Grumpy Harrison Ford, a mystery Asterisk and Ai Gone Wild: Everything from Disney’s New Slate Presentation | Films

THere are moments in life when you expect to be confronted with greatness: hearing a live orchestra swell in the opening nuts of the Star Wars theme of John Williams; Standing on the edge of the Scottish Highlands; Looking at a dog in one way or another opening a fridge and picking up a beer for the owner. And then there are times when greatness you sneak in the form of an 82-year-old Hollywood legend, who materializes as a grumpy mirage, a meter of your face, during what you thought was a routine Disney presentation of new films and TV shows.

Harrison Ford is not a man you just stumble on. He is a natural force, a living relic from an era in which leading men did not have to spend six months on a diet with chicken-and giant before they switched off their shirts. And yet, here, he looks appropriate with the whole concept to stand on a stage, ask questions in addition to his captain America: Brave New World Co stars in a spontaneous Q&A with all the enthusiasm of a man who Somehow is trapped in the world’s most boring hostage video.

And perhaps this is the true magic of Disney, which an actor such as Ford can be persuaded to shine as Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (now the new president of the US) in a Wonder Film about a man with metal wings whose task is to save all of us from a sinister Genie whose head quickly outgrows his ambitions (Tim Blake Nelson’s the Leader) and a gang terrorists with snake theme who, despite their name, are disappointing not really his snakes. It is a classic Marvel -dilemma: can Sam Wilson protect democracy, turn around and stop global catastrophe and stop Harrison Ford to walk off a fight scene halfway because he had had enough of this nonsense?

During his appearance at Disney’s 2025 Leisten presentation, Ford was typically merciful about the work of the late William Hurt, who played as Ross in previous Fox films by Marvel and 20th Century, but died in 2022. “I start to understand this is a large family And I am a small part of it, “he said with the habit of Norse Understatement that Ford watchers got to know and loving. I was grateful to the chance.

The assembled audience is also treated to an exclusive clip of the new film, from 14 February, of which we already know that Ford will transform into the Rode Hulk. It is an action-packed set piece in which Wilson (Anthony Mackie) infiltrates an enemy basic and shows the new winged captain America-suit, which we are told to be told by those useful Wakandans. . Marvel has always been a franchise that is built on increasingly shaky physics, but even the generous audience can have difficulty believing that a guy without serum and not a billionaire gadgets could stand toe to toe with a bad guy whose brain It is great that it requires its own zip code.

Elsewhere on the slate of new films, we were treated to an intriguing look at the upcoming Thunderbolts*, who looks more and more as if it will be Marvel’s answer to the suicide team, but with less talking sharks and more ex-sellers. The return of the Red Guardian of David Harbor and the Yelena Belova of Florence Pugh, and many heavily accentuated Eastern European Badinage, is perhaps worth the entrance fee. John Walker/US Agent from Wyatt Russell looks like he experienced the mill, because we last saw him in the Disney+ the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and there is still no confirmation why the Thunderbolts* an asterisk next to them have the name. Will this be the new Guardians of the Galaxy from Marvel? Or just another centuries – a film that exists technically is released, but is spoken as often as Thor: The Dark World? We will discover it in May when the film will be in the cinema.

Also on the Lei is Tron: Ares, with Jared Leto as the titular AI, which comes from the digital domain in the real world with an unknown but dangerous mission. Speeled images did not go so much further than what we have seen in trailers, but it all looks visually beautiful, with light cycles flying through human cities here and everywhere. There is no way to know, of course, whether all this incredibly expensive -looking digital sorcery will be lost in a logical vortex by the time the titles roll in October. Jeff Bridges Is back again, and let’s hope that this time a better role has been written for him than the two versions of Kevin Flynn who appeared fairly pointless in Tron: Legacy of 2010.

That is the thing about living legendes it is only worth keeping them out for a late encore if you can give them a little more meat than look vaguely mysticism or, in the case of Harrison Ford, play the US president brilliantly With all the enthusiasm of a man who is a man who is a man I just found out that his light cycle was seized.