For years, Disney has been reimagining its animated canon of classics, to the delight of audiences around the world. With the 2023 new movie releases including the company’s latest effort through The Little Mermaid, that legacy is about to yet again delight fans far and wide. But thanks to this morning’s big shareholders meeting, a special video from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has announced that a live-action Moana is already in the works.
Well, it’s unfortunately too early to tell. However, it’s not too early to see The Rock making this heartfelt Walt Disney Studios announcement, with his two young daughters present to help out. As Johnson mentioned in his Moana announcement, the project is currently in its early phases. So there’s no casting to announce just yet, nor was any other talent involved revealed.
While it was originally unclear if Dwayne Johnson would be reprising his role as Maui, his Instagram caption definitely hinted at it. Regardless, he will be producing the film with his Seven Bucks Productions partners Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia. Also of note is the fact that Moana’s lead actor herself, Auli‘i Cravalho, will serve as one of the live-action adaptation’s executive producers.
More to come…