Pixar Unveils First Details on Incredibles 3 at D23: New Villain, New Stakes, June 2028 Release
Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter unveiled the first details on Incredibles 3 at Disney's D23 Entertainment Showcase on 15 August 2026, confirming a June 2028 release and a storyline that pushes the Parr family into unfamiliar territory — a world where superheroes are legal, sponsored, and merchandised.
The film is set after the events of Incredibles 2, with Supers officially legal again. Winston Dever, the philanthropist who backed the family's return in the second film, launches a superhero league — a heavily sponsored organisation built on branding, marketing and merchandising. The Supers are back in the light, but the light comes with corporate logos attached. Deadline
The younger Parrs take centre stage. Violet and Dash sneak out at night to protect the city, trying to prove themselves as capable Supers in their own right. The night-time heroics cause problems at home, suggesting the family dynamic that has anchored the series since 2004 is shifting from parents protecting children to children pulling away.
Bob Parr, meanwhile, faces a different kind of threat. A new villain takes a heavy toll on him, and Docter described the character as having more power than the entire Parr family and every Super combined. Bob grapples with his own relevance in a world of Supers that may have outgrown him — a long way from the glory days of Mr. Incredible's solo heroics.
Peter Sohn directs, with a screenplay by Brad Bird, who wrote and directed the first two films. Sohn previously directed Pixar's The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Elemental (2023). Craig T. Nelson returns as Bob Parr, Sarah Vowell as Violet, and Huck Milner as Dash — the same voice cast that carried the 2018 sequel, which grossed $608.6 million worldwide (domestic, the United States and Canada, plus international markets).
For fans, the handoff from Bird as director to Sohn is the quiet headline. Bird's fingerprints remain on the screenplay, but the visual and tonal stewardship now sits with a film-maker whose two Pixar features leaned heavily on emotional world-building rather than action-comedy pacing. How that sensibility shapes a franchise built on superhero spectacle is an open question — one the June 2028 release will eventually answer.
D23, Disney's biennial fan convention, has served as a launchpad for major animation announcements before; Incredibles 3 was first teased at the 2024 event alongside Moana 2 and Mufasa: The Lion King, as Reuters reported at the time. The 2026 showcase added the substance: a plot, a villain, and a creative team.
Two years is a long wait. But the Parrs have never been in a hurry.
