Hexed Release Date 2026 — Cast, Trailer and Story

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The Hexed release date is now just two weeks away, and Disney’s next animated adventure is shaping up to be one of the biggest family films of the Thanksgiving season. Hexed, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 65th animated feature, opens in cinemas in the United States on Wednesday, 25 November 2026, and arrives in theatres in India on Friday, 27 November 2026, in English and Hindi. Hailee Steinfeld leads the voice cast as Billie Doe, a 16-year-old who discovers she has secret magical powers and is pulled out of suburbia into a vast witch realm called Hexe.

For Disney, this is the studio’s big original animated bet for the year-end holidays, and the trailer that arrived on 12 October 2026 has already set the tone: a coming-of-age story about a teenager who has always felt out of place, a cautious mother with secrets of her own, and a magical world that runs on rules Billie is about to break.

Hexed release date and where it opens

Hexed opens exclusively in theatres in the United States on 25 November 2026, right in the middle of the Thanksgiving weekend, which has long been one of Disney’s favourite release slots for animated films. In India, the film arrives in theatres on 27 November 2026 in English and Hindi. Tickets for the film have already gone on sale in the US, and Disney has released five new posters alongside the trailer as the countdown begins. The Hexed release date is set for the Thanksgiving weekend.

There is no OTT release date or streaming platform announced yet. Like Disney’s other animated features, Hexed is a theatrical release first, and any streaming date will only be announced after its cinema run. The article will be updated when Disney confirms it. Disney will confirm streaming details after the Hexed release date.

What is Hexed about?

Hexed follows Billie Doe, an impulsive and unconventional teenager who has never quite understood why her mother, Alice, is so overprotective, or why there are so many rules around her life. When Billie’s secret magical abilities are unleashed, she is hurtled out of suburbia and into Hexe, a spectacle-filled world of witches.

Forced to team up with her cautious mother, Billie has to uncover the family mysteries tied to the strange world, and the two of them discover secrets that could change the world of witches forever. The directors describe the story, at its heart, as being about finding where you belong, and the trailer leans into that mother-daughter focus more than any Disney film in recent years. Billie is not a chosen one chasing a prophecy. She is a teenager trying to understand her own family, and the magic is the thing that finally forces the truth out.

The voice cast of Hexed

Hailee Steinfeld voices Billie Doe, the 16-year-old at the centre of the film. Steinfeld is no stranger to animation, after her memorable turns in Bumblebee and as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and she brings the same mix of stubbornness and vulnerability to Billie. Rashida Jones was the first person cast in the film, and she voices Alice, Billie’s cautious, overprotective mother.

The magical world of Hexe is filled out by a deep bench of voices. Walton Goggins voices Beef Roger Crummchuk, a reclusive, magical three-eyed cat who forges an uneasy alliance with Billie and Alice and becomes Billie’s reluctant teacher in magic. Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster voices Queen Celeste, a sinister figure who will stop at nothing to maintain her power over Hexe. Tracey Ullman voices Ms. Quill, an enchanted feather quill pen, and Stephen Fry voices Elias Quire, a magical talking journal.

The cast also includes Henry Winkler as Nigel, a skittish, all-knowing potoo bird who holds powerful secrets about Hexe, and Dan Stevens as Hieronymous, Queen Celeste’s blustering and self-important Grand Councilor of the Throne. Further voices include Brett Gelman, Samson Kayo, Jimmy O. Yang, Ron Funches, Drew McIntyre, Cheri Oteri, Kathy Najimy, Wayne Knight, Alan Tudyk, Randall Park, Bill Farmer, Pat McAfee as Rat McAfee, Chris Parnell, Sarah-Nicole Robles, Rachel Dratch, Ariana Madix, Kellie Gerardi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Abraham Benrubi and Josh Dallas.

Who made Hexed?

Hexed is directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand, and co-directed by Josie Trinidad. It is produced by Academy Award winners Roy Conli and Yvett Merino, and written by Walt Disney Animation Studios’ chief creative officer Jared Bush, an Oscar winner, together with Dana Ledoux Miller. The film is the studio’s 65th animated feature, and it follows Disney’s recent run of original animated stories rather than sequels.

The filmmakers have spoken about how the mother-daughter story shaped everything in the film. Rashida Jones was cast first, and the relationship between Alice and Billie was built out from there, with the magical world of Hexe designed to reflect the secrets a family keeps from each other. That focus is what sets Hexed apart from a straightforward fantasy adventure, and it is the reason the trailer spends as much time on the kitchen-table arguments as it does on the spectacle.

The Hexed trailer and what it reveals

Disney released the first teaser for Hexed in June 2026, and the full official trailer arrived on 12 October 2026. The trailer introduces Billie as an impulsive teenager who has always felt like an outcast, then shows her powers breaking loose and pulling her into Hexe, where the three-eyed cat Beef becomes her guide, however unwillingly.

The trailer also gives the first proper look at Queen Celeste and her court, at the enchanted objects that talk back, and at the scale of the witch realm itself. A new trailer, poster and fresh images arrived with the additional voice cast announcement, and the footage since has kept the emphasis on the same two things: the magic, and the mother and daughter at the centre of it. Watch the official trailer below.

Why Hexed matters for Disney

Hexed arrives at a moment when Disney’s animation studio is leaning back into original stories. As the 65th feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios, it carries the weight of that legacy, and the Thanksgiving release date shows how much the studio believes in it. The film opens in the same frame as the second weekend of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, so the holiday box office will be a genuine contest between a franchise blockbuster and Disney’s new original.

For family audiences, the appeal is straightforward: a funny, emotional adventure about a teenager and her mother, with a voice cast that mixes Hollywood stars with beloved character actors, and a magical world that looks unlike anything Disney has built before. If the trailer’s reception is anything to go by, Billie Doe and her three-eyed cat are about to become very familiar faces.

Hexed release date: key details at a glance

The film is Hexed, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 65th animated feature. It opens in US theatres on 25 November 2026 and in Indian theatres on 27 November 2026 in English and Hindi. Hailee Steinfeld voices Billie Doe and Rashida Jones voices her mother, Alice. Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand direct, with Josie Trinidad as co-director, and Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller wrote the film. The official trailer released on 12 October 2026. No OTT release date has been announced yet. That makes the Hexed release date one of the biggest family-film dates of November 2026.

Frequently asked questions

When is the Hexed release date?

Hexed releases in theatres in the United States on 25 November 2026. In India, the film arrives in theatres on 27 November 2026 in English and Hindi.

Who voices Billie Doe in Hexed?

Hailee Steinfeld voices Billie Doe, a 16-year-old who discovers secret magical powers and is pulled into the witch realm of Hexe.

Who is in the Hexed voice cast?

The cast includes Hailee Steinfeld, Rashida Jones, Walton Goggins as the three-eyed cat Beef Roger Crummchuk, Jodie Foster as Queen Celeste, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Fry, Henry Winkler and Dan Stevens.

Who directs Hexed?

Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand direct Hexed, with Josie Trinidad as co-director. Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller wrote the film.

Is there a Hexed trailer?

Yes. Disney released the first teaser in June 2026 and the full official trailer on 12 October 2026. The trailer is embedded in this article. Watch it ahead of the Hexed release date.

When will Hexed come to OTT?

No OTT release date or streaming platform has been announced yet. Hexed is a theatrical release first, and Disney will announce streaming details after its cinema run.