Disney is increasing its animated film class with new movies from some favorite franchises.
Disney CEO Bob Iger introduced on an earnings name Wednesday (native time) that Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia have sequels within the works, Fox News stories.
“Today, I’m so pleased to announce that we have sequels in the works from our animation studios to some of our most popular franchises, Toy Story, Frozen and Zootopia,” Iger mentioned.
“We’ll have more to share about these productions soon, but this is a great example of how we’re leaning into our unrivalled brands and franchises.”
The new instalment within the Toy Story collection comes after 4 movies starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, and with Disney just lately changing Allen with Chris Evans within the Lightyear spin-off.
Hanks and Allen have labored collectively on 4 Toy Story motion pictures beginning with 1995’s Toy Story and the sequels, Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019).
Frozen was launched in 2013 and Frozen II in 2019. Zootopia was launched in 2016, and a Disney+ collection of brief episodes, Zootopia+, was launched final 12 months.
Kristen Bell, who stars in Frozen because the voice of Anna, has been outspoken on her want for a 3rd movie.
“I would like to officially announce, with zero authority, Frozen3,” she mentioned on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in June.
“Please bear in mind I did say, ‘zero authority,’ because I can’t [actually announce it]. I can’t do that — I’m not in charge. But there could be something in the works and something maybe happening, maybe.”
The Walt Disney Company additionally introduced on Wednesday that it’s trimming its payroll by some 7,000 staff.
In November, Iger returned to his CEO place of the corporate, changing Bob Chapek. That similar month, Iger introduced that Kareem Daniel, the top of media and leisure, could be leaving the corporate.
Iger was Disney’s public face for 15 years as chief government earlier than handing the job off to Chapek in 2020.
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