Hailee Steinfeld joins Disney’s Hexed
Industry reporting named Hailee Steinfeld among the leads in Disney’s Hexed, and noted her previous high‑profile roles include work referenced alongside titles like Sinners. (newsbytesapp.com) The mention appeared amid broader CinemaCon casting and studio slate coverage rather than a full production breakdown. (newsbytesapp.com)
Disney said at CinemaCon on April 16 that Hailee Steinfeld and Rashida Jones will lead the voice cast of its animated feature *Hexed*. (thewaltdisneycompany.com) Disney and the trades identified Steinfeld as Billie Doe, the teenage lead, and Jones as Billie’s mother. The studio set the film for a November 25, 2026 theatrical release. (deadline.com) The first footage shown in Las Vegas introduced Billie through a personality test run by a book and quill before she is pulled into a hidden magic world. Disney described the story as a mother-daughter adventure about powers that turn both their lives upside down. (deadline.com) *Hexed* is one of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ next original films, not a sequel or remake. Disney first announced the project at Destination D23 in August 2025, months before revealing the cast at CinemaCon. (deadline.com) The movie comes from directors Josie Trinidad and Jason Hand, with Roy Conli and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones producing and Jared Bush serving as executive producer. Disney included *Hexed* in a CinemaCon slate that also featured Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Studios titles. (thewaltdisneycompany.com) For Steinfeld, the casting adds a Disney animated lead to a screen résumé that already includes *Hawkeye*, *Arcane* and the *Spider-Verse* films. Variety reported the *Hexed* casting one week after Warner Bros. opened Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller *Sinners*, in which Steinfeld also appears. (variety.com) For Jones, *Hexed* adds a family release to credits that include *Parks and Recreation*, *The Office* and *Klaus*. The Hollywood Reporter described the film as Disney Animation’s Thanksgiving 2026 release. (hollywoodreporter.com) Disney has not released a full cast list or a public trailer yet. For now, the clearest new fact from CinemaCon is that *Hexed* has its central mother-daughter pairing and a fixed date on the 2026 holiday calendar. (thewaltdisneycompany.com)
