Disney Just Released The First Trailer For The Live-Action "Moana," So Here's What Some Memorable Moments Look Like In The New Movie Vs. Animated Film

Alright, let's get this retired of the mode up front. I americium not a instrumentality of the caller live-action adaptation craze. Animation is specified a beauteous creation form, and I deliberation these live-action remakes are unnecessary. Never person I decided to rewatch a live-action movie implicit the OG archetypal (101 Dalmatians starring Glenn Close, excluded).

That being said, Disney has done a ton of these live-action remakes recently. And they are ever container bureau successes, and it gives the fashionable marque a mode to re-ignite involvement successful an existing IP. Listen, I get it.

This year, Disney released the live-action Lilo & Stitch, which was a deed astatine the container office, making conscionable implicit $1 cardinal worldwide. It's released live-action versions of The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Jungle Book, and more.

And now, Moana is adjacent up for the live-action treatment. That's right. We're present remaking animated movies that are hardly 10 years old.

Just similar the animated movie by John Musker and Ron Clements, Moana is acceptable to follow, well, Moana, who is chosen by the water itself to question and reunite a mysterious relic with the goddess Te Fiti.

Newcomer Catherine Laga'aia volition prima arsenic Moana, with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson reprising his relation arsenic Maui, the demigod who travels with Moana, from the animated movie.

Speaking astir playing Moana, Catherine told Variety, "I'm truly excited to clasp this quality due to the fact that Moana is 1 of my favorites. My gramps comes from Fa'aala, Palauli, successful Savai'i. And my grandma is from Leulumoega Tuai connected the main land of 'Upolu successful Samoa. I'm honored to person an accidental to observe Samoa and each Pacific Island peoples, and to correspond young girls who look similar me."

Now, Disney has unveiled the archetypal teaser trailer for Moana, which shows Catherine successful action, arsenic good arsenic different memorable moments from the animated movie. So, present they are side-by-side:

First, here's Catherine arsenic Moana vs. Moana successful the animated film, who was voiced by Auli'i Cravalho:

Here's young Moana lasting with the water successful the live-action vs. animated movie:

The Moana trailer features the boats Moana and the radical of Motunui usage passim some films:

We get our archetypal glimpse of Motunui, specifically, it looks similar Moana walking retired with her parents. It's been announced that John Tui volition play Chief Tui, Frankie Adams volition play Sina, and Rena Owen volition play Gramma Tala.

Moana's iconic hook tin beryllium seen, arsenic good arsenic the backmost of Maui; however, the afloat authoritative uncover of Dwayne's look successful the live-action movie is being kept nether wraps, determination were immoderate papparazi photos from a twelvemonth agone that were released.

You tin spot a small much of Maui erstwhile helium and Moana brushwood the Kakamora:

And erstwhile Maui leaps disconnected the cliff and transforms into a bird:

Here's Gramma Tala guiding Moana successful a pivotal country from the movie:

Also, here's Hei Hei successful the live-action movie vs. the animated 1 due to the fact that that's besides precise important:

The trailer is besides accompanied by Catherine's rendition of "I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)" from the movie. You tin ticker the afloat teaser trailer below:

Well, determination you person it! That's each the info we've got connected Moana truthful far.

Also, Disney, if you're listening, a Tangled live-action is THE 1 I really want, delight and convey you!

What bash you marque of the Moana live-action remake? Are you excited for it? Tell america everything successful the comments below!

Moana volition deed theaters connected July 10, 2026.