On a day when a slew of Marvel projects have shifted dates, some a handful of months while others a full year, the next Star Wars big screen epic – most likely the Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directed Rey Skywalker movie which picks up 15 years after the events of The Rise of Skywalker – has moved back a six months, from 19th December 2025 to 22nd May 2026. That’s not all, the next film will be arriving less than seven months later on 18th December 2026, with a third landing on 17th December 2027.
No details on whether these three are the ones announced at Star Wars Celebration directed by James Mangold, Dave Filoni and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy or if one of them is the long gestating Taika Waititi project.
Disney is shaking up its release calendar, adding a new “Star Wars” movie and “Moana” live-action adaptation to the schedule and delaying the next three “Avatar” movies by a year. At this rate, the fifth trip to Pandora will be released in 2031. That’s in eight years, for anyone who wants to know the math.
Among the highlights of the overhaul: A live-action “Moana” will be released on June 27, 2025; “Deadpool 3” moved up from Nov. 8, 2024, to May 3, 2024; an untitled “Star Wars” movie is debuting on Dec. 18, 2026; “Avatar 3” has shifted to Dec. 19, 2025; “Avatar 4” to Dec. 21, 2029, and “Avatar 5” to Dec. 19, 2031. Based on this timeline, the final “Avatar” movie is coming 22 years after the original 2009 blockbuster.
With the addition of a “Star Wars” film in December 2026, it means that two movies set in a galaxy far, far away will be released in that year. A separate “Star Wars” movie has been pushed from Dec. 19, 2025, to May 22, 2026. Another “Star Wars” film is set for Dec. 17, 2027. Disney hasn’t clarified the premises of any of those installments.
You’d better believe we’ll be discussing this and all the latest news on the next studio episode of Making Tracks.
