Overview
- Disney officially announced Disney Worldbuilders and released a teaser on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, confirming Leslie Iwerks as director and previewing creator remarks about technology and storytelling.
- The documentary gathers interviews with high-profile figures across the company, including Bob Iger, Josh D’Amaro, Kevin Feige, James Cameron, Jon Favreau, Pete Docter, Dave Filoni, Jennifer Lee, and Jared Bush.
- Disney will give fans an advance screening and a panel discussion at D23 in Anaheim on August 16, 2026, before the film streams on Disney+ later in August with no exact platform date yet confirmed.
- Coverage says the film shows behind-the-scenes work and rare footage of projects in development and uses existing examples such as Pandora, World of Frozen, Zootopia, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and Pixar Pier to illustrate the process of worldbuilding.
- Leslie Iwerks’ family legacy at Disney and her prior park-focused films ground the project in company history and the documentary is positioned to generate publicity for upcoming parks work and the D23 program.