The Latest Marvel Trailers, Sneak Peak at Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Much More | D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience

By the D23 Team

D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience on Sunday wrapped up its historic three-day run at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo. The country’s largest-ever event for Disney fans too place November 8 through 10 and featured spectacular programming; immersive offerings that brought fans closer to beloved stories from all the worlds of Disney; a variety of panels and presentations by local and international talent; live performances; and a Disney Store developed in collaboration with Mercado Livre.

Renato D’Angelo, General Manager of The Walt Disney Company Brazil, opened the convention Friday morning by cutting the ribbon alongside the beloved Brazilian Disney character, Zé Carioca.

Disney Live Action and More

Also on Friday, fans showed their support and excitement at Arena D23 by Bradesco/Visa for a series of announcements by Disney Live Action, Pixar, and Walt Disney Animation Studios—revealing new details, exclusive previews, and trailers.

Hosted by Otaviano Costa and Carol Moreira, the event welcomed studio leaders, including Jared Bush, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ chief creative officer, and Jonas Rivera, executive vice president of film production at Pixar, plus Mufasa: The Lion King director Barry Jenkins. But it was the enthusiastic São Paulo crowd that really turned up the volume of the celebration for The Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming theatrical releases and streaming titles.

D23 Brazil fans were delighted with the announcement that Ice Age 6 is officially in production. Manny, Diego, Ellie, Sid, Scrat, and Baby Scrat are heading back to the big screen in an epic animated adventure. A short video to celebrate the announcement was also released featuring returning cast members Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, and John Leguizamo, who will also be joined by Denis Leary and Simon Pegg in the new film. More details and cast announcements will be revealed at a future date.

Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King director Jenkins greeted excited fans, offering details about the all-new story that explores the unlikely rise of the beloved king of the Pride Lands. D23 Brazil guests were the first to see a new trailer for the film, which opens in theaters across the United States on December 20.

Rachel Zegler, star of Disney’s Snow White—a live-action reimagining of the classic tale—gave a magical shout-out via video to the D23 Brazil attendees, who were treated to an exclusive new trailer. Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy will join the fairest of them all in theaters on March 21, 2025.

Stitch, a fuzzy blue alien with dog-like ears and features, stands in a child’s bedroom on top of the bed. He is wearing a yellow lei and staring confusedly at the camera.

The crowd also caught a glimpse of the fan-favorite fugitive alien from Disney’s much-anticipated feature Lilo & Stitch. The live-action reimagining of the animated classic about the lonely Hawaiian girl and her new, out-of-this-world alien friend who helps mend her broken family opens in theaters on May 23, 2025.

TRON: Ares, which opens in theaters on October 10, 2025, didn’t disappoint when star Jared Leto appeared on the big screen via video. Additionally, fans were treated to a special look at the film, which follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission—marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.

Pixar Animation Studios

Jonas Rivera, Executive Vice President of Production at Pixar, thanked fans for their support of Inside Out 2—the highest-grossing animated film of all time, that currently tops the list of highest-grossing films released in 2024 (worldwide)!

Dream Productions, a new limited series from the world of Inside Out, returns to Riley’s mind, where a team of directors hope to find the next hit dream. Fans got a special look at the series, plus the very first episode in its entirety. All four episodes begin streaming on Disney+ on December 11.

Win or Lose, an all-new original series launching on Disney+ on February 19, 2025, features the intertwined stories of different characters as they each prepare for their championship softball game. The D23 Brazil audience was given a sneak peek of the winning series.

Jonas Rivera, Executive Vice President of Production at Pixar, holds a microphone as he speaks onstage at D23 Brazil.

The audience was also the first to see an exclusive new trailer in the works for Pixar’s upcoming feature film Elio, which opens in theaters June 13, 2025. Fans learned more about Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination who gets beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization that mistakes him for Earth’s leader.

Meanwhile, the upcoming Disney and Pixar feature film Hoppers introduces Mabel, an animal lover who seizes an opportunity to use new technology to “hop” her consciousness into a life-like robotic beaver. The audience saw a special piece about the film, which opens in theaters in 2026.

