2017

Events

 * August 22 - Disney officially enters the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray market.

Feature films

 * March 17 - Beauty and the Beast was released to mostly positive reviews.
 * April 21 - Born in China was released to positive reviews.
 * May 5 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was released to generally positive reviews.
 * May 26 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was released to generally mixed reviews.
 * June 16 - Cars 3 was released to generally positive reviews.
 * July 7 - Spider-Man: Homecoming was released to positive reviews.
 * July 14 - Jagga Jasoos (Detective Jagga) was released to mostly positive reviews.
 * November 3 - Thor: Ragnarok will be released.
 * November 22 - Coco will be released.
 * December 15 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released.

Shorts

 * March 7 - Gone Fishing
 * June 16 - Lou
 * November 22 - Olaf's Frozen Adventure

Television

 * January 2
 * Beyond premiered on Freeform.
 * Shadowhunters began its second season on Freeform.
 * Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything aired its last episode.
 * January 7
 * Ultimate Spider-Man aired its series finale on Disney XD.
 * A new programming block, Get Animated! (also known as Disney Channel Weekend Mornings), launches on Disney Channel, whose initial line-up featured Elena of Avalor, The ZhuZhus, Gravity Falls and Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
 * January 15 - Mickey and the Roadster Racers premiered on Disney Junior.
 * January 16 - Ban Jin & Ba Liang premiered on Shanghai Eastern Channel.
 * January 20 - Girl Meets World aired its series finale on Disney Channel.
 * January 26 - Scandal began its sixth season on ABC.
 * January 31
 * The Fosters returned with its second half of the fourth season on Freeform.
 * Switched at Birth began its fifth and final season on Freeform.
 * February 23 - How to Get Away with Murder ended its third season on ABC.
 * February 27
 * Star vs. the Forces of Evil ended its second season on Disney XD.
 * When We Rise began its 4-part miniseries on ABC.
 * Beyond ended its first season on Freeform.
 * March 3 - When We Rise aired its final part on ABC.
 * March 10
 * The Tangled series pilot, Before Ever After, premiered on Disney Channel.
 * Andi Mack premiered on Disney Channel app.
 * March 11 - Guardians of the Galaxy premiered its second season on Disney XD.
 * March 13
 * Baby Daddy premiered its fifth and final season on Freeform.
 * Young & Hungry premiered its first half of fifth season on Freeform.
 * March 14 - The Real O'Neals aired its series finale on ABC.
 * March 17 - Marvel's Iron Fist premiered on Netflix.
 * March 24
 * Tangled: The Series premiered on Disney Channel.
 * Liv and Maddie aired its series finale on Disney Channel.
 * March 25 - Get Animated!'s line-up changed, with Tangled: The Series and Milo Murphy's Law replacing The ZhuZhus and Gravity Falls.
 * March 27 - Stitch & Ai premiered on CCTV-1 and CCTV-14.
 * April 7 - Andi Mack premiered on Disney Channel.
 * April 11
 * The Fosters ended its fourth season on Freeform.
 * Switched at Birth aired its series finale on Freeform.
 * April 14 - Puppy Dog Pals premiered on Disney Junior.
 * May 14 - Once Upon a Time ended its sixth season on ABC.
 * May 16 - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ended its fourth season on ABC.
 * May 18 - Scandal ended its sixth season on ABC.
 * May 22
 * Baby Daddy aired its series finale on Freeform.
 * Young & Hungry ended its first half of fifth season on Freeform.
 * June 3
 * Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer premiered on Disney XD.
 * Tangled: The Series premiered on Disney Junior.
 * June 5 - Stitchers premiered its third season on Freeform.
 * June 17 - LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures premiered its second season.
 * June 22 - Future-Worm! ended its first season on Disney XD.
 * June 25 - Hotel Transylvania: The Series premiered on Disney Channel.
 * June 27 - Downward Dog aired its series finale on ABC.
 * July 3 - Star Wars: Forces of Destiny premiered on YouTube and on Disney Channel.
 * July 7
 * The Lion Guard premiered its second season on Disney Junior.
 * K.C. Undercover premiered its third season on Disney Channel.
 * July 11 - The Fosters premiered its fifth season on Freeform.
 * July 10 - The second and final season of Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero premiered on Disney XD.
 * July 15
 * The television film Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni premiered on Disney XD doubling as the Season 3 premiere.
 * Disney XD aired thier new video game releated block from 9PM until 3AM all summer long, only targeted at 13+ age requirement to watch called D|XP.
 * Super Smash Bros and Street Fighter 5 EVO 2017 finals tournament lived on Disney XD as part of D|XP block.
 * July 21
 * Descendants 2 premiered on 5 networks simultaneously on Disney Channel, Disney XD, ABC, Freeform, and Lifetime.
 * Raven's Home, a spin-off of That's So Raven, premiered on Disney Channel.
 * July 28 - Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero will air its series finale on Disney XD.
 * July 29 - The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar will premiere on Disney Channel and Disney Junior.
 * August 12 - A new DuckTales series is slated to premiere on Disney XD with a one-hour TV film.
 * August 14 - Stitchers ended its third season on Freeform
 * August 18 - Marvel's The Defenders will premiere on Netflix.
 * August 19 - Marvel's Spider-Man will premiere on Disney XD.
 * September 23 - DuckTales will premiere on Disney XD.
 * September 29 - Marvel's Inhumans will air its first two episodes on IMAX starting on September 1 before airing the rest of the series on ABC
 * Fall:
 * Big Hero 6: The Series will premiere on Disney XD.
 * Star Wars Rebels will air its fourth and final season on Disney XD.
 * Scandal will air its seventh and final season on ABC.
 * Vampirina will air.
 * Marvel's The Punisher will premiere on Netflix.
 * Right Hand Guy will premiere on Disney Channel.
 * Forever Boys will premiere on Disney Channel.
 * November 21 - Marvel's Runaways will premiere on Hulu.
 * November:
 * A second untitled Tangled: The Series special will premiere.
 * Star vs. the Forces of Evil will air its third season on Disney XD.

