'VILLAINS' Text Added to Mural at Hollywood Studios' Sunset Showcase as Final McQueen Sign Removed

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Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After construction - May 20, 2025

Posted: Tuesday May 20, 2025 9:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Work continues at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on the new exterior mural for Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After at Sunset Showcase. Crews are now painting the word “VILLAINS” in bright yellow lettering across the dramatic purple and magenta backdrop.

Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After construction - May 20, 2025

The lettering is part of the villain-themed facade transformation that has taken shape over the past week. Sharp geometric lines radiating from a central point—evoking broken shards of glass—are now being complemented by the high-contrast yellow “VILLAINS” text.

Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After construction - May 20, 2025

In addition to the mural progress, the final visible piece of Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy has now been removed. The pole-mounted sign located near the entrance to the courtyard is no longer in place, fully clearing the area of references to the previous attraction.

Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After construction - May 20, 2025

Inside the courtyard, umbrellas have been installed throughout the space. These appear to be part of a shaded extended queue setup, indicating that Disney is expecting significant guest demand for Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After when it opens on May 27, 2025.

Villains Show concept art

The new show will feature Cruella de Vil, Captain Hook, Maleficent, and more in a live musical production set in the Magic Mirror’s mysterious realm. It includes original songs, theatrical effects, and an audience-driven finale where guests help decide which villain has been most unfairly treated.

Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After Poster

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Comped6 days ago

Old Nemo was really the last breath of old WDE, years after it was dissolved, helped by the fact they had literal Broadway caliber writers involved. Shame we'll never see the 2 hour version ever. As for Lion King, it's cheap for Disney (relatively) and extremely popular. Disney has never really tried, beyond the Tarzan later Nemo, to put other shows in AK besides FOLTK - and it's unfortunate they haven't.

Professortango16 days ago

I'd say the old Nemo was the best show I've seen at WDW in ages. Lion King...while it was fun to see 90's California parade floats again, the show was the definition of overrated. This show feels a lot like when my friend was in Paw Patrol Live. Except that had more than one actor onstage and the dog puppets were visually interesting. This is just projected vague scenery and really bad material being carried by one actor at a time.

Professortango16 days ago

Thank goodness, as the full screen option posted by this site seems to be broken. Although every time you try and click the option, it forces the video to restart and play another ad, so the broken site feature is obviously adding revenue to WDWmagic's pockets.

LittleBuford6 days ago

UNCgolf6 days ago

I'd watch a Villains production of My Fair Lady.

wdwmagic6 days ago

'Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After' Song 'Magic Mirror' Now Available on Streaming https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/magic-mirror-villains-show/news/30may2025-disney-villains-unfairly-ever-after-song-magic-mirror-now-available-on-streaming.htm With the release, YouTube has also now removed the block not he opening 3 minutes. Here is the full show.

Tori6 days ago

DisneyHead1236 days ago

Due to a surge in interest, an updated Villains show will feature Maleficent reciting “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plane” until, to the audience’s delight, she finally achieves a perfect upper class London accent. Hook is rumored to have a dramatic act wherein the pirates are briefly transported to New Jersey and come back insisting that the stuff they are sailing in is called wooder.

eddie1047 days ago

This board is notorious for grasping at straws to make a point. If you don’t like the Villains show or think it should be better that’s fine. But don’t start throwing out random examples to prove something when it’s not that deep.

Disney Analyst7 days ago

Yeah, both shows are meant to be major attractions for their respective lands. Heck, Le Cirque Arcanus is the ONLY attraction in the land when Ministry is having issues. Which is... not ideal, for such a big grand land.

Andrew C7 days ago

That’s what happens when someone opens a new theme park in orlando. Which hasn’t happened in decades. People gonna talk.

Agent H7 days ago

Not to mention they are entirely different concepts. So mark this down as the 4000th random epic universe comment.

UNCgolf7 days ago

While I think the Villains show looks terrible, I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. The Universal HP show (as well as the HTTYD show) seems like it was designed as a relatively major attraction that will likely run for a long time, whereas Villains is a minor addition for extra (and needed) park capacity. It's a bit like comparing an E (or maybe D) ticket attraction to a C ticket. Not that that means Villains shouldn't be better than it is, though.