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It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for and haven’t seen coming yet.
Motunui’s Moana Waialiki is returning to the big screen for “an adventure like she’s never faced before,” Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced Wednesday.
Initially developed as a television series, the plot grew into a movie due to the demand for “more,” Iger shared. The “Moana” franchise remains “incredibly popular,” Iger said, so this November fans will get what they’ve been waiting for.
Here’s everything we know so far about “Moana 2.”
‘Moana 2’ release date
“Moana 2” will hit theaters the day before Thanksgiving, on Nov. 27, 2024, Iger announced.
First trailer for ‘Moana 2’
No official trailer has been released for the sequel, but a trailer was released on Wednesday announcing Moana’s return and giving fans a date to mark on the calendar.
Plot of ‘Moana 2’
Not much has been revealed about the plot of “Moana 2,” but we know fans are in for a wild ride.
“Moana 2” will be an “expansive new journey featuring Moana, Maui and a new crew of unlikely sailors,” Iger said.
Moana will embark on a dangerous mission to distant seas after receiving daring instructions from her ancestors.
Lin Manuel Miranda will not return for ‘Moana 2’
Composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose work on the first film’s soundtrack was nominated for two Academy Awards, will not work on the ‘Moana 2’ soundtrack, it has been reported. Variety.
USA TODAY has reached out to Disney for more information.
“Moana” wouldn’t be “Moana” without the songs “How Far I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome.” Fans are wondering if the sequel will have the same magic.
“Despite all the hate he gets, Lin writes a damn and ESPECIALLY delivered soundtrack with Moana, so that would be a shame,” one X user wrote, with fans in the comments saying, “then we won’t see.”
Singer-songwriter Abigail Barlow and composer Emily Bear will join Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina, who worked on the first film, to score the sequel, according to Variety.
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‘Moana 2’ cast and crew
“Moana 2” was directed by Dave Derrick Jr. and will feature music by Grammy winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Mark Mancina and Grammy nominee Opetaia Foa’i.
No details have been released about the voice actors, but Auli’i Cravalho will return for the sequel to voice Moana.
Success of ‘Moana’, the sequel is not the same as real action
The first film was a great success. Disney hopes the same for the sequel. “Moana” generated more than $680 million at the box office, Iger shared. “Moana 2” may be what boosts Disney after a difficult year at the box office.
Moana also streamed more than one billion hours last year on Disney+, Iger said.
USA TODAY film critic Brian Truitt praised the animated comedy’s music and Moana’s “refreshing” main character in his review.
“He ‘“The creator of Hamilton (Miranda) and the island personalities of ‘Moana’ make beautiful music together in this enchanting seafaring epic,” Truitt wrote.
Note that “Moana 2” is separate from the studio’s live-action remake, which is still in the works and stars Dwayne Johnson as the tattooed demigod Maui. Cravalho will not be in the live action.
Contributing: Associated Press
