Forget any bad buzz that there’s a funk at the box office, because it always boils down to product, as well as time and space. As we told you throughout the weekend, the live-action Moana was too close to Thanksgiving 2024’s Moana 2 on the calendar. Had it gone in place of Moana 2 at that point in…

Disney, have you learned your lesson yet? Following the watering down of the Marvel Cinematic Universe on Disney+ during Covid and the era of then-CEO Bob Chapek, Bob Iger during his second regime promised a curated selection of big hits, quality over quantity. But with Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Man…

SUNDAY WRITETHRU: Disney’s live-action Moana didn’t catch a wave Saturday, when most families come out, crashing to the shore this weekend with a $43M U.S. opening and an even worse result around the world with $95M, far below the $130M WW that was hoped for. Stateside, that result is among the…

Disney's remake of Moana, a film a mere 10 years old, dares to question what "live-action" even means. Thomas Kail's 2026 edition is neither alive nor particularly propulsive in any discernible way, with the vast majority of scenes filmed against garish and poorly done backdrops or else with…

Disney is hoping that moviegoers come to the water for the live-action version of its hit 2016 animated movie, Moana, which is looking to hang ten again at the box office with a global start of $130M, domestic in the $60M+ range. Directed by Thomas Kail (Disney+ feature of Broadway’s staged Ham…

Disney’s live-action take of its 2016 animated hit Moana is looking at an $85M North American opening when it bows on July 10, according to three-week pre-release tracking Thursday morning. Dwayne Johnson returns in the flesh to play Maui, the demigod he portrayed as a cartoon. Catherine…

Lin-Manuel Miranda has penned a new song for the live-action remake of Disney’s Moana. The new song is titled “Along the Way” and features both Moana actresses in the vocals. Auli'i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the animated films Moana (2016) and Moana 2 (2024), Catherine Laga’aia, who plays…

Disney has unveiled a new extended look at its live-action Moana, remaking their breakout 2016 animated hit, which hits theaters July 10, with stars Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga’aia in attendance. In footage unveiled today during the studio’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas, we get to…

Disney released the trailer for their live-action remake of Moana, and viewers got to see Dwayne Johnson reprise his role of Maui. Johnson’s look as the demigod has divided fans of the animated film, and in a new interview, the actor and film director Thomas Kail explained the design behind…

UPDATED with official trailer: Disney on Monday revealed the official trailer for Moana, its live-action take of the studio’s hit 2016 animated film. The pic hits theaters worldwide July 10. Catherine Laga’aia takes on the role voiced by Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson returns to play the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Moana live action trailer we understand has earned 182 million views in its first 24 hours. Now Disney has been dropping a lot of 2026 trailers as of late, so here’s how that ranking shakes out. For a Disney live-action movie trailer (non-20th Century Studios), that’s the second…

Artificial Intelligence is coming in full force as technology continues to improve at a rapid pace. Hollywood continues to debate its usage in films, and The Walt Disney Company reportedly scrapped a couple of ideas over the controversy. Disney is working on a live-action remake of Moana, where…