Disney launched a brand new trailer for the live-action “Moana” movie on Monday, providing a contemporary take a look at the most recent extension of one of many firm’s most beneficial franchises.
Dwayne Johnson reprises his function as trickster demigod Maui within the movie, which additionally stars Catherine Lagaʻaia as Moana, John Tui as Moana’s no-nonsense father, Chief Tui; Frankie Adams, who portrays Moana’s playful and strong-willed mom, Sina; and Rena Owen as Moana’s revered Gramma Tala.
The movie comes on the heels of the success of the animated “Moana 2,” a transforming of a deliberate Disney+ sequel collection that grossed over $1 billion on the field workplace in 2024.
The first “Moana” opened in 2016 and shortly turned a smash hit, grossing practically $700 million on the field workplace and netting two Oscar nominations. But the movie’s adoration actually kicked into gear when Disney+ launched and households started watching “Moana” over and over, as Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs joined the litany of Disney classics like “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin” and “Circle of Life” from “The Lion King.”
So it appeared inevitable that Disney would flip to “Moana” as its first fashionable movie to get the live-action remedy, after previous live-action redos like “Lilo & Stitch,” “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” have been large hits.
Disney’s live-action “Moana” is directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Thomas Kail (“Hamilton”); produced by Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia and Lin-Manuel Miranda; and govt produced by Kail, Scott Sheldon, Charles Newirth and Auliʻi Cravalho, who voiced Moana within the animated movies “Moana” and “Moana 2.”
“Moana” options unique songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina, and an unique rating composed by Mancina.
The movie opens completely in theaters on July 10, 2026.