DVD and Blu-ray

 * January 24 - The Light Between Oceans (Touchstone/DreamWorks)
 * January 31
 * Pinocchio: Signature Collection (General re-release)
 * Queen of Katwe
 * Lilo & Stitch: 15th Anniversary Edition/Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (General re-release)
 * The Fox and the Hound/The Fox and the Hound 2 (General re-release)
 * Bolt (General re-release)
 * The Last Flight of Noah's Ark: 35th Anniversary Edition (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * February 28
 * Doctor Strange (Marvel Studios)
 * Pocahontas/Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (General re-release)
 * Mulan/Mulan II (General re-release)
 * The Princess and the Frog (General re-release)
 * March 7 - Moana
 * March 28 - Cool Runnings (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * April 4 - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm, Ltd.)
 * May 23
 * The Mighty Ducks (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * D2: The Mighty Ducks (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * D3: The Mighty Ducks (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * May 28
 * Cars (General re-release)
 * Cars 2 (General re-release)
 * Monsters, Inc. (General re-release)
 * Monsters University (General re-release)
 * June 6
 * Bambi: 75th Anniversary Edition; Signature Collection (General re-release)
 * Bambi II (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * Bambi/Bambi II (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * July 18
 * Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)
 * Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (Disney Movie Club Exclusive)


 * August 15 - Once Upon a Time: The Complete Sixth Season (ABC Studios)
 * August 22
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios)
 * Jessica Jones: The Complete First Season (Marvel Studios)
 * Daredevil: The Complete Second Season (Marvel Studios)
 * August 29
 * The Lion King: The Circle of Life Edition; Signature Collection (General re-release)
 * The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (General re-release)
 * The Lion King 1½ (General re-release)
 * Born in China
 * Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three (Lucasfilm, Ltd.)
 * October 3 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases

 * August 22 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios; the first Disney film ever that was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, and first Marvel's)
 * October 3 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (the first Walt Disney Pictures film ever that was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray)

DVD-only releases

 * January 10 - The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands
 * February 7 - Elena of Avalor: Elena and the Secret of Avalor
 * February 21 - Nashville: The Complete Fourth Season (ABC Studios)
 * February 28
 * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: 80th Anniversary Edition; Signature Collection (General re-release)
 * Beauty and the Beast: 25th Anniversary Edition; Signature Collection (General re-release)
 * March 7 - Mickey and the Roadster Racers: Volume 1
 * April 4 - Tangled: Before Ever After
 * July 25 - Mickey and the Roadster Racers: Minnie's Happy Helpers
 * August 15 - Mickey and the Roadster Racers: Start Your Engines
 * August 29 - Designated Survivor: The Complete First Season (ABC Studios)

Comics

 * May 23
 * The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library: The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan
 * Donald Duck: The Daily Newspaper Comics, Volume 4
 * June 6
 * The Don Rosa Library - Volume 6: "The Treasure of the Ten Avatars"
 * Mickey Mouse: The Floyd Gottfredson Library - Volume 11: Mickey vs. Mickey
 * July 18 - Donald Quest: Hammer of Magic
 * July 25 - Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume 2#
 * July 31 - IDW will begin publishing a new DuckTales comic book
 * August 5 - IDW will begin publishing a Tangled comic book
 * September 19
 * The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library: The Secret of Hondorica
 * Walt Disney's Christmas Classics
 * October 3
 * The Don Rosa Library - Volume 8: Escape From Forbidden Valley
 * Mickey Mouse: The Floyd Gottfredson Library - Volume 12: The Mysterious Dr. X
 * October 10 - Silly Symphonies Volume 3: The Complete Disney Classics 1939-1942
 * Fall - IDW Publishing will begin publishing Star Wars Adventures

