Hoppers

Chris, Franco, and Jonathan discuss Pixar-style marketing teasers before sharing one-minute reviews: Chris criticizes Netflix’s The Last House for unclear worldbuilding and logic, comments on the pacing and compression of the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender, describes Solar Opposites as Rick and Morty–like but more violent with a recurring “shrunk humans” terrarium plot, and calls Outer Banks physically exhausting due to constant setbacks. Jonathan reports seeing the filmed Broadway musical Six in theaters and explains its premise and history. The hosts recap major Disney D23 announcements across Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney Animation, and TV, including an MCU X-Men dated May 5, 2028; Avengers: Doomsday details; Star Wars: Starfighter for May 18, 2027; Vision Quest; and Ahsoka season two. They note the deaths of Hayden Panettiere, Dolly Parton, and Tim Curry, list upcoming home releases, review Pixar’s Hoppers (all score 85), and select Project Hail Mary for next episode.

00:00 Welcome and Banter
01:13 Pixar Teaser Talk
02:42 One Minute Reviews Begin
02:55 The Last House Rant
09:11 Avatar Live Action Debate
11:39 Solar Opposites and Outer Banks
15:08 Broadway Six in Theaters
19:01 D23 News Setup
20:19 Marvel X Men and Doomsday
28:39 Star Wars Starfighter Reveal
29:59 Pixar and Animation Updates
33:35 Disney Sequels and Hulu Plans
37:31 Vision Quest Details
42:40 Ahsoka Season Two Tease
44:59 Thrawn Story Plans
46:54 Must Watch Clone Wars
48:10 D23 Disney Plus News
50:52 Remembering Recent Losses
53:21 Blu Ray Release Rundown
58:55 Anime and September Picks
01:00:53 Hoppers Plot Setup
01:03:59 Hoppers Highlights Themes
01:09:33 Animation Style Pixar Talk
01:15:24 Scores and Next Movie
01:21:23 Project Hail Mary Tease
01:22:46 Wrap Up and Goodbye

One Minute Review: The Last House | Avatar the Last Air Bender – Live Action | Solar Opposites | Outer Banks s4 | Six: The Musical Live!

Movie News:

Marvel

• A new MCU X-Men movie was officially dated for May 5, 2028, with Jake Schreier directing. The announced cast includes:

• Sadie Sink — Jean Grey

• Kit Connor — Cyclops

• Christopher Abbott — Professor Xavier

• Samara Weaving — Emma Frost

• Inde Navarrette — Rogue

• Maya Boyd — Storm

• Adam Driver — Nathaniel Milbury, an identity associated with Mr. Sinister

• Avengers: Doomsday received a new public “special look.” Disney confirmed that the story collides heroes from three universes, with Robert Downey Jr. playing Doctor Doom and Chris Evans returning as Steve Rogers. It opens December 18, 2026. Disney’s Marvel recap

Star Wars

• Star Wars: Starfighter received an attendee-only teaser. The Shawn Levy film stars Ryan Gosling as a cynical rogue pulled into an adventure connected to his mysterious past.

• Amy Adams, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings and Flynn Gray also star.

• The film opens May 28, 2027 and appears to be a standalone theatrical story rather than another Skywalker-family installment. Disney’s Lucasfilm announcements

Pixar

• Incredibles 3 — First footage was shown. Peter Sohn is directing, with Brad Bird producing. Release: June 16, 2028.

• Coco 2 — Miguel is now a teenager, and Ernesto de la Cruz will somehow reemerge, prompting another journey to the Land of the Dead. Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina return. Release: November 2029.

• Ghost Market — Pixar’s most interesting new original announcement. Set around a hidden Hawaiian plate-lunch shop that serves spirits caught between life and death, it follows a living child who accidentally enters their world. Release: March 2028.

• Gatto — Mark Ruffalo voices Nero, a black cat indebted to a feline mob boss voiced by Laurence Fishburne. The Venice-set film comes from Luca director Enrico Casarosa and opens March 5, 2027. Disney’s Pixar rundown

Walt Disney Animation

• Zootopia 3 is officially in early development, although no release date was announced.

• Frozen 3 footage teased a new villain whose powers may rival Elsa’s. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad performed two new songs; the film opens November 24, 2027.

• Clay is a new original 2028 animated film starring Kieran Culkin as Flip, a magical-forest misfit forced to mentor an impressionable ball of clay.

• Hexed added Walton Goggins as a magical three-eyed cat and Jodie Foster as the villainous Queen Celeste. Hailee Steinfeld and Rashida Jones lead the voice cast. Release: November 25, 2026. Disney Animation announcements

Disney and 20th Century

• Lilo & Stitch 2 — Angel will join Stitch in the live-action sequel. Original co-creator Chris Sanders is directing; release: May 26, 2028.

• Live-action Tangled — Teagan Croft plays Rapunzel, Milo Manheim is Flynn Rider and Kathryn Hahn is Mother Gothel. Diego Luna and Caitríona Balfe also star. Release: March 31, 2028.

• The Bluey Movie — The first teaser debuted. Creator Joe Brumm is writing and directing; the film opens August 6, 2027.

• Ice Age: Boiling Point — A dinosaur-and-lava adventure introducing “Jurassic Scrat.” Release: February 5, 2027.

• The Simpsons Movie sequel — New footage was shown for the long-awaited second theatrical film, opening September 3, 2027.

• Romy & Michele 2 — Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow return alongside Alan Cumming, Janeane Garofalo and others. It will premiere on Hulu in 2027. Disney’s complete showcase recap

Biggest television announcements

Marvel

• VisionQuest premieres on Disney+ October 14, 2026.

• It concludes the loose trilogy begun by WandaVision and continued in Agatha All Along.

• Paul Bettany returns as Vision, with James Spader as Ultron. The story follows Vision on the run with Thomas Shepard, a boy who may be his reincarnated son.

• The trailer also revealed several MCU artificial intelligences appearing as human personas, including J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y. and E.D.I.T.H.

Star Wars

• Ahsoka Season 2 premieres January 20, 2027.

• The teaser featured Anakin Skywalker, Clone Wars-era material and Grand Admiral Thrawn preparing for war against the New Republic.

• Ahsoka and Sabine remain stranded beyond the known galaxy while Hera, Ezra, Zeb and Chopper confront Thrawn. Official Disney+ D23 recap

Disney+

• Oswald — Jon Favreau is creating a three-part live-action/animation hybrid about Oswald the Lucky Rabbit escaping into the modern world after being hidden since the 1920s. Kathryn Hahn and Albert Brooks are among the cast. Premiere: February 17, 2027.

• Kingdom Hearts — A new anime series, developed with Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix, will tell an original story expanding the video-game universe. It is coming to Disney Channel and Disney+, although no date was given.

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3 — The Titan’s Curse adaptation premieres November 20, 2026. Ming-Na Wen plays Hera and Andra Day plays Athena.

• Cars: Lightning Racers — A new preschool series starring Lightning McQueen and Mater arrives in 2027, with new music from Sheryl Crow.

• Coven Academy — A supernatural teen drama premiering October 1 on Freeform and streaming October 2 on Disney+ and Hulu.

• Spidey and His Amazing Friends was renewed for a seventh season. Disney+’s television roundup

RIP

• Hayden Panettiere – August 21, 1989 – August 16, 2026
• Dolly Parton – January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026
• Tim Curry – 19 April 1946 – 25 August 2026

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