See how far audiences will go to race to the theater to see this one. Disney unveiled the primary have a look at the teaser for the live-action “Moana,” with Dwayne Johnson reprising his function as Maui and starring Catherine Lagaʻaia because the title Disney princess Moana.
Contemplating that “Moana” has been one of many greatest hits over the past decade of the streaming period, we predict that this one will completely soar on the field workplace.
Along with Lagaʻaia and Johnson, the “Moana” solid contains Auckland, New Zealand, native John Tui as Moana’s father, Samoan-New Zealander Frankie Adams as Moana’s mom, and Rena Owen, from Bay of Islands, New Zealand, as Moana’s revered Gramma Tala.
“Moana” is directed by “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail and produced by Dwayne Johnson, together with Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Lin-Manuel Miranda; and govt produced by Kail, Scott Sheldon, Charles Newirth and Auliʻi Cravalho, who voiced Moana within the animated options “Moana” and “Moana 2.”
“Moana” follows a lady from her island dwelling of Motunui who solutions the ocean’s name and units off on a voyage past the reef of her island, the place nobody has ventured in generations, to be able to monitor down the notorious demigod Maui and restore her island and other people to well being and its former glory. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music for the movie, and he scored an Oscar nomination for the unique monitor “How Far I’ll Go,” which is featured within the teaser for this movie, however it additionally contains quite a few different bops reminiscent of Maui’s diddy “You’re Welcome.”
The unique “Moana” launched in 2016 and made $643 million worldwide on the field workplace, changing into one among Disney’s greatest unique animated hits of this century this aspect of “Frozen” and “Encanto.” Although an animated sequence was initially supposed for Disney+ as a streaming unique, the sequence was ultimately transformed into a brand new theatrical movie, which opened final yr and revamped $1 billion globally on the field workplace.
“Moana” opens in U.S. theaters on July 10, 2026. Watch the primary teaser trailer above.