Books

 * January 3
 * Elena and Naomi's Big Adventure
 * Disney Princess Beginnings
 * Anna Takes Charge
 * January 13 - From Donald Duck's Daddy to Disney Legend
 * January 31 - Beauty and the Beast: Junior Novelization
 * February 17 - Before Ever After
 * February 21 - My Best Friend's Birthday
 * February 28 - Tangled: Before Ever After Cinestory
 * March 7 - Star and Marco's Guide to Mastering Every Dimension
 * March 28 - Kingdom Keepers The Return: Disney at Last
 * April 25 - Once Upon a Time: Regina Rising
 * May 2 - Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy
 * May 23 - Rise of the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel
 * July 25 - Inferno Squad
 * August 15 - Disney Descendants: School of Secrets: Lonnie's Warrior Sword
 * August 29 - Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons
 * September 5 - Rapunzel and the Lost Lagoon
 * October 10 - Totally Awesome: The Greatest Cartoons of the Eighties
 * November 14 - Disney Descendants: Carlos's Scavenger Hunt

Albums

 * February 6 - DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
 * March 10 - Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 * April 21
 * Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Volume 2
 * Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Original Score)
 * June 9 - Cars 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 * August 4 - The Legacy Collection: Robin Hood
 * November 17 - Coco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Theme parks

 * January 3 - The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror closed at Disney California Adventure.
 * January 8
 * Space Mountain: Mission 2 closed at Disneyland Park (Paris).
 * A Christmas Fantasy Parade had its final performance at Disneyland.
 * January 11
 * Grand Circuit Raceway closed at Tokyo Disneyland to make way for the Fantasyland expansion.
 * Iron Man Experience and Iron Man Tech Showcase opened at Hong Kong Disneyland.
 * January 20 - Main Street Electrical Parade returned at Disneyland and would continue to run until August 20.
 * January 29 - Fantasy in the Sky had its final performance at Disneyland.
 * February 3 - Remember... Dreams Come True returned at Disneyland.
 * February 17 - Rivers of Light premiered at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
 * February 24 - Village Haus Restaurant at Disneyland was temporarily rethemed as the Red Rose Taverne.
 * March 12 - Miss Adventure Falls opened at Typhoon Lagoon.
 * March 17 - A Table is Waiting had its final performance at Tokyo DisneySea.
 * March 24 - Disney Magic on Parade and Disney Dreams! had their final performance at Disneyland Paris.
 * March 26 - Disneyland Paris began its 25th anniversary celebration.
 * Both Disney Stars on Parade and Disney Illuminations premiered.
 * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue opened.
 * Chantons La Reine des Neiges had its final performance.
 * March 29 - CinéMagique closed at Walt Disney Studios Park.
 * April 21 - Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique opened at Tokyo Disneyland.
 * April 30 - Disney's Explorers Lodge Hotel opened at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort.
 * May 7 - Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain opened at Disneyland Paris, as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.
 * May 11 - Wishes had its final performance at Magic Kingdom.
 * May 12
 * Nemo & Friends SeaRider opened at Tokyo DisneySea.
 * Happily Ever After premiered at Magic Kingdom.
 * May 27
 * Pandora: The World of Avatar opened at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
 * Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! opened at Disney California Adventure.
 * May 29 - Hyperspace Mountain closed at Disneyland.
 * June 1 - Space Mountain returned at Disneyland.
 * July 3 - DisneyQuest closed to make way for the NBA Experience after a failed attempt in 2016.
 * July 11 - Steps to Shine premiered at Tokyo DisneySea until March 19, 2018.
 * July 17 - Fantasmic! returned at Disneyland.
 * July 29 - Disneyland Railroad and Rivers of America which consists of Mark Twain Riverboat and Sailing Ship Columbia will return at Disneyland.
 * August 13
 * Ellen's Energy Adventure will close at Epcot to make way for Guardians of the Galaxy Ride.
 * The Great Movie Ride will close at Disney's Hollywood Studios to make way for Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway.
 * Summer - Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters will close at Hong Kong Disneyland to make way for the Ant-Man Ride.
 * October 10 - Star Jets will close at Tokyo Disneyland.
 * November 6
 * Beauty and the Beast will premiere on the Disney Dream.
 * Once Upon a Time will have its final performance at Tokyo Disneyland.
 * Fall - Disney in the Stars will have its final performance at Hong Kong Disneyland.

