Hailee Steinfeld and Rashida Jones Noam Galai/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images Logo text Disney Animation’s 2026 original Thanksgiving movie Hexed has found its voice stars: Hailee Steinfeld and Rashida Jones.
Josie Trinidad and Jason Hand are directing the feature, while Roy Conli and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones are producing. It’s slated to hit theaters Nov. 25, 2026.
Steinfeld will voice the role of Billie, an unconventional teenager from a boring town who accidentally discovers that she’s a witch and finds herself whisked away to a world of magic. Her type-A mom, voiced by Jones, also finds her world upside down.
Disney showed off teaser featuring Steinfeld’s Billie meeting a talking book and pen. “Have you ever been persecuted, drowned or burned at the stake?” the Pen asks, to which Billie quips, “I’ve burned a steak in the microwave.” After Billie signs her name to his pages, the book then introduces her to a “world of magic and wonder.”
The project was first revealed by Jared Bush, chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, at a D23 event in August 2025.
Disney Animation has long dominated the Thanksgiving holiday corridor. Last year, its buffet entree, Zootopia 2, became a global sensation, grossing north of $1.86 billion at the worldwide box office.
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