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So if you haven't heard, D23 is starting from Friday the 14th to Sunday the 16th of this month! So I want to ask you all, do you all expect any sort of Encanto announcement at D23?

If you ask me, it might just be news for the Encanto ride coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom since that'll open next year. I think we'll get some exciting stuff announced there regarding the ride and hopefully the name of the attraction as well! As for any continuation announcements, I don't think we will, hopefully I'm proven wrong but idk I think something like say a series, short, or even a sequel for Encanto being announced here at D23 is a bit of a wildcard micdrop announcement should it happen, but I would love to see something announced for Encanto seeing as the ride opens soon!!!

Anyways, what are your all's thoughts and do you all expect anything from D23 for Encanto? I'd love to hear what you all have to think about it!!!

So I'm writing about this because this has been a thought I've had for a little bit that I do want to share and maybe hear what you all think.

So recently and if you haven't heard the news, Dwayne Johnson, the VA who plays Maui in Moana film series and the live-action remake of Moana announced that Moana 3 was in development at WDAS with Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller writing the story. That got me thinking, with that being announced and the strong possibility that Zootopia 3 will happen eventually given the bird feather post-credits scene in Zootopia 2 and Jared Bush wanting the wait between Zootopia 2 and 3 to be shorter than the 9 year it took Zootopia to get a sequel, this really makes me wonder, what is even going to happen to Encanto in the coming years.

To start off with something, let's look at all the Encanto related projects and other media in development at Disney as of the typing of this (do note that it is possible more stuff could be announced in the future, but as I said, this is what we know of so far):

- September 1, 2026: Waiting on a Miracle: A Twisted Tale

- November 24, 2026: Vol. 2 of The New Adventures of Encanto

- 2027: The Encanto ride opens up at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Now yes those three and especially the Encanto ride is all important, after that, what happens next? Now yeah book/comic wise, they won't announce anything until closer to the release date, but still, once the Encanto ride opens up, then what content wise? We don't exactly know what Disney's plans are for Encanto after the ride opens. Sure there has been the whole Encanto series idea, Encanto 2 possibility, or even a short akin to Lilo and Scratch that'll show before the screening of Hexed. But coming back to Moana 3 and Zootopia 3, we know that Disney really wants to make those sequels and heck probably Encanto 2 while they're at it, but unfortunately due to those three films being originally directed by Jared Bush and Bryon Howard, who knows how long those films will take to release and if Jared and Bryon will return to work on Moana 3? Also again, Disney probably wants to do sequels to all three of those films, so there is the possibility that they'll have to split up Jared and Bryon (oh and probably give Moana to Dwayne Johnson since he's the CEO of Moana now /s) in order to get all three of those films done without consumers waiting for an insanely long time to get them.

The takeaway from all of this is that if Moana and Zootopia do get sequels, I'm scared that Encanto is just going to be shafted so much to the point that there really isn't much public interest in Encanto and wanting to do more with the IP. I know maybe all of this is a stupid thing to worry about and who knows, maybe Disney does have a plan for Encanto and maybe we will get our sequel, series, short, or whatever in the future. But I really do hope Disney doesn't abandon Encanto as an IP, it really is a franchise that has so much potential and appeal that is would be a humongous shame if they threw it away and do nothing with it :/