Other events

 * January 9-15 - Kingdom Hearts launches 15th anniversary ‘Memorial Stained Glass Clock’ campaign was held in Shinjuku Station.
 * March 10, 11 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in Tokyo International Forum Hall A (Japan).
 * March 18, 19 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in Salle Pleyel (France).
 * March 24, 25 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in Central Hall Westminster (England).
 * March 31 - "Blass Band Disney!" Concert was held in Maihama Amphitheater.
 * May 6, 7 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in Esplanade Concert Hall (Singapore).
 * May 13 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in KKLC Plenary Hall (Malaysia).
 * May 21 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in Asia World Expo Runaway 11 (Hong Kong).
 * June 10, 11, 14 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in Dolby Theatre (North America).
 * June 23, 24 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in United Palace Theatre (North America).
 * July 8 - Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour- was held in ORIX Theater. (Japan)
 * July 14-16 - The D23 Expo was held in Anaheim Convention Center.

Video games

 * January 12 - Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue (PS4) (Japan)
 * January 24 - Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue (PS4) (North America)
 * March 7 - Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (digital download and hard copy, PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Microsoft Windows; worldwide)
 * March 9 - Kingdom Hearts HD I.5+II.5 Remix (PS4) (Japan)
 * March 23 - Kingdom Hearts Union χ (iOS/Android) (Japan)
 * March 28 - Kingdom Hearts HD I.5+II.5 Remix (PS4) (North America)
 * March 31 - Kingdom Hearts HD I.5+II.5 Remix (PS4) (Europe)
 * April 6 - Kingdom Hearts Union χ (iOS/Android) (North America)
 * April 18 - The Disney Afternoon Collection
 * June 13 - Cars 3: Driven to Win
 * September 19 - Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 4/Xbox One)
 * November 17 - Star Wars Battlefront II (Microsoft Windows/PS4/Xbox One)

Character debuts

 * March 10 - Cassandra
 * March 17 - Cadenza, Jean Potts, Belle's Mother
 * April 4 - StellaLou
 * April 7 - Andi Mack, Cyrus Goodman, Buffy Driscoll, Bex Mack, Celia Mack, Jonah Beck, Ham Mack, Amber
 * May 5 - Mantis, Ego the Living Planet, Ayesha, Taserface, Brahl
 * June 16 - Cruz Ramirez, Jackson Storm, Natalie Certain, Sterling, Miss Fritter, Chase Racelott, Danny Swervez, Hamilton
 * July 7 - Flash Thompson, Michelle, Vulture, Liz Allan, Ned Leeds, Tinkerer, Shocker, Betty Brant
 * November 3 - Hela, Valkyrie, Skurge, Grandmaster
 * November 22 - Miguel Rivera, Ernesto De la Cruz, Hector, Abuelita, Mama Coco

Business

 * January 24 - Avalanche Software, previously shuttered by Disney in May 2016, was acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and reopened.

People

 * July 10 - Steve Whitmire leaves The Muppets.

Deaths

 * January 13 - Dick Gautier (actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer and singer)
 * January 19 - Miguel Ferrer (actor, voice actor, director and cinematographer)
 * January 25 - John Hurt (actor, voice actor and singer)
 * January 28 - Richard Portman (re-recording mixer, foley mixer, assistant foley artist, sound recordist, sound re-recordist, re-recording supervisor, re-recordist, dubbing mixer and actor)
 * February 19 - Danuta Szaflarska (actress and voice actress)
 * February 24 - Gustaw Lutkiewicz (actor and voice actor)
 * February 25 - Bill Paxton (actor, voice actor, producer, screenwriter, director, set decorator, set dresser, pop star, art director, production designer and production manager)
 * March 1 - Richard Karron (actor, voice actor and singer)
 * March 6 - Robert Osborne (film historian, actor, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer)
 * March 18 - Chuck Berry (musician, singer, actor, composer and producer)
 * April 6 - Don Rickles (stand-up comedian and actor)
 * April 22 - Witold Pyrkosz (actor and voice actor)
 * May 9 - Al Nalbandian (florist and actor)
 * May 13 - John Cygan (actor, voice actor and director)
 * May 14 - Powers Boothe (actor, voice actor and singer)
 * May 23 - Roger Moore (actor, voice actor, producer, director, screenwriter and singer)
 * May 31 - Tino Insana (actor, voice actor, story editor, screenwriter, producer and singer)
 * June 8 - Glenne Headly (actress and voice actress)
 * June 9 - Adam West (actor, voice actor, singer, director and creative consultant)
 * June 16 - Stephen Furst (actor, voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and comedian)
 * June 17 - Bill Dana (actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer and singer)
 * June 22 - Hartmut Neugebauer (actor and voice actor)
 * July 15 - Martin Landau (actor, voice actor and producer)
 * July 16 - George A. Romero (director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, photographer, actor and voice actor)