Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star Wars, Marvel, and more – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2026-08-15T16:25:21+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/980633 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Terrence O’Brien <![CDATA[Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 and Starfighter get teased at D23]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=980666 2026-08-15T12:25:21-04:00 2026-08-15T10:58:27-04:00 Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2 poster

Season two of Star Wars: Ahsoka is still months away, but Lucasfilm still took the opportunity to tease it a bit at D23. The company dropped the first trailer for the new season ahead of its January 20th, 2027 debut. The clip shows a darker, witchcraft-filled take on the Star Wars universe, with Grand Admiral Thrawn (blue skin, red eyes, and an unsettlingly calm demeanor) threatening to thrust the galaxy back into large-scale war after the fall of the Empire.

Ryan Gosling also took the stage at D23 to tease the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter movie. Unfortunately, while some footage was shown, it was exclusive to those in the room, and Luca …

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]]> Terrence O’Brien <![CDATA[Marvel reveals the new X-Men cast, including Inde Navarrette and Adam Driver]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=980635 2026-08-15T10:03:14-04:00 2026-08-15T10:03:14-04:00 The new X-Men cast, including Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Scott Summers, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, and Maya Boyd as Storm on stage at D23.
The new X-Men MCU cast on stage at D-23. | Image: Marvel Entertainment

With Spider-Man: Brand New Day behind us, and its reveal of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Marvel is finally ready to officially welcome the X-Men into the MCU. At the D23 event in Anaheim yesterday, the company revealed the cast for its upcoming, untitled X-Men film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on May 5th of 2028. Though, seeing as that's quite far into the future, we wouldn't be surprised if that date shifted slightly before then.

In addition to Sink, the film will star Kit Connor as Scott Summers (Cyclops), Christopher Abbott as Charles Xavier (Professor X), Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Maya Boyd as Storm, and Inde Navarrette as Rogue. …

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]]> Andrew Webster <![CDATA[Square Enix teases Kingdom Hearts 4 at Nintendo Direct]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=946717 2026-06-09T11:50:11-04:00 2026-06-09T11:03:14-04:00 A screenshot from Kingdom Hearts 4.

A different kind of Sora is back in the news. Square Enix just teased the long-awaited next entry in the Kingdom Hearts series, though there's not much in the way of info just yet. It's called Kingdom Hearts IV and it's launching on the Switch 2, PS5, Xbox, and PC, but there's no release date in sight. It's the first all-new entry in the series since KH III in 2019. You can watch the brief new teaser trailer above.

That's not the only KH-related news from the Nintendo Direct. If you missed out on earlier entries in the series, the first three titles are getting released in a single package for the Switch 2. It'll be available on October 8th …

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