Animation trailers can often be like buses- you wait ages for one, and then three come along at once. And that's quite literally what has happened as we have been given new trailers for films from Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks within the space of a few days. And we've handily rounded them up for you here, because we're awesome like that.
The first trailer has arrived for Hexed, Walt Disney Animation Studios' 65th feature. The magical coming-of-age saga features unconventional and impulsive teenager Billie (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) and her cautious mother Alice (voiced by Rashida Jones). When Billie accidentally uncovers her latent magical abilities, she finds herself thrown from suburbia and into the magical realm of Hexe. There she is greeted by Ms. Quill (voiced by Tracey Ullman) and Elias Quire (voiced by Stephen Fry). As Billie's adventure unfolds, she discovers family mysteries that could change the magical world of witches forever.
Hexed is directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand, co-directed by Josie Trinidad, and produced by Roy Conli and Yvett Merino.
Veerasunthorn said, “A wonderfully strange phenomenon is happening all around Billie, something she can’t explain. She's someone who has felt miscast in her own life, and it takes leaving her normal world behind and entering a hidden world of wild, unhinged magic to begin to understand herself.”
"Hexe is a place where Billie begins to feel seen for the first time in her life,” co-director Jason Hand said. “She embarks on a journey of self-discovery that reveals a powerful connection to magic, and in the process, uncovers long-held secrets about her family.”
Hexed opens exclusively in cinemas on November 27, 2026.
Receiving its first teaser trailer is Pixar's Gatto, which introduces us to the feline-run underbelly of Venice, Italy.
Joining the cast is Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers series, Spotlight) as the scrappy black cat Nero, and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, John Wick) as the ruthless mob cat Rocco. The teaser trailer introduces Nero and Rocco as they grill another cat in a funny interrogation scene.
In Gatto, after years of manoeuvring the canal-ridden, superstitious city of Venice, Nero begins to wonder whether he has lived the right nine lives. In debt to Rocco, the local feline mob boss, Nero is forced to forge a truly unexpected friendship that may finally get him to his purpose. Unless Venice gets the better of him first.
Gatto is directed by Enrico Casarosa and produced by Andrea Warren, the filmmaking team behind the Oscar-nominated Luca. The film will be released in cinemas in March 2027.
Lastly but not leastly, we come to the long-awaited return to the Shrek franchise, in the form of Shrek 5. This time sees "hideous ogre" Shrek and "delusional" Donkey headed off on an adventure to the magical city of Further Further Away. The sequel also introduces us to Shrek and Fiona's offspring, one of which is a daughter voiced by Zendaya. The kids barely feature in the teaser trailer, though, which is more concerned with reminding us why we love Shrek and Donkey in the first place.
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz return in their iconic role as Shrek, Donkey and Fiona respectively. Joining the cast is Zendaya as Felicia, Fiona and Shrek's daughter and Marcello Hernandez and Skyler Gisondo as sons Fergus and Farkle
Shrek 5 is directed by Shrek series veterans Conrad Vernon and Walt Dohrn. Vernon co-directed Shrek 2 as well as Monsters Vs Aliens and Madagascar 3. He also provides the voice of the fan-favourite character of Ginge across the Shrek-iverse, and as the trailer reveals he will be returning for the new film. Dohrn worked on the second and third Shrek films as a writer and artist and provided the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek Forever After. He also served as co-director on the first Trolls film, and directed Trolls World Tour and Trolls Band Together.
The film is produced by returning producer Gina Shay, who produced Shrek Forever After and by Illumination CEO and Academy Award nominee Chris Meledandri (the Super Mario, Despicable Me and Minions franchises). The film is co-directed by Brad Ableson(Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Simpsons).
AFA is an affiliate of Amazon & Amazon UK as well as RightStuf Anime. We may earn commission for eligible purchases made through our links (at no extra cost to you).We may also feature paid links from time to time.
.png)
