Disney has pulled the second Star Wars movie dated for December 18, 2026, off the calendar. We hear it wasn’t certain that one pertained to the continuing adventures of Daisy Ridley’s Rey Skywalker.
Going in that spot is Ice Age 6, which was announced at D23 Brazil a week ago.
As Deadline first reported, Simon Kinberg is now developing a trilogy of Star Wars movies that he’ll produce with Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy. The trilogy will comprise Episodes 10-12 of The Skywalker Saga that began with George Lucas’ original 1977 film. Kinberg’s project is brewing alongside percolating Star Wars projects by James Mangold, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Taika Waititi and Donald Glover.
There’s already a Star Wars movie in 2026 — that’s The Mandalorian & Grogu on May 22. It would have been to have two Star Wars movies opening in the same year, specifically within a six month-ish frame. Box office history has shown that it’s best to space them out.
Remaining on the calendar is a Star Wars movie for December 17, 2027.
Original Ice Age castmembers Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary and Simon Pegg are returning for the sixquel. The first five Ice Age movies have grossed over $3.2 billion worldwide combined.
Under the control of Disney, the Star Wars franchise saw its biggest grosses ever in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That movie remains the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office with $936.6M. Globally that film ranks No. 5 on the all-time chart with $2.07 billion.