Jared Bush, chief artistic officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, spoke in regards to the chance of a Kingdom Hearts function movie, and he didn’t rule out the thought.
Kingdom Hearts followers are on prime of the world after footage of the fourth sport was proven off at D23. Sora and the gang are again to struggle the heartless, that are wreaking havoc within the Land of the Useless. Coco’s universe is an explorable world in Kingdom Hearts IV, and Sora even will get a keyblade themed after Héctor’s Guitar, together with some calavera facepaint to match.
A Kingdom Hearts animated sequence was additionally introduced on the occasion, coming to Disney+ on an as-yet undetermined date. With these two massive reveals in thoughts, IGN’s Jeffrey Vega quizzed Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Jared Bush if there’s something extra deliberate for the Kingdom Hearts world on Disney’s facet of issues… particularly, a feature-length animated movie.
“Are we ever gonna get a Kingdom Hearts film?” Vega requested, happening to joke that Bush principally has the ability to “greenlight” the venture.
“Technically, you’re not mistaken,” Bush answered. “I’d say, I’m all the time excited to hear what persons are obsessed with. And I’d say that we’ve got a really vibrant future of new initiatives popping out — alternative ways of placing materials out into the world. So I might simply say, nothing is not possible.”
Bush’s response was, as anticipated, fairly reserved, however his open-ended reply leaves no finish of prospects to the creativeness. Given all the excellent news followers simply bought in regards to the franchise, particularly the animated present, the thought of a full-length CGI film following Sora’s adventures doesn’t appear so not possible now… particularly since Disney lately bragged that Kingdom Hearts is one of its “billion-dollar franchises.”
Kingdom Hearts IV is scheduled for launch in late 2027. Fight footage from Coco’s part of the sport seen at D23 reveals Sora utilizing the keyblade as a sort of skateboard as he follows a flying heartless, to which he’s tethered by a glowing chain. Graphically, the sport seems completely beautiful, with the infinite metropolis of the lifeless giving a formidable depth to the atmosphere.
This most up-to-date trailer additionally confirmed off Mickey, Goofy, and our iconic king of the underworld, Hades, in addition to a couple of glimpses of some story beats that happen in Quadratum, a sensible metropolis impressed by modern-day Tokyo — an space that was additionally proven within the sport’s shock trailer on the June 2026 Nintendo Direct.
This isn’t the final we’ll see of Kingdom Hearts IV this weekend; the sport will even be mentioned on August 15 in a panel titled ‘DEEP DIVE into KINGDOM HEARTS at D23,’ streaming at 4.30pm PT / 7.30pm ET / August 16 at 12.30 AM UK time. Disney has confirmed that it’ll function a “behind-the-scenes have a look at the making of the video games,” with names like Nana Gadd from Disney & Pixar Video games, Tai Yasue from Sq. Enix, Haley Joel Osment, the voice of Sora, David Gallagher, the voice of Riku, and Renée Johnson, who voices some of the Disney-specific characters.
Within the meantime, maintain it locked to IGN for extra information popping out of D23 this weekend, and take a look at all the things that bought introduced on the occasion’s massive presentation on the Honda Middle on August 14.
Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s Information Editor. With ten years of expertise reporting on video games and leisure, she’s bought a storied background within the combating sport group, influencer information, and viral on-line tendencies. Discover her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze.
Jeffrey Vega is the Lead Social Host/Producer at IGN and might be feeding his neopets proper now. You’ll be able to observe him on Twitter @jeffreyvega, Instagram, and IGN’s TikTok.