Powermaker

"A hero will eventually rise."

- Tagline

Powermaker is an upcoming 2025 American computer-animated superhero comedy film directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by The Walt Disney Company, it is the 31st film produced by the studio, and is produced by Bird and John Walker, from a screenplay by Lord, Miller, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and from a story by Bird, Lord and Miller. The film stars Ben Schwartz, Zachary Levi, J.K. Simmons, Awkwafina, Jeff Bennett, Andy Samberg, Elizabeth Olsen, and Justin Theroux.

The film is heavily inspired by Pixar's The Incredibles, which also involved Bird, Walker, and Schaffer. The film is a collaboration between well-known director duos Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. They intended the film to be similar to The Incredibles while at the same time keeping a "style and story" that that film did not explore too much. The cast signed on in June 2024.

Powermaker was released in theaters on June 15, 2025. It was a box office success, grossing $939 million against a budget of $200 million, resulting in a profit of $739 million for Disney and Pixar. It received positive reviews, who praised it's distinction from The Incredibles while still keeping the same charm, and also praised it's original story, voice cast, characters, humor, and action sequences, with critics drewing comparisons with Megamind, Shazam!, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sky High, and more. A sequel is in development.

Synopsis
Jeff McCarter is an insurance seller who has a double identity as the superhero Powermaker. The strongest hero in the city, Jeff, alongside his allies, goes on a dangerous adventure across the universe to explore different realities to stop a more powerful threat. During the journey, he will experience self-discovery and improvement as a superhero and forge the next chapter as the mighty Powermaker.

Voice Cast

 * Ben Schwartz as Jeff McCarter / Powermaker, an insurance seller and the mightiest hero in the city and the main protagonist.
 * Schwartz also portrays McCarter's alternate version from Earth-10.
 * Zachary Levi as Dennis Baker / Justicemaker, a teenager with ice powers and Powermaker's occassional sidekick and the deuteragonist.
 * J. K. Simmons as Peter Slumberfritz / Prodigy, the owner of an antique store and secretly a space traveler who wants to conquer the universe. He is the main antagonist.
 * Awkwafina as Rami Turner
 * Elizabeth Olsen as Alternate Rami Turner
 * Jeff Bennett as Roger Curtis / Silhuette
 * Andy Samberg as Roger Craig / Dark Silhuette
 * Michelle Yeoh as Kara Million
 * Justin Theroux as the Elder, the film's overarching antagonist.