Gather up some snacks and prepare to buy approximately 5,000 cinema tickets in the next 3 years: Walt Disney have just announced all the movies to be released before 2019.

During the D23 fan convention earlier this year, Disney laid out its theatrical schedule through 2017 - and the Mouse House has now announced the release dates for more films stretching through 2019.

2017

Live-action version of Beauty and the Beast

EMMA WATSON. STANLEY TUCCI. EWAN MCGREGOR. JOSH GAD. Released March 17, 2017.

Guardian of the Galaxy Volume 2

The sequel to the first film, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 stars Chris Pratt's Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana's Gamora, Dave Bautista's Drax, Vin Diesel's Groot and Bradley Cooper's Rocket Racoon. Baby Groot! Due in cinemas 28th April 2017.

Cars

The third Cars movie will premiere 14 July, 2017.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge

A down-on-his-luck Jack Sparrow faces a terrifying ghost ship led by his old nemesis Javiar Bardem, whilst Kaya Scodelario will also star. MovieWeb report it'll be released May 26 2017.

Thor: Ragnarok

Chris Hemsworth is back on our screens for the third instalment of the Thor films, and it's rumoured that The Hulk will be making an appearance, too. This will be released on November 3rd 2017.

Coco

Inspired by Mexican celebration, Day of the Dead. Expected in cinemas November 22nd, 2017.

Currently untitled Star Wars film

The eight episode of the Star Wars franchise has a release date in 2017, but no name as of yet. Due in cinemas December 15th 2017.

Cruella

Movie WebsayDisney's live-action remake of 101 Dalmatians will focus on Cruella De Vil - played by Emma Stone - and her back story, whilst reporting that it's out on December 22nd 2017.

2018

Black Panther

2018 sees the introduction of a very new Marvel superhero movie starring Chadwick Boseman. Black Panther rumoured to come out on February 16 2018.

Avengers: Infinity War

The 2018 sequel will apparently be a two-part film - with the Independent reporting that the first part Infinity War coming out on April 28th 2018

Currently untitled Star Wars spin-off

A Star Wars spin-off movie is allegedly in the works, and will be a prequel about Han Solo. Rumoured to be released in May, 2018.

Toy Story 4

Yep, they're doing another one. The story will be a love story between Woody and Bo Beep, and The Independent report it will be released July 13, 2018.

Mulan

Following the success of the live-action version of Cinderella, Disney announced loads of other cartoons were being made into real life productions, too - with MovieMarker suggesting Mulan's release date is Nov 2nd 2018.

Gigantic

Inspired by classic story Jack and the Beanstalk, the movie will follow Jack, who stumbles upon giants in the sky and befriends a 60 ft, 11-year-old girl named Imma. Release date as November 21, 2018.

Mary Poppins Returns

With Emily Blunt already cast as Mary Poppins in the live-action remake of the original IMdb have reported that it's due to be released on Dec 25th (Christmas Day!), 2018.

2019

Captain Marvel

A female led superhero film FINALLY hits up our screens in 2019, with LaunchingFilms reporting the release date as March 8 2019.

Avengers: Infinity War- Part II

IMdb say the third and final instalment of Avengers will take place May 3rd, 2019.

Star Wars episode IX

Yep, another Star Wars movie - which the details about this one being more sparse than the last. What we do know, though, is it will be directed by Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow and is reportedly released on May 24th 2019, according to IMdb.

The Incredibles

Details are sparse, but it's a sequel to the first one and will premiere 19 July, 2019.

Disney also locked down four release dates for their upcoming live-action remakes, and whilst we don't know what is released on which date - save the following dates in your diary. Released December 22, 2017, March, 29, 2019 and November 8, 2019.

From: Cosmopolitan UK