Disney and Lucas film will release ‘Star Wars – Episode IX’ on May 24, 2019, Variety reports.
Disney announced the premiere date along with a slew of other upcoming films including the Han Solo standalone film ‘Frozen 2’ and a live-action remake of ‘The Lion King’.
In the ‘Star Wars’ universe, the still-untitled Han Solo anthology film will arrive on May 25, 2018. The movie stars Alden Ehrenreich as the young space smuggler, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian and Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson and Michael Kenneth Williams. Phil Lord and Chris Miller will direct.
Episode IX, meanwhile, will complete the revival trilogy that began with JJ Abrams’ ‘The Force Awakens’ and continues this spring with Rian Johnson’s ‘The Last Jedi’, out May 26. Colin Trevorrow will direct Episode IX.
Along with wrapping up the new Star Wars trilogy in 2019, Disney will release the highly anticipated ‘Frozen 2’ on November 27, 2019. ‘Frozen’ opened in 2013 and quickly became a massive hit, winning Oscars for Best Animated Feature and Best Original song for “Let it go.” A sequel was announced in 2015 with original directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck set to return along with stars Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel. Frozen is also being turned into a stage musical scheduled to open this summer and make its Broadway debut in 2018.
Among Disney’s other big upcoming releases is a live-action reboot of ‘The Lion King’, which will arrive July 19th, 2019. The film will star Donald Glover as Simba while James Earl Jones will reprise his role as Mufasa from the 1994 original. ‘The Lion King’ will follow Disney’s very successful live-action reboot of ‘Beauty & the Beast’, as well as its upcoming ‘Mulan’ remake, which is scheduled to open November 2, 2018.
Disney also pushed back release dates for several films including an untitled fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ movie, ‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’ and Ava Du Vernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time.