The Walt Disney Company is aggressive–nobody can have missed the company’s massive efforts to make itself ubiquitous. Disney has worked diligently and tirelessly to become nearly a right of passage in the idea of an American childhood. (And it has done pretty well overseas, too.) Have you seen a princess lately? Of course you have–that’s the legacy of Walt, far more than any cartoon mouse.
And video games and plush toys and theme parks and…it goes on and on. But the most powerful of all the Disney cultural penetration comes in the form of movies–from Fantasia to the Pirates of the Caribbean. But even all that history will have a hard time matching the frenetic next two years on the Disney calendar. Disney–well, Disney, Pixar and Marvel–will bring out 24 BIG movies in 24 months. They figure to jump off to a good start in May, with Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (Marvel) – May 1, 2015
- Tomorrowland (Walt Disney Pictures) – May 22, 2015
- Inside Out (Pixar) – June 19, 2015
- Ant-Man (Marvel) – July 17, 2015
- Bridge of Spies (DreamWorks) – Oct. 16, 2015
- The Good Dinosaur (Pixar) – Nov. 25, 2015
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Lucasfilm) – Dec. 18, 2015
- The Finest Hours (Walt Disney Pictures) – Jan. 29, 2016
- Zootopia (Walt Disney Animation Studios) – March 4, 2016
- The Jungle Book (Walt Disney Pictures) – April 15, 2016
- Captain America: Civil War (Marvel) – May 6, 2016
- Alice: Through the Looking Glass (Walt Disney Pictures) – May 27, 2016
- Finding Dory (Pixar) – June 17, 2016
- The BFG (Walt Disney Pictures) – July 1, 2016
- Pete’s Dragon (Walt Disney Pictures) – Aug. 12, 2016
- Doctor Strange (Marvel) – Nov. 4, 2016
- Moana (Walt Disney Animation Studios) – Nov. 23, 2016
- Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One (Lucasfilm) – Dec. 16, 2016
- Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Pictures) – March 17, 2017
- Ghost in the Shell (DreamWorks) – April 14, 2017
- Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (Marvel) – May 5, 2017
- Star Wars: Episode VIII (Lucasfilm) – May 26, 2017
- Toy Story 4 (Pixar) – June 16, 2017
- (Walt Disney Pictures) – July 17, 2017
Better shot at Disney’s 2015-2017 slate. #cinemacon pic.twitter.com/XESizFue6Q
— Christina Warren (@film_girl) April 22, 2015
