Disney Announces Release Dates of Four Eagerly Awaited New Movies

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Disney has announced the release dates of four of its upcoming films.

A remake of its 1977 animated musical Pete’s Dragon, with Oakes Fegley in the title character, is set to hit theaters Apr. 15, 2016, Variety reports.

DreamWorks’ adaptation of Japanese anime film The Ghost In The Shell, starring Scarlett Johannsson, is set for Apr. 14, 2017.

And John Favreau’s reboot of The Jungle Book has been pushed back six months to Apr. 15, 2016.

Its all-star cast includes Neel Sethi voicing Mowlgi, Idris Elba as Shere Khan the tiger and Bill Murray, who will voice the loveable bear Baloo.

Finally, The Finest Hours, an ocean-rescue disaster film directed by Craig Gillespie, will now arrive this coming Oct. 9.

[Variety]

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