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WandaVision Adds Kat Dennings, Kathryn Hahn to Disney+ Series Cast

New cast members were announced for the upcoming Disney+ series, WandaVision, at D23 Expo Friday evening.

Marvel Studios Head, Kevin Feige, announced Kat Dennings will be reprising her role as Darcy Lewis in the series.

“It’s remarkable to have you in this,” Feige said on stage.

Randall Park will also be reprising his role as Jimmy Woo from Ant Man and The Wasp, and Kathryn Hahn is cast as a nosy neighbor.

“I’m sure you’re getting a more clear idea of what the show is,” Feige joked.

“We’re so excited to start shooting, this is going to be so wacky and fun,” Feige said. “As the scripts keep rolling in, it’s so funny and it just ends up being this huge epic. The writing is so extraordinary.”

Marvel Announces Moon Knight Series on Disney+

Marvel Studios just announced another new addition to the Disney+ roster. Supernatural avenger Moon Knight will be getting his own series.

No release date or cast have been revealed yet, but Marvel did reveal a logo for the series:

The series will focus on mercenary Marc Spector, who’s left for dead in the Egyptian desert and saved by the moon god Khonshu. Even as Marc returns home and becomes a costumed crime-fighter, the series will explore whether he’s truly empowered by Khonshu or simply insane.

Falcon and The Winter Soldier: Wyatt Russell Joins Cast as John Walker

At D23, Marvel Studios executive producer Kevin Feige just announced two more stars joining the Disney+ series Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Emily VanCamp returns as Sharon Carter and newcomer Wyatt Russell will be joining the MCU as John Walker aka U.S. Patriot.

Feige introduced the two actors on stage at D23 today along with stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, who will be reprising their roles as Falcon and Winter Soldier respectively. Sharon Carter, who is Peggy Carter’s niece, featured prominently in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and briefly showed up in Captain America: Civil War.

Russell is the newest addition to the series, and will be playing Walker, a government-sanctioned replacement for Captain America who has a complicated relationship with Steve Rogers’ legacy. It’s unclear how Walker will appear in the Falcon and The Winter Soldier series, and whether he will be a hero or villain.

D23: Disney Fans Cosplay as Spider-Man to Protest Sony/Marvel Split

Disney fans were out in full force at D23 Expo in Anaheim, California, with attendees showing their love for all of the studio’s biggest franchises with elaborate cosplay creations – highlighting their favorites from across the Marvel universe all the way back to animated classics like The Little Mermaid and Sleeping Beauty.

And following this week’s public split between Marvel and Sony, which will see Spider-Man left out of the MCU for the foreseeable future, a number of fans broke out their best spandex in solidarity with the wallcrawler.

Below, check out the best cosplay we spotted at D23, and be sure to come back throughout the weekend for updates.

The Mandalorian: 12 New Images From the Disney+ Star Wars Series

At the Disney+ panel at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, executive producers John Favreau and Dave Filoni unveiled the first trailer for their upcoming Star Wars live-action series, The Mandalorian.

We have 12 exciting new images from the trailer featuring series stars Pedro Pascal as The Mandalorian, Gina Carano as Cara Dune, Carl Weathers as Greef, Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon, and Taika Waititi as the voice of IG-11. Check out the images in the gallery below:

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stands up side-by-side with the features,” Favreau told the crowd at the Disney+ presentation. “It’s a whole new set of characters, a whole new storyline… We’ve got something for everybody.”

Jon Favreau ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Spider-Man Will Return to MCU

Disney regular Jon Favreau has weighed in on Disney and Sony reportedly ending their deal to share Spider-Man, offering a bit of hope that it may all work out.

“After all that time, it took 10 years for him to get to a good relationship!” Favreau joked to ET during an interview at Disney’s D23 Expo before addressing the Spidey split directly. “It’s still early days. As a fan,

cautiously hopeful that something will come together, because I think all the fans wanna see those characters together. I don’t mean Happy and May, I mean Spidey with the MCU.”

New Spider-Man Animated Series to Debut in 2021

A new animated Spider-Man television series — Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends — was announced at D23 Expo on Friday. The show will premiere on Disney Junior in 2021.

The official plot synopsis follows: “Our favorite neighborhood web-slinger is used to working solo, but now Peter Parker must discover what it takes to become a truly amazing super hero: being a spider friend who works well with others.

Together with his friends Miles Morales and Gwen AKA Ghost-Spider, they will team up with heroes such as Hulk, Black Panther and Ms. Marvel, to defeat evil foes and learn that teamwork is the best way to save the day.”

Watch the Disney+ Trailer for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

The first trailer for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series has debuted at D23, and despite how complicated the title is, the show looks pretty charming.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is created and executive produced by Tim Federle (“Ferdinand”), and will premiere when Disney+ launches on November 12.

The series – based on the blockbuster Disney Channel Original Movie franchise that launched the careers of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens – “follows the East High drama club as they work their way to opening night of their school’s first-ever production of High School Musical. Show-mances blossom, old friendships are tested while new ones are made, rivalries flare, and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only high school theater can provide.”