Audiences first met Buzz, Woody and a toybox full of toys nearly 30 years ago—and D23 Brazil fans were invited to reminisce... But on June 19, 2026, fans will behold the next chapter when Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5 hits theaters. This time around, it’s Toy meets Tech: Buzz, Woody, Jessie, and the rest of the gang’s jobs get exponentially harder when they go head-to-head with this all-new threat to playtime.

The Parr family will be back on the big screen in Incredibles 3. Fans were delighted to see first-hand that their favorite Super family has another adventure in the works.

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Jared Bush shared his excitement about two upcoming features heading to theaters. As co-writer and executive producer of Moana 2 and writer/director of Zootopia 2, Bush had the inside scoop.

Moana 2 voyages into theaters this month, on November 27, and fans at D23 Brazil were treated to a sneak peek of the film. Stars Auli‘i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson gave fans a “chee hoo!” via video to build excitement for the film, which picks up three years later when Moana sets out to save her people’s future. Brazilian superstar Any Gabrielly, who voices Moana in the Brazilian dub, performed the end-credits version of a new song from the film, “Beyond.”

For Zootopia 2, Bush introduced a very special video greeting from Shakira, who shared for the first time that she’d be returning to play Zootopia’s pop sensation Gazelle in the new movie. The sequel to the global phenomenon sees detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who turns the mammal metropolis upside down. Fans got a special look at the film, which hits theaters in November 2025.

Day 2 Special Guests

The excitement continued on Saturday as Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and Marvel Studios treated the crowd inside Arena D23 by Bradesco/Visa to sneak peeks, trailers, and surprises spotlighting upcoming films and series.

Otaviano Costa and Carol Moreira once again served as event hosts, welcoming megastars to the stage, including Rami Malek (The Amateur); Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil: Born Again); David Harbour (Thunderbolts*); and Anthony Mackie and Danny Ramirez (Captain America: Brave New World). Also on hand were director and Disney Legend James Cameron (Avatar: Fire and Ash), who appeared live from New Zealand, and Marvel Studios executives Kevin Feige, Producer and President, and Brad Winderbaum, Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation. Together, they revved up the São Paulo crowd and celebrated the upcoming slate from The Walt Disney Studios.

Star Wars

Star Jude Law greeted fans in a pre-recorded message before introducing a special look at Skeleton Crew, a brand-new Star Wars series launching Tuesday, December 3, with the first two episodes on Disney+.

The logo for the Disney+ series Andor, featuring sans serif white text against a black background.

Representing Season 2 of the critically acclaimed, Emmy® Award-nominated series Andor, droid B2 EMO rolled on stage to meet the D23 Brazil fans, who went wild. The Disney+ launch date for the acclaimed, thrilling series—April 22, 2025—was revealed, and the crowd got a special look at the series’ second and final season. The 12 episodes of Season 2 carry the story of Cassian Andor and the emerging rebel alliance over the climactic four years that lead to the discovery of the Death Star and the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).

In a pre-recorded video, director and Disney Legend Jon Favreau and producer Dave Filoni introduced the audience to a special sneak peek of Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian and Grogu, the upcoming Star Wars feature film that will open in theaters on May 22, 2026. Starring Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver, directed by Favreau and produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Favreau, Filoni, and Ian Bryce, this exciting new adventure in the Mandalorian and Grogu’s journey is currently in production.

Otaviano Costa, left, Rami Malek, center, and Carol Moreira, right, speak onstage during Day 2 of the D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience at Transamerica Expo Center on November 9, 2024, in São Paulo, Brazil. Behind them is a huge video display depicting white letters against a green and black background, but the words can’t be made out.

20th Century Studios

Star and producer Rami Malek hit the stage to share details about the feature film The Amateur and share a special look with fans. The action-packed espionage-thriller opens in theaters April 11, 2025. The crowd was the first to see a new trailer for the film that introduces Charlie Heller (Malek), a brilliant but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack. When his supervisors refuse to take action, he takes matters into his own hands—embarking on a dangerous trek across the globe to track down those responsible.

James Cameron joined fans live from New Zealand to discuss Avatar: Fire and Ash, and shared five new pieces of early concept art from the upcoming film. Avatar: Fire and Ash takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na’vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na’vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and the Sully family. The movie opens exclusively in theaters December 19, 2025.

