born Again dominates the cultural zeitgeist through the spring.
Sigourney Weaver’s role in The Mandalorian and Groguhas proven fertile ground for theorizing about her character’s potential for betrayal. Reports indicate that her Colonel Ward is the one who pushes Mando in the direction of Jeremy Allen White’s Rotta the Hutt, effectively using the Mandalorian as a heat sink to draw out rival syndicates while she quietly consolidates power for the Imperial Shadow Council. But thanks to a massive new feature in the May 2026 issue of Empire Magazine, we finally have the lore bomb we’ve been waiting for and some compelling evidence she may indeed be one of the good guys!
It turns out Ward isn’t just a new face in the New Republic—she is a foundational piece of the Rebellion’s history who, quite literally, went through it alongside the galaxy’s most sacred legends.
“We Go Way Back”: The Leia Connection
The headline-grabbing quote from the Empire feature comes directly from Weaver herself. When asked about her character’s history before the events of the film, Weaver dropped a bombshell: “We go way back,” she said, referring to her character’s relationship with Princess Leia Organa.
According to Lucasfilm President–and the architect of the New Republic era–Dave Filoni, Colonel Ward belongs to an elite cohort of female leaders who were instrumental in dismantling the Empire. Filoni explicitly named Ward in the same breath as Mon Mothma, Hera Syndulla, Amilyn Holdo, and Leia Organa.
As Filoni puts it, these women formed a “fearless backbone” of the Rebellion. They weren’t just politicians; they were “crack pilots” and “military leaders” who survived the darkest days of the Galactic Civil War. By placing Weaver‘s character in this specific group, Lucasfilm is instantly giving Colonel Ward a level of Rebel Cred that usually takes three seasons of a TV show to establish.
The “70s Unrest” Inspiration
One of the most interesting aspects of the interview is how Weaver connects her Star Wars debut to her own real-world history. She compared the energy of the early Rebellion to the social unrest of the 1970s—specifically the protests against the Vietnam War.
To be playing someone who is from that time, and from that history, who would have been a cohort of these guys, is a great honor. The ’70s, all the unrest, fighting against the [Vietnam] war. People had that sense of unity. It clicks into a whole thing for George Lucas, and I’m the same generation.
-Sigourney Weaver
George Lucas has stated in the past that he originally modeled the Rebel Alliance in part on the Viet Cong and the anti-war movement. By casting an icon of that exact cinematic era, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are tapping into the DNA of the original trilogy. Colonel Ward isn’t just a character; she’s a personification of the grit it took to topple an Empire.
So, how does a friendship with Leia Organa affect a movie about a Mandalorian and his foundling? It all comes down to trust.
In the film, Ward is the one who recruits Din Djarin for what Weaver describes as a “very tricky, very hard commission.” She chooses the Mandalorian not because the New Republic is lazy, but because she—as a veteran who has seen the true face of war—understands that the peace they currently enjoy is fragile, as Filoni so aggressively made clear in Season 1 of Ahsoka.
While the New Republic Senate, likely led by a frustrated Mon Mothm, is busy with bureaucracy, Ward is the action-oriented leader who knows that the Imperial Shadow Council is a cancer that needs to be cut out. Her history with Leia suggests she possesses that Organa-style pragmatism: sometimes you have to break the rules to save the galaxy.
While Filoni and Weaver are painting a beautiful picture of Rebel sisterhood, we cannot ignore the persistent rumors of a “Third Act Betrayal.”
If Ward is as close to the Rebel founding mothers as they say, her being a secret Imperial mole—or a First Order sympathizer—would be among the most devastating blow Lucasfilm has ever dealt to the fanbase. Imagine the fallout if the woman who “went way back” with Leia turns out to be the one who sells out Grogu to the Remnant.
Whether she’s a hero or a hidden villain, the choice to tie Ward to Leia is a nice touch of world-building. It gives the film an emotional anchor to the original trilogy and raises the stakes for everything Din Djarin is about to do.
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