What to expect from this year's D23 Expo

This year’s D23 Expo begins on Friday, running from the 14^th to the 16^th of July. D23’s biennial expos never fail to generate excitement for upcoming Disney and Pixar movies. Somehow the 2011 D23 Expo when “The Untitled Pixar Movie That Takes You Inside The Mind” and “The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs” were announced doesn’t seem so long ago, even though Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur are now sitting proudly amongst the rest of Pixar’s filmography. But what can we expect from D23 2017?
We’re already aware of some of Pixar’s upcoming movies, with Coco’s release date of 22 November fast approaching, and The Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4 set to release in the summer of 2018 and 2019 respectively.
New footage from Coco is going to be revealed in the Upcoming Films presentation hosted by John Lasseter, and a Drawing Demo with Pixar character artist Daniel Arriaga promises to feature some of Coco’s new characters. Some brand new Incredibles 2 artwork has already been released on the D23 Expo 2017 app, advertising its signing event, although it has since been replaced with just the logo. If the art is anything to go by, it seems like the movie will be a direct sequel to its predecessor, and the ‘Underminer’ may be making an appearance. You can also see several supers flying in the background (including at least one with a cape – I can just hear Edna’s disapproval). And why is there a raccoon?! Here’s hoping all will be revealed soon.

During the Upcoming Films presentation, a large focus will probably be on Coco, but it’s likely that we’ll be finding out some more plot details for The Incredibles 2, and maybe even Toy Story 4. There are also going to be some “surprise announcements”, and with only 3 upcoming Pixar movies on our radars, stretching to only 2 years in the future, perhaps some new movie announcements aren’t too much to hope for.