Marvel Studios

Kevin Feige thanked fans for the huge success of Deadpool & Wolverine, which had a record-breaking run at the box office this year and arrived on Disney+ on November 12. He shared a special greeting from the film’s star and producer, Ryan Reynolds, before a trio of films were spotlighted:

  • Captain America: Brave New World stars Anthony Mackie, who makes his big-screen debut as Captain America, and Danny Ramirez, who plays the Falcon, came onstage to talk about the film, which releases in theaters on February 14, 2025—and also shared a clip and brand-new trailer with the audience.

  • The excited crowd then welcomed Thunderbolts* star David Harbour to the stage, where he talked about the upcoming action-adventure in which he plays Red Guardian. Florence Pugh, who returns as Yelena Belova, recorded a greeting for the fans, who were also treated to a special look at the movie. Opening in theaters on May 2, 2025, Thunderbolts* features the irreverent team-up of the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.

  • Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family. The crowd was given a sneak peek of the upcoming movie that will open in theaters on July 25, 2025.

Brad Winderbaum then presented a special reel of Marvel Animation’s upcoming shows, and took the crowd through a pair of upcoming animated series and one hotly anticipated live-action series coming to Disney+:

  • The D23 Brazil audience was the first to see an exclusive trailer and poster celebrating the third and final season of the popular series What If…? The culmination of the adventure through time and space, Season 3 sees classic characters making unexpected choices that will mutate their worlds into spectacular alternate versions of the MCU. Traversing genres, bigger spectacles, and new characters, the series launches Sunday, December 22. The trailer premiered online on November 11.
  • The crowd then got a sneak peek at Marvel Animation’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, a new, original animated series premiering January 29, 2025. It follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming a hero, with a journey unlike anything fans have ever seen—and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.
  • Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio surprised fans when they hit the stage to share details and a special look at Marvel Television’s Daredevil: Born Again, which launches March 4, 2025, on Disney+. Cox plays a blind lawyer with heightened abilities who’s fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (D’Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York.

Larissa Manoela (left) and Josh D’Amaro (center), Chairman, Disney Experiences, wave to the audience during Day 2 of the D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience in São Paulo, Brazil. To D’Amaro’s right is the character José Carioca, a green parrot in a yellow suit jacket with a hat and black tie. Behind them is a video screen displaying graphic representations of the castles from Disney Parks.

Disney Experiences

Larissa Manoela welcomed Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Experiences, to the stage to share what’s on the horizon for Disney Cruise Line, Walt Disney World Resort, and Epic Games. The stage also vibrated to the beat of live musical performances from Any Gabrielly and Larissa Manoela.

Alongside Michael Hundgen from Walt Disney Imagineering, D’Amaro highlighted some of the new themed areas, attractions, and shows in development around the world—including those inspired by Disney Villains, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Indiana Jones, Encanto, Avatar, The Lion King, Moana, Coco, and Hercules. The duo also surprised fans with a first look at new artwork from highly anticipated upcoming projects, including the Moana float coming to the brand-new nighttime parade “Disney Starlight,” arriving at Magic Kingdom next year, and a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed tavern.

Feige joined D’Amaro to discuss the expansion of Avengers Campus at the Disneyland Resort with two new attractions: Stark Flight Lab and Avengers Infinity Defense. In addition, they shared an exclusive video with the audience in Brazil that highlighted Disney’s collaboration with Epic Games. The world’s most remarkable characters and stories will converge in a connected universe where fans will be able to watch, play, and even create their own Disney stories.

Upcoming Releases on Disney+

Presented live on Sunday from Arena D23 by Bradesco/Visa, the main stage of D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience, was a flurry of content coming to Latin America:

