Live Action Movie Panel Update this morning.
Starts with Kevin Feige taking the stage talking about the upcoming slate of Marvel films!
Doctor Strange - will be coming soon - they didn't show any footage as principal photography hasn't commenced but they did show concept art.
Captain America: Civil War - Chris Evans (Captain America) appears onstage to talk about the film and they show some extended footage. Lots of Avengers characters appear in the footage, including Falcon, Hawkeye, Black Widow and Tony Stark (Ironman)!
Chris Pine now comes on stage to talk about The Finest Hours (you can see the trailer online for this already on YouTube). It is released soon, so I'm not going to cover it.
Next up is The Jungle Book and director Jon Favreau (Iron Man) comes on stage. Cast members also come on stage including Ben Kingsley (Bagheera) and Lupita Nyong'o Raksha). Mowgli is played by a young actor called Neel Sethi who is the only live actor in the film (animals will be realistic CG). This is a new live action version of Disney's Jungle Book story. Also stars Bill Murray (Baloo) and Christopher Walken (King Louie).
Alice Through the Looking Glass!
Main cast are all returning - Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway. Also joined by Sacha Baron Cohen as "Time" (awesome!) Because of Time, Alice will visit the other characters at different points in their lives so you will see some prequel stories. Wasikowska is on stage talking about the time travel elements and they show a clip from the film (why oh why did I miss this year's Expo!!)
Pete's Dragon!
Bryce Dallas Howard takes the stage. There is a clip shown but not a big reveal of what the dragon looks like yet. It follows the story of a young boy who has lived in the woods for six years by himself and no one understands how he could have survived alone...
Beauty and the Beast!!!
Filming right now in London so cast couldn't be at the Expo. Video message from Emma Watson (Belle), Luke Evans (Gaston) and Josh Gad (Le Fou). It is going to be a musical version! It will also include two new songs from Alan Menken!
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales!
Captain Jack is up against Captain Salazar (played by Javier Bardem). Geoffrey Rush is back plus new characters. Orlando Bloom's Will Turner will also return! Johnny Depp comes on stage in character (crowd goes wild...)
Star Wars!
They announced that Rian Johnson will write and direct Episode VIII, and that Colin Trevorrow will direct Episode IX! Trevorrow is known for Jurassic World which was awesome!
Production has begun on the first spin-off film, Star Wars: Rogue One.
JJ Abrams takes the stage along with a whole bunch of The Force Awakens cast members including Harrison Ford! They unveil the poster for the movie (everyone in the audience gets one!) and now Bob Iger comes on stage too for a big announcement. And he announces...
a 14 acre Star Wars Land for both Disneyland and Walt Disney World!!! (see additional information here:
http://www.dudisneyana.info/forum/viewt ... f=1&t=2471)
And that is the end of the live action presentation!!!!!
Next up will be the Parks and Resorts panel - I'll try and cover that this afternoon! How can they top that last announcement???