{"id":385779,"date":"2025-11-17T18:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/385779\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:31:14","slug":"disney-remake-stars-dwayne-johnson-as-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/385779\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Remake Stars Dwayne Johnson as Maui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMake way! <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/disney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_disney\" data-tag=\"disney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney<\/a> has released the first trailer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/dwayne-johnson-bodysuit-live-action-moana-1236225822\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">live-action remake<\/a> of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/moana\/\" id=\"auto-tag_moana\" data-tag=\"moana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moana<\/a>,\u201d starring <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/moana-live-action-catherine-lagaaia-1236035569\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catherine Laga\u2018aia<\/a> as the titular character. Like the original 2016 animated movie, the live-action film will once again star <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/dwayne-johnson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dwayne-johnson\" data-tag=\"dwayne-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dwayne Johnson<\/a> as Maui, a once-mighty demigod who aids the adventurous young teenager on a quest to save her island and its people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThough Johnson reprises his role from the animated films, Moana (originally played by Auli\u2019i Cravalho) is now played by young newcomer Laga\u2019aia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m really excited to embrace this character because Moana is one of my favorites,\u201d said 17-year-old Laga\u2018aia. \u201cMy grandfather comes from Fa\u2018aala, Palauli, in Savai\u2018i. And my grandmother is from Leulumoega Tuai on the main island of \u2018Upolu in Samoa. I\u2019m honored to have an opportunity to celebrate Samoa and all Pacific Island peoples, and to represent young girls who look like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJohn Tui will play Moana\u2019s father Chief Tui, while Frankie Adams will play Moana\u2019s mother Sina. Rena Owen also stars as Gramma Tala. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe first animated \u201cMoana\u201d was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, with a script from Jared Bush and featuring music by Mark Mancina, Lin Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa\u02bbi. Bush returns to the live-action \u201cMoana\u201d as co-screenwriter alongside Dana Ledoux Miller, with Thomas Kail directing. Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Beau Flynn will produce. Mark Mancina returns to score the film, while Manuel Miranda will produce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFirst announced at a shareholder meeting in <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/moana-live-action-remake-dwayne-johnson-1235571997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2023<\/a>, the live-action \u201cMoana\u201d marks the tightest turnaround between an animated Disney film\u2019s original release and the live-action remake: The original \u201cMoana\u201d will be barely 10 years old when the live-action reimagining hits theaters July 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the trailer below: <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Make way! 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