No one at Studio Ghibli knows what Hayao Miyazaki is working on these days. Walton Goggins lends his voice to a “three-eyed green cat who dons a purple coat” in Hexed. An Outlander alum joins the live-action Tangled remake. Disney may have also cast Gaston in its Beauty and the Beast prequel. Take whatever booty you can find, but remember, Morning Spoilers is mine!
Untitled Hayao Miyazaki Project
Speaking with Bloomberg, Studio Ghibli CEO Kenichi Yoda confirmed Hayao Miyazaki still “comes to the studio every day,” but, “only he knows exactly what he’s working on.”
Hexed
Deadline reports Jodie Foster and Walton Goggins have joined the voice cast of Disney’s upcoming animated feature, Hexed. Co-starring Hailee Steinfeld, Alan Tudyk, Rashida Jones, Stephen Fry, CeeLo Green, and Tracey Ullman, the story follows “an awkward teen and her Type-A mother” who “learn her peculiarities might be magical powers, transforming their lives and revealing a hidden magical realm.” Foster is said to be voicing Queen Celeste, the film’s “witchy” villain, while Goggins is playing Beef Roger, “a three-eyed green cat who dons a pink coat.”
Tangled
Deadline also reports Outlander‘s Caitríona Balfe has been cast as Queen Arianna in Disney’s live-action Tangled.
Untitled Beauty and the Beast Prequel
According to a new rumor from TheInsneider (via Comic Book), Glen Powell is attached to play Gaston in a currently untitled live-action prequel to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
Pirates of the Caribbean 6
In a recent interview with Deadline, Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed conversations are underway with Johnny Depp to return for another Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
We’re talking to Johnny. We’re working on a screenplay, and hopefully we can get this done.
The Incredibles 3
Speaking at D23 (via Deadline), Pixar’s Pete Docter revealed the third Incredibles movie will largely focus on Dash, Violet, and Jack Jack.
They want to prove that they are ready to be a real Supers, and their parents aren’t quite so convinced. So they’ve been sneaking out at night to protect the city, and it doesn’t go over so well at home. To make matters worse, they are struggling to contain Jack Jack… A new threat is taking a heavy toll on Bob, who’s grappling with his own relevance in a world of Supers that may have outgrown him. Because even though Supers are legal again, that doesn’t mean all supers are good.
Docter also stated the family is set to face “a super villain with more power than all the family put together.”
The X-Files 3
During a recent interview with Bloody-Disgusting promoting the new director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Chris Carter confirmed he still has plans for a third movie starring Mulder and Scully.
I’ve got the perfect story for another movie. It could be that they just want to do another series, and I don’t want to get in the way of Ryan Coogler and his vision. I’m completely respectful of him and what he’s doing, and I can’t wait to see it. I’ve actually made a point of not reading the script because I want to watch it like everyone else. But I do have another story that I’d like to tell with Mulder and Scully.
The Evil Dead
In conversation with Screen Rant, Bruce Campbell confirmed he’s “done” playing Ash Williams in any future Evil Dead projects—even in voiceover capacity.
Ash is done. [I’m] not going to do any animated voice work [either]. [They] can get [some] Joe Ash soundalike. There are ways to [recreate my voice] now.
The Bluey Movie
Bluey and Bingo play with a red balloon in a quick teaser trailer for The Bluey Movie coming next year.
Frozen 3/Zootopia 3/Gatto
We also have perfectly watchable shot-in-the-theater versions of the trailers for Frozen 3, Zootopia 3, and Gatto as they were presented at D23 before they’re released online.
Sid & Zoey
Deadline reports Sid & Zoey, an eight-episode “young adult supernatural mystery” series from Jon Kasdan and John Shiban is now in development at Netflix, Blumhouse Atomic Monster, and Bad Robot. The story follows Sid, “a seductive, sophisticated, and amoral teenager from New York, who is sent to live with a police chief and his family in the idyllic Mississippi town where his mother grew up. The family includes the chief’s sharp-witted, punk-rock daughter, Zoey. Sid and Zoey find themselves drawn into a dark, hidden world beneath the town’s picture-postcard facade — and a supernatural mystery that may well get them killed if they don’t kill each other first.”
Life Is Strange
New photos from the set of the Life Is Strange TV series currently filming in Vancouver, Canada have surfaced online.
Arcadia Bay coming soon to television 🌪️🍿#LifeisStrange pic.twitter.com/2wNYMcILKl
— DomTheBomb (@DomTheBomb) August 12, 2026
Paradise
Filming has officially wrapped on the third season of Paradise according to showrunner Dan Fogelman on Instagram.
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
HBO Max has released a trailer for this week’s new episode of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, which Deadline reports has just been renewed for a second season.
Lanterns
HBO has also released a “this season on…” trailer for Lanterns.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Finally, Disney+ has released a trailer for the third season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
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