HEXED: First Look At Disney Animation Studios' Next Original Animated Feature Revealed

HEXED: First Look At Disney Animation Studios' Next Original Animated Feature Revealed

Walt Disney Animation Studios' next original animated picture will be a coming-of-age tale, titled Hexed, which centers on an eccentric teenager who discovers his peculiarities are due to magic.

By MarkJulian - Sep 01, 2025 09:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Disney
Source: Toonado.com

This past weekend at its annual D23 fan expo event, Walt Disney Animation Studios revealed its first original, non-sequel film since the disastrous critical and commercial release of Wish in 2023.  

Chief Creative Officer Jared Bush took the stage at the popular fan event and revealed Hexed to the audience and wider global Disney fanbase, a film whose main protagonist will be an oddball teenager and his mom, who shockingly discover that his innate strangeness is actually due to the fact that he possess the ability to perform magic.

The project is being co-directed by Josie Trinidad (Zootopia+) and Jason Hand (Moana 2).

Disney also shared the film’s official logline: “An awkward teenage boy and his Type-A mom discover that what makes him unusual might just be magical powers that will turn their lives—and a secret world of magic—upside down.”

Hexed is slated for release in November 2026, though no specific date has been confirmed.

The last non-sequel released by Walt Disney Animation Studios in theaters that actually achieved solid box office numbers was 2016's Moana.

Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, and Strange World were all negatively impacted at the box office by the Covid-19 pandemic, while 2023's Wish simply failed to resonate with audiences. 

Coming off Moana 2, Hexed finds itself sandwiched between Zootopia 2 and Frozen III, making this an important release for the studio's leadership in determining what amount of assets should be focused on original concepts.

Currently, Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat and Netflix's Narnia adaptation are also set for release in November 2026 but it's likely that Hexed will face more competition for family entertainment spending as the 2026 theatrical release calendar continues to fill up in the coming months.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 9/1/2025, 10:09 AM
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Vigor
Vigor - 9/1/2025, 10:12 AM
Scarlet witch cameo confirmed
FleischerSupes
FleischerSupes - 9/1/2025, 10:14 AM
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Ironbot
Ironbot - 9/1/2025, 10:26 AM
Hopefully it will have more effort put into it than Wish
WalletsClosed
WalletsClosed - 9/1/2025, 10:58 AM
This will be more slop for the modern audience. Enjoy another flop Disney

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