Star Wars: Starfighter touched down at D23 on Friday night, as Disney showed off first footage from the film during its Entertainment Showcase.

Ryan Gosling and newcomer Flynn Gray lead the latest Star Wars entry, a stand-alone movie that is set after the events of 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Director Shawn Levy appeared at the event, telling the room of fans that the project “embodies themes of hope and family and adventure” that the Star Wars franchise is known for, but “in a timeline never explored.” He then trolled Gosling with a clip from The Mickey Mouse Club (where Gosling got his start), before bringing out his star, declaring it was the most pivotal role of his career.

Gosling then appeared in a Mickey jacket, declaring, “I owe a lot to Disney… and I’m now here 30 years later and I’m back and it’s changing my life again.” He then switched jackets to feature one with the logo of his character Kade, who he described as “a guy from the wrong side of the galaxy whose fate is intertwined with the fastest starfighter ever built.” Then he teased to the audience, “Can we show you something?” and cut to a glimpse of the movie.

In the clip, Gray is shown uncovering a ship as Gosling stumbles him, saying, “Didn’t I tell you not to touch anything?” He says the ship is the fastest starfighter ever built and when Gray’s character says he’s never heard of it, Gosling says “There’s a reason for that.” The interaction was followed by some action-packed scenes of ships sailing across the sea and classic Star Wars moments in space.

Levy directed the project, which features a star-studded supporting cast of Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings and Amy Adams. Starfighter is set to hit theaters on May 28, 2027, after it wrapped filming at the end of 2025.

“The reality is that this script is just so good. It has such a great story with great and original characters,” Gosling told the audience when the film was first announced at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo. “It’s filled with so much heart and adventure, and there just really is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.”

Starfighter is also the first of two high-profile collaborations coming from Gosling and Levy, as Marvel revealed during its Comic-Con presentation last month that the Barbie star would play supernatural horror hero Ghost Rider, in a new big-screen incarnation of the character. Levy will also direct the Ghost Rider film, which is currently set for a 2028 release.

Bundle up! Frozen 3 is coming.

At its D23 fan event on Friday, Disney offered up a first-look at the third entry in its hit franchise, which is set to glide into theaters on Nov. 24, 2027.

In celebration, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell walked hand-in-hand onto the D23 stage before launching into a (slightly tech issued) rendition of song “Frozen Heart,” as Bell teased “Anna and Elsa are going on their biggest journey yet.” The stars confirmed that Anna and Kristoff will be getting married in the story and “this royal wedding has been a long time coming.” They added that love is in the air for everyone — even Olaf.

Josh Gad then arrived to sing a love song to Samantha, in reference to a joke from the second film. Menzel declared, “We will find ourselves far from Arendelle in wild and dangerous land” and cut to the footage, which showed Anna and Kristoff’s wedding seemingly being crashed by a new villain. As they trudge through an icy forrest, the villain comes down from a snowy peak and says “The sisters of Arrendale, we finally meet.”

Frozen‘s past two iterations have been a smash at the box office, with the 2013 original earning $1.28 billion and 2019’s Frozen II bringing in $1.45 billion. Menzel and Bell lead the franchise as royal sisters Elsa and Anna. Following the death of their parents, Elsa, voiced by Menzel, is to become queen but must navigate her dangerous icy powers along the way. Gad, as beloved snowman Olaf, and Groff, as Anna’s fiancé Kristoff, round out the main voice cast.  

Frozen 3 was originally dated for 2026 but was pushed back, with Gad explaining in 2025, “There’s a reason the movie is coming out in 2027 and that is because no one wants to rush this. Everyone wants this to not just be a sequel or a money grab. They want this to be absolutely worthy of the story we set out to make in 2013.”

He continued, “We want to give audiences something that is worth the years of waiting and years of anticipation. I know that they are actively working on that and I know that they have a story that they are very, very, very excited about.”

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger previously announced that a Frozen 4 was also in development, though that film has not yet been dated.