  • Live from set in Vancouver, Percy Jackson and the Olympians stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri and series co-creator and author Rick Riordan, virtually joined to tease the highly anticipated second season. Fans in attendance of the presentation were the first to hear that Andra Day will be joining season 2 as the Greek goddess of wisdom and mother to Annabeth Chase, Athena. Additionally, the cast shared sneak peek at the Grand Hall set from Camp Half-Blood, Riptide, Zeus’s Lightning Bolt, Annabeth’s Dagger and Grover’s Pipes. Season two is currently in production in Vancouver and premieres on Disney+ in 2025.
  • Phineas and Ferb co-creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh—who also lend their voices to Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz and Major Francis Monograma, respectively—were joined on the panel by Vincent Martella, the English voice of Phineas Flynn, to surprise fans with an exclusive sneak peek at the new season.
  • Liza Colón-Zayas and Lionel Boyce, stars of the Emmy® Award-winning series The Bear, were greeted with a standing ovation from the audience and spoke of the success of the series that has become a true international phenomenon.
  • A sneak peek of the new Korean series Light Shop was presented along with, for all K-Pop and BTS fans, the trailer for the documentary series JUNG KOOK: I’m Still. Both premieres will arrive exclusively on Disney+.
  • Chandra Wilson, who plays Dr. Miranda Bailey, and James Pickens Jr., who plays Dr. Richard Webber, on the iconic ABC series Grey’s Anatomy were on hand to reflect on the cultural impact of the series that’s captivated audiences around the world. The first 19 seasons are available on Disney+. Season 20 will arrive in March 2025.
  • In a video recorded exclusively for D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience, Noah Hawley— creator, screenwriter and director of Alien: Earth—presented the new poster and preview of the horror television series based on the Alien franchise that will premiere soon.

Brazilian Original Productions

The audience also attended vibrant panels full of news from the upcoming Disney+ Original Productions and Star Original Productions releases.

Presenter Otaviano Costa welcomed Xuxa to the Arena D23 by Bradesco/Visa stage; together with Brazilian actress Ywyzar, they shared an exclusive preview of Tarã, the new series that tells the story of Gaia and her mother’s quest to save Planet Earth from extinction.

Maria e o Cangaço tells the story of the most important woman in the cangaço—a social, political, and cultural phenomenon that occurred in Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Stars Isis Valverde and Sérgio Machado were on hand, and revealed the new poster and trailer of the series.

Exclusive content from the sports series Jogo Cruzado was presented, along with stars Pedro Amorim and Maria Farkas.

Capoeiras follows the story of the young capoeiristas Veneno da Madrugada and Noivo da Vida. Raphael Logam, Sérgio Malheiros, Bruno Gissoni and Juliana Alves were on hand at D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience and shared details of the new series.

Exclusive content from Amor da Minha Vida surprised fans in attendance. The new series premieres on November 22 and stars two best friends who experience their love life and their unbreakable relationship. The panel featured director René Sampaio and creator/director Matheus Souza, alongside stars Bruna Marquezine (who also directs for the series) and Sérgio Malheiros.

D23 Brazil’s Interactive Experiences

At D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience, guests enjoyed the magic of Disney throughout the weekend, interacting with a universe of immersive attractions.

On the Pixar side, attendees could enter Andy’s room, which included furniture of gigantic proportions so they could feel like one of the toys from the Toy Story franchise—which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2025.

The Marvel zone featured surprises and interactive activities from upcoming titles Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and Daredevil: Born Again. Nearby, visitors could access a makeover by choosing a Super Hero-style haircut at the Marvel by Corleone barbershop.

At the Star Wars space, fans of all ages had the opportunity to test their Jedi skills in a laser maze and other activities inspired by upcoming Lucasfilm releases including Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and the global phenomenon The Mandalorian.

The Disney Store, a 900,000-square-meter space, offered more than 1,000 official items and exclusive event products. Developed in collaboration with Mercado Livre, the store featured clothing, collectibles, toys, books, and much more from The Walt Disney Company brands.

The Disney Moments by Claro Stage was the open-to-all venue dedicated to Disney characters, cosplayers, live shows, and sports. With continuous programming throughout each day, fans enjoyed pocket shows from Disney Princesses, Mickey Mouse and Friends, Toy Story, and more.

Meanwhile, ESPN and Radio Disney offered attendees the experience of live broadcasts with the presence of sports talent and local artists, respectively.

The magic of Walt Disney World Resort was also present at D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience, with different areas for fans to take photos inspired by Disney theme parks, such as Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and EPCOT. And the nearby Disney Cruise Line area was the ideal place for guests to meet some of their favorite Disney characters.

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