Disney Live Action, Pixar Animation Studios, and Walt Disney Animation Studios panel (which is to say all big movies that are NOT Lucasfilm/Marvel Studios/20th, which is tomorrow) about to begin. Only Murders in the Building theme playing, because Disney owns everything. #D23Expo
I should say all big movies and series from those divisions, since Disney+ stuff will likely be part of these panels too. #D23Expo
"Almost There" plays and goes into big ending as lights dim and everyone cheers, because Disney knows about SHOWMANSHIP! #D23Expo
Montage of, well, a LOT of Disney movies ends with reveal of the new Walt Disney 100th anniversary logo that I assume we'll be seeing at the start of their films soon (cool new version of castle opening). #D23Expo
Cynthia Erivo is here live singing "When You Wish Upon a Star." #D23Exo
Chairman Alan Bergman now onstage confirming, yep, that 100th anniversary logo is gonna be on their movies soon. And he showed it to us again. #D23Expo
No Kathy, Bette, or SJP in person (there were "awwww"s from the crowd hearing they couldn't be here) at #D23Expo but they made a video intro playing now.
New Hocus Pocus 2 trailer just debuted. Guessing it's gonna be wide... now-ish! Disenchanted next. #D23Expo
The whole main cast of Disenchanted onstage including Amy Adams and Maya Rudolph in “we just ran over to Disneyland” attire. #D23Expo 
As a fan of Enchanted, I quite enjoyed the Disenchanted trailer we just saw. Next up is Peter Pan & Wendy which I realize is easy to sigh about except it's directed by David Lowery (the great Pete's Dragon remake, The Green Knight) so... I'm hopeful! #D23Expo
Hey, Peter Pan & Wendy trailer looked good. It was like the director of The Green Knight did a Peter Pan remake! Really cool visuals. #D23Expo
Director Justin Simien here for Haunted Mansion. They are showing his old Disneyland cast member ID. He says when he wasn't working he'd always go on Pirates and Haunted Mansion. #D23Expo
I really liked the Haunted Mansion trailer! (not being released wide yet) Please be good please be good. But it sure looks way better than the last movie. Lots of great stuff from the attraction... and Winona Ryder is among the cameos! (sigh, and yeah, Jared Leto...) #D23Expo
Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed as Madame Leota via riding in on a Doom Buggy. #D23Expo
Barry Jenkins here to discuss Mufasa. Takes place in 2 timelines w/ Rafiki, Timon, and Pumbaa telling Mufasa's story to a lion cub (I bet I know whose cub it is!) as we see that story play out. Quick teaser just shown. So weird Jenkins is doing this but fingers crossed! #D23Expo
Anotherquick teaser for 2024’s Snow White with glimpses of Evil Queen and Snow. Gal Gadot and a tearful Rachel Zegler here - Rachel says she didn’t even get to see the footage we just saw, she’s just overwhelmed being here with this movie/character as a huge Disney fan. #D23Expo
Ending this portion with The Little Mermaid. Rob Marshall here. #D23Exp
We're gonna see the entire "Part of Your World" sequence from The Little Mermaid. #D23Expo
Halle Bailey’s performance of “Part of Your World” is insanely great. Footage looked good as far as Ariel underwater. Realistic looking Flounder was weird but rest was strong. And can’t overstate how amazing she sang that and why everyone cheered for her so loud after. #D23Expo
We just saw Little Mermaid teaser which, unlike the clip, is being released wide, so you can see the very end of her singing that song in that. #D23Expo
Pixar portion up now with Pete Docter. #D23Expo
Elemental first movie being discussed. Director Pete Pete Sohn and producer Denise Ream here. Sohn discussing his family going to America from Korea in early 1970s and how seeing the different communities influenced the film. #D23Expo
In Elemental a boy made of water and a girl made of fire find a connection but they literally can't touch or... it would be bad. So both a story that represents a relationship between people from two different communities but ALSO reminds me of Pushing Daisies. #D23Expo
Ugh, Elemental footage made me emotional. Stupid Pixar. Anyway, this was the cool part when there was fire and water onstage! #D23Expo
Next is Pixar's first full length (non-short) series, Win or Lose. It's about a softball team but it's all about perception and each episode focuses on a different member of the team showing their POV of the same week leading up to the big game. Hey, that sounds neat. #D23Expo
Will Forte is the voice of the coach and did a video intro for a rather excellent clip and now I'm super excited for Win or Lose. #D23Expo
New Pixar movie 'Elio' announced about an awkward 11 year old kid who makes first contact with aliens. He's beamed up to space and transported to a place that's like an intergalactic UN filled with different aliens, accidentally becoming Earth's ambassador. #D23Epxo
America Ferrera plays Elio’s mom Olga and I feel bad I missed the name of the kid playing Elio but he has ENERGY!! #D23Expo
Amy Poehler is here to announce Inside Out 2! #D23Expo
In Inside Out 2 Riley is a teenager and we're gonna meet some new emotions. Comes out Summer 2024. #D23Epxo
That's it for Pixar. Jennifer Lee here now for final portion, focusing on Walt Disney Animation Studios. #D23Epxo
Zootopia+ trailer debut - Looks fun! (t's an anthology of sorts, telling six stories set in Zootopia about different characters like Judy's parents on a drive or a familiar sloth going out to dinner). #D23Expo
Jennifer Lee introduces the series Iwaju, noting she read a story saying there was an animation studio (Kugali) who were going to kick Disney's ass (she said "you know what") and was intrigued... and now it's first time Disney animation is working with outside studio. #D23Epxo
Exciting Iwaju teaser was shown, giving a glimpse at its futuristic world. #D23Expo
Oh, the new trailer for Strange World is much better than the first. Does a much better job selling the movie's concept. #D23Expo
Cast members Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Lucy Liu, and Joboukie Young-White join direct Don Hall and writer Qui Nguyen to talk Strange World. #D23Expo
The 2023 Walt Disney Animation Studios movie (for the 100th anniversary) is called Wish. Jennifer Lee is one of the writers and it's directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn. #D23Epxo
Wish is meant to evoke classic Disney in a modern style. The main character of Wish is a 17 year old girl named Asha. Animation is CG with water color-influenced stylization. #D23Expo
Alan Tudyk continues his run of Disney animated roles as the voice of Valentino, a goat who gets his wish to speak. #D23Expo
Wish is a musical and Julia Michaels is writing the songs. Buck says the movie will include many Easter eggs (I'm guessing to previous Disney animated movies, since it's the 100th anniversary film. #D23Epxo
Ariana DeBose is the voice of Asha and we just heard her sing a song from it - and predictably she killed it. And that’s all for today! #D23Expo
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