Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway gets a new trailer and poster
A new trailer and poster introduce the Heffleys’ Christmas island escape. Greg’s next animated adventure arrives exclusively on Disney+ on 4 December 2026.
The short answer: A new trailer and poster introduce the Heffleys’ Christmas island escape. Greg’s next animated adventure arrives exclusively on Disney+ on 4 December 2026.
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The Heffleys have a plan to escape Christmas stress: take the whole family to an all-inclusive island resort. Greg, naturally, is already unhappy about it. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway has a new trailer and poster ahead of its exclusive Disney+ release on 4 December 2026.
Announced on 4 November 2026, the promotional materials introduce an animated holiday comedy built around a familiar family-travel problem: booking a break does not guarantee anyone will relax. The Heffleys make their decision at the last minute, hoping for rest, only to discover that their island paradise has problems of its own.
Greg’s holiday companions
Jacob Isaac Peterson voices Greg, with Chris Diamantopoulos as his dad, Frank, and Erica Cerra as his mum, Susan. Cerra’s connection to the family extends beyond this trip: she also voiced Susan in earlier animated Wimpy Kid films. Hunter Dillon plays Greg’s sarcastic older brother, Rodrick, while Gracen Newton voices his younger brother, Manny.
Beyond the family, the holiday brings some pointedly named company. Fred Armisen, whose credits include Wednesday, voices the over-eager Director of Fun, while Beau Bridges plays Captain Stubbard. For a boy already dismayed by the trip, organised fun hardly sounds like an escape.
From Kinney’s pages to the island
Readers will recognise the holiday premise from The Getaway, the twelfth book in Jeff Kinney’s series, which Publishers Weekly identifies as the basis for the film. In the book, sunburn, stomach bugs and creepy creatures threaten the family’s tropical break. Even before the screen adaptation, the Heffleys’ dream holiday was heading for trouble.
Kinney is writing and producing the film, keeping the books’ creator directly involved in Greg’s screen adventures. His first Wimpy Kid book appeared in print in 2007, after he had developed the project for years and published it online in instalments.
Director Matt Danner also returns to familiar territory after directing Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw. His animation work extends to Muppet Babies, where he voiced Kermit the Frog and won an Emmy for the performance in 2020.
The animated films have already included Rodrick Rules and the Christmas story Cabin Fever. The Getaway gives the Heffleys another festive adventure, this time built around an island holiday rather than a stay at home. A change of destination is no guarantee of peace for Greg.
The film also follows Fight or Flight, the twenty-first Wimpy Kid book, released on 20 October. That separate, school-set story puts Greg in the path of a bully, leaving him to decide whether to stand up for himself or run away. Speaking to Publishers Weekly about the book, Kinney described an image that helped the story take shape:
Then I had the idea that Greg would be dressed in a chicken suit with boxing gloves, and that felt like a good comic image for the cover. Jeff Kinney, speaking to Publishers Weekly about the book Fight or Flight