Hailee Steinfeld Joins Cast at Hollywood World Premiere of Disney’s Hexed

HOLLYWOOD, November 12, 2026 — Hailee Steinfeld, Rashida Jones and Jodie Foster joined filmmakers at the world premiere of Disney’s Hexed, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ new animated adventure, which opens in cinemas on November 25.

Walt Disney Animation Studios posted from the event on Thursday, inviting followers to “Join us at the World Premiere of Disney’s #Hexed” and later sharing arrivals on a purple carpet, including posts identifying Steinfeld as Billie Doe, Jones as Alice Doe and Foster as Queen Celeste. The studio later wrote: “That’s a wrap,” and confirmed: “Disney’s Hexed is in theaters November 25.” The official Disney account reposted that ticket reminder on Friday.

The premiere was held at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre, Laughing Place reported from the carpet on Thursday evening. ABC7 Los Angeles also covered the star-studded Hollywood screening, which took place on Thursday night. Official photographs from the studio show a purple carpet and a large “Disney Hexed World Premiere” display among autumn foliage.

In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ official synopsis, an impulsive teenage girl named Billie, voiced by Steinfeld, discovers secret magical abilities that send her out of suburbia and into a witch realm called Hexe. Forced to team up with her cautious mother, Alice, voiced by Jones, they uncover family mysteries that could change the world of witches for ever. Walton Goggins voices Beef Roger Crummchuk, a reclusive, magical three-eyed cat, while two-time Academy Award winner Foster voices Queen Celeste, a sinister figure determined to hold on to power over Hexe.

Speaking at the premiere, Steinfeld told ABC7 that Billie “knows there’s this world out there that is so much greater and that’s where she belongs, and I love that she just stops at nothing to find her place in this world.” Jones said: “It’s so nice to see that in animation to have mother-daughter relationships be highlighted like this.” Foster, describing Queen Celeste, said she “loved her diabolic quality and that she was kind of snooty and that she’s a big liar and hypocrite,” adding: “This felt like a challenge I hadn’t done before.”

Co-director Jason Hand told ABC7 that Foster brought “so much incredible evilness” to the role. Writer Dana Ledoux Miller said the film includes “a lot of things we’re doing in this movie that we really haven’t done in a Disney animated film before.” Jared Bush, who co-wrote the screenplay and is Walt Disney Animation Studios’ chief creative officer, said special attention went into the reflections in Billie’s eyes, which he said always include a crescent moon. ABC7 also noted that Yvette Nicole Brown voices a character called Scared Tea Cup.

The film is directed by Fawn Veerasunthorn and Jason Hand, co-directed by Josie Trinidad, and produced by Roy Conli and Yvett Merino, from a screenplay by Bush and Miller, with an original score by Kris Bowers. Disney’s official film page lists a wider voice ensemble that also includes Henry Winkler, Dan Stevens, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Fry, Brett Gelman, Jimmy O. Yang, Ron Funches, Drew (McIntyre) Galloway, Cheri Oteri, Wayne Knight, Alan Tudyk, Randall Park and others. The studio has rated the film PG. Tickets are on sale, with Disney Animation pointing audiences to listings including Fandango, ahead of an exclusive theatrical opening on November 25, the day before Thanksgiving in the United States.

The original Disney Animation premiere post can be viewed on X: https://x.com/DisneyAnimation/status/2121060297863819456. Disney’s official account also shared the theatrical reminder: https://x.com/Disney/status/2121098698537001374. Further details are on Disney’s official film page at https://movies.disney.com/hexed.

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