US EditionThe New 'Moana' Trailer Is Here, With 'The Rock' Back as Maui
The live-action Moana reunites key creatives from the 2016 hit that grossed $643 million, with Dwayne Johnson starring and Catherine Laga'aia debuting as Moana.
- In a new trailer, Disney revealed a first look at Dwayne Johnson as Maui, with the live-action Moana arriving in theaters on July 10.
- Given the 2016 animated Moana was a critical and commercial success, earning Oscar nominations and grossing seven hundred thousand dollars worldwide, it motivated the remake.
- Newcomer Catherine Lagaʻaia leads the cast as Moana, joined by John Tui, Frankie Adams, and Rena Owen, while Dana Ledoux Miller and Jared Bush return as screenwriters.
- Behind the scenes, the remake is led by producers including Dwayne Johnson, Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, with Miller and Bush as screenwriters.
- Auliʻi Cravalho, who voiced Moana in both the 2016 original and its 2024 sequel, serves as an executive producer alongside director Thomas Kail, Scott Sheldon and Charles Newirth, with music by Mark Mancina, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foaʻi, and Mancina returning to score.
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“Needs To Be Fixed”: Fans Slam Disney As Dwayne Johnson In Moana Live‑Action Goes Viral For Odd Details
Disney released the trailer for Moana live-action, starring Dwayne Johnson as Maui and Catherine Laga‘aia as the titular character, on Monday, March 23. The clip quickly went viral on social media and had netizens expressing disappointment with the wrestler-turned-actor’s look in the offering. “A non-bald Dwayne Johnson feels so wrong,” one commented, while another added, “It’s not that he isn’t bald. It’s that they made no effort to make that w…
'Moana' Live-Action Film's New Trailer Sees Dwayne Johnson, Catherine Laga'aia Bring Characters To Life
Moana fans are getting a look at Dwayne Johnson reprising his role as demigod Maui in Disney’s live-action adaptation of its 2016 hit animated film. The trailer for the live-action Moana also reveals Catherine Laga’aia as Moana, the young chieftain’s daughter who searches the seas for a way to help her village survive Te Fiti. John Tui also stars as Moana’s father, Chief Tui; Frankie Adams as Moana’s mother, Sina and Rena Owen as Moana’s Gramma …
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