Catherine Laga’aia and Dwayne Johnson are set to make a splash with the primary trailer for Disney‘s live-action function adaptation of Moana.
Director Thomas Kail’s remake of the unique 2016 animated movie hits theaters July 10, 2026. The trailer contains the title character performing the track “How Far I’ll Go,” which was featured within the preliminary film.
Rounding out the forged are John Tui as Moana’s father, Chief Tui; Frankie Adams as Moana’s mom, Sina; and Rena Owen as Moana’s Gramma Tala.
Johnson, Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Lin-Manuel Miranda function producers. Government producing are Kail, Scott Sheldon, Charles Newirth and Auliʻi Cravalho, who voiced Moana within the 2016 movie and its 2024 theatrical sequel.
Dwell-action remakes of widespread animated properties proceed to be a precedence for Disney, which lately put a brand new model of 2010’s Tangled again in improvement after it was paused earlier this yr following Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot’s live-action Snow White underperforming on the field workplace. The studio had a large hit with the live-action remake of Lilo & Sew, whereas Barry Jenkins’ prequel film Mufasa: The Lion King additionally had a robust displaying when it debuted late final yr.
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