Disney Reveals First Look at ‘Moana 2’

Moana 2 just isn’t solely taking place, it’s coming to theaters earlier than the tip of 2024.

That was the information introduced right this moment by Disney CEO Bob Iger, who mentioned in a press release “Moana remains an incredibly popular franchise, and we can’t wait to give you more of Moana and Maui when Moana 2 comes to theaters this November.”

The announcement additionally included the primary official nonetheless from the movie:

Disney additionally debuted a primary (very brief) teaser for the sequel:

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With over $629 million at the worldwide field workplace, Moana is the fiffth highest-grossing movie within the historical past of Walt Disney Animation Studios, behind solely the 2 Frozens, Zootopia, and Big Hero 6. The first movie starred Auliʻi Cravalho because the title character, the daughter of the chief of her island village, who goes on a journey throughout the ocean to avoid wasting her house. Along the best way, she groups up with a cocky demigod named Maui, voiced by Dwayne Johnson.

The press launch additionally says the sequel accommodates “music by Grammy® winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Grammy nominee Opetaia Foa’i, and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina.” Notably lacking from that listing of creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda, who co-wrote a number of of the hit songs from the primary Moana, together with “How Far I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome.”

Here is the brand new movie’s official synopsis:

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an sudden name from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana should journey to the far seas of Oceania and into harmful, long-lost waters for an journey in contrast to something she’s ever confronted.

Moana 2 is scheduled to open in theaters on Nov. 27, 2024. Disney had beforehand introduced a live-action Moana remake, starring Dwayne Johnson as Maui. It’s not clear when (or even when?) that movie will be made and launched.