Disney Earns 144 Golden Trailer Award Nominations, Including 'The Muppet Show'

The 2026 Golden Trailer Award nominees are out, and Disney leads the list with a whopping 144 nominations.

Disney Golden Trailer Award Nominations

FX’s Alien: Earth is the Disney project with the most nominations at eight. The Mandalorian & Grogu, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Tron: Ares, and Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building each have six nominations while Marvel’s Thunderbolts* earned five. Zootopia 2, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hoppers, and Andor each pulled three.

The Best Animation TrailerByte for a Feature Film category is dominated by only Disney films: Hoppers, Lilo & Stitch (two nominations), Moana 2, and Zootopia 2.

Disney also received four out of the five nominations for Best Animation/Family (Trailer/Teaser) – TV/Streaming Series, including LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails, LEGO Star Wars, Marvel Zombies, and Maul – Shadow Lord. The fifth nominee is Netflix’s Stranger Things.

The Muppet Show special’s full-length trailer (below), 30-second TV spot, and poster were all nominated.

Universal Pictures pulled a handful of nominations, including three for Wicked: For Good and four for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon.

The Golden Trailer Awards honor “excellence in marketing for film, television, and streaming content.” This year’s ceremony hosted by stand-up comic Morgan Jay will be held at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills on May 28.

“The breadth and depth of this year’s nominations highlight the vibrancy and creativity of our industry, not just in the projects themselves but in the trailers, TV spots and key art that bring them to life,” Golden Trailer Awards executive director Evelyn Brady said. “It’s always a thrill to celebrate the teams behind the campaigns that fill theaters and keep audiences binge-watching. This year’s work has been exceptional, reflected both in the creativity honored at the GTAs and in renewed theater attendance and momentum for moviegoing overall.”

Monica Brady, executive producer of the GTA ceremony, said, “At the heart of every movie marketer is a movie fan who sees no shame in going to the theater just to watch the trailers. With such a diverse group of nominees, the true winners are the audiences, who now recognize a great trailer as a work of art in itself.”

Check out the full list of 2026 Golden Trailer Award nominees.