Disney releases new Hexed trailer; creators discuss mother-daughter story
Disney released a new trailer for its animated film Hexed, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, due 25 November 2026. Creators separately spoke about the film's central mother-daughter relationship.
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Centre · 1Disney has released a new trailer for its animated film Hexed, in which Hailee Steinfeld voices Billie, a teenage outcast who discovers she has magical powers. /FilmN “Hailee Steinfeld voices an outcast teenage girl named Billie who discovers that she has magical powers.” Read at /Film ↗ Centre · 1Billie's powers take her to the magical world of Hexe. According to /Film, the trailer shows that Queen Celeste wants the new arrival captured. /FilmN “the powerful witch Queen Celeste wants the new arrival captured” Read at /Film ↗ Centre · 1Walton Goggins narrates as Beef Roger Crummchuk, a green, three-eyed cat who becomes Billie's reluctant mentor. He was first revealed at Disney's D23 Expo in September. /FilmN “green, three-eyed, surly cat Beef Roger Crummchuk, who was first revealed during Disney's D23 Expo back in September” Read at /Film ↗
Centre · 1The trailer also shows that Billie's mother Alice, voiced by Rashida Jones, had fitted her with a purple gem that blocks her powers to keep her safe. Billie's accidental portal to Hexe forces Alice to track her down. /FilmN “affixed her wrist with a purple gem that blocks her powers, in order to keep her safe” Read at /Film ↗ Centre · 1Screen Rant reports that Jodie Foster voices Queen Celeste. It describes the film's core as the relationship between Billie and her overprotective mother. Screen RantN “Queen Celeste (Jodie Foster)”“the core relationship at the heart of the story is more mortal than magical” Read at Screen Rant ↗ Centre · 1After an early press day, Screen Rant interviewed producers Roy Conli and Yvett Merino, directors Fawn Veerasunhorn and Jason Hand, and writers Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller. They said the story was reworked through Disney's iterative process, and Veerasunhorn said that for a long time the team sided too much with Alice. Screen RantN “for the longest time, we were siding with Alice a little too much”“Producers Roy Conli and Yvett Merino, directors Fawn Veerasunhorn and Jason Hand, and writers Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller” Read at Screen Rant ↗
Centre · 1Hexed is due in theaters on 25 November 2026, in Thanksgiving week. /Film asks whether it can match Disney hits such as Frozen and Moana. /FilmN “the film arrives on November 25, 2026, in that prime Thanksgiving release week” Read at /Film ↗
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- Promotional, upbeat entertainment coverage: /Film previews the trailer and Screen Rant runs a creator interview about the mother-daughter story.
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- The witch protagonist, the surly cat, the cast and the mother-daughter relationship.
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- “promising magical adventure”
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“this looks like a promising magical adventure from Disney” — /Film
“Disney's signature iterative process” — Screen Rant
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What every side reports
- Hexed is a Disney animated film with Hailee Steinfeld voicing Billie.
- Walton Goggins voices the cat Beef Roger and Rashida Jones voices Alice.
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/FilmN ·
New Hexed Trailer Takes Hailee Steinfeld Into A World Of Witches With A Surly Magical Cat
Sympathetic Trailer rundown that pitches Hexed as a fresh Disney witch story and an alternative to Harry Potter.
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Hexed Creative Team Previews The Central Dynamics Of Disney's Magical Animated Movie
Sympathetic Interview piece letting the filmmakers explain the film's emotional core.
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- 12 Oct 13:26 First /FilmN New Hexed Trailer Takes Hailee Steinfeld Into A World Of Witches With A Surly Magical Cat
- 12 Oct 17:00 +3h 33m Screen RantN Hexed Creative Team Previews The Central Dynamics Of Disney's Magical Animated Movie
- 12 Oct 17:15 +3h 48m /FilmN Hexed Filmmakers Respond To The Trailer's Biggest Criticism On Social Media [Exclusive]
- 12 Oct 17:30 +4h 3m /FilmN Hexed Is About To Turn Walton Goggins Into One Of Your Favorite Disney Characters
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