Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur would be a 2026 film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Spielberg and Christina Hudson, while Kevin Feige would produce the film. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film would star Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alfred Molina, and the voice of Frank Welker. The film's score would be composed by John Williams, a recurring collaborator of Spielberg's.

The film would be first announced in January 2023, with Spielberg being in talks to direct the film. Spielberg would join the project by mid-August, with Wright Joseph being set to star as Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl. Filming would begin in July 2024, in Atlanta Georgia. Animatronic dinosaurs would be used during filming, which would be replaced by CGI dinosaurs by Industrial Light & Magic during post-production.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur would be released on May 13, 2026, and would become a critical and financial success, earning 1.2 million dollars in box-office over a budget of 150 millions. The film would be praised for Wright Joseph's performance, direction, visual effects, and musical score. The film would have an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects and Best Picture.

Synopsis
For gifted teenager Lunella Lafayette, life has been quite hard as of late, having moved to New York City and having to adapt to a new school. Just as she starts to get her life back on track, destiny throws her a big change: a giant dinosaur known as Devil shows up and takes her in. Lunella soon discovers that the poor dinosaur is actually looking for help to escape his abusive owner: the warlord and conquer High Evoltionary., who has been using genetically-altered dinosaurs for ages to take over planets. As Lunella develops a bond with the creature, she must embrace the destiny upon her as a heroine to prevent the High Evolutionary from capturing Devil and taking over the world.

Cast

 * Shahadi Wright Joseph as Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl: A gifted teenager who is struggling with her life after moving to New York City, and who develops a bond with Devil Dinosaur. Wright Joseph would describe the character as "a regular girl with relatable problems, cause she has a problem with change. And then she meets this big giant dinosaur who ends up helping her to accpet change". According to director Steven Spielberg, the character's arc in the film would be based on a line from her first appearance, during which she expresses fear for change, which he would felt "it would bring a down-to-earth arc in a crazy film".
 * Frank Welker as the vocal effects of Devil Dinosaur, a genetically-altered dinosaur who, after being abused for years by the High Evolutionary, escapes to New York City, eventually meeting and befriending Lunella.
 * Alfred Molina as the High Evolutionary, an evil scientist with a god complex who has been using an army of genetically-altered dinosaurs to conquer planets for ages. According to producer Kevin Feige, Molina would be cast "because of his ability to bring to the character the complexity that he had in the comics".