--- description: Disney has announced the release dates of four of its upcoming films, including Pete’s Drago and The Jungle Book. title: Disney Announces Release Dates of Four Films image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Disney Announces Release Dates of Four Eagerly Awaited New Movies by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2015 4:04 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2015 4:04 AM CUT Disney has announced the [release](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/disney-sets-several-2016-release-dates-1201404285/ "undefined") 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. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/disney-sets-several-2016-release-dates-1201404285/ "undefined")\] Disney Announces Release Dates For 4 Films ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3666660/disney-release-date-jungle-book-petes-dragon-finest-hours-ghost-in-the-shell/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3666660/disney-release-date-jungle-book-petes-dragon-finest-hours-ghost-in-the-shell/"},"headline":"Disney Announces Release Dates of Four Eagerly Awaited New Movies","datePublished":"2015-01-14T04:04:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:33:11.995Z","description":"And all four will be released in 3D","url":"https://time.com/3666660/disney-release-date-jungle-book-petes-dragon-finest-hours-ghost-in-the-shell/","keywords":["movies","Disney"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3666660/disney-release-date-jungle-book-petes-dragon-finest-hours-ghost-in-the-shell/","name":"Disney Announces Release Dates of Four Eagerly Awaited New Movies"}}]}] ```