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The Walt Disney Company has released the first teaser for the upcoming live-action \u201cMoana\u201d movie.<\/p>\n

Australian native Catherine Laga\u02bbaia takes on the role of Moana, while Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson reprises his role as demigod Maui.<\/p>\n

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Several New Zealand actors are making their American film debut in this project, like John Tui, who plays Moana\u2019s father, Chief Tui, Frankie Adams portrays her mother, Sina and Rena Owen plays Gramma Tala.<\/p>\n

The nearly one-minute trailer<\/a> was released on Monday morning as well as the film\u2019s poster.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Disney\u2019s live-action adaptation of the beloved Oscar-nominated animated adventure, Moana answers the Ocean\u2019s call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people,\u201d the film\u2019s logline explained. \u201cThe film is directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Thomas Kail produced by Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia and Lin-Manuel Miranda; and executive produced by Thomas Kail, Scott Sheldon, Charles Newirth and Auli\u02bbi Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the animated features \u2018Moana\u2019 and \u2018Moana 2.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The animated film \u201cMoana\u201d instantly became a classic after its 2016 release. The movie was so successful that a sequel was released in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoana\u201d hits theaters July 10, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The Walt Disney Company has released the first teaser for the upcoming live-action \u201cMoana\u201d movie. Australian native Catherine Laga\u02bbaia takes on the role of Moana, while Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson reprises his role as demigod Maui. Walt Disney Co. Several New Zealand actors are making their American film debut in this project, like John Tui, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2162625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[414952,414949,414950,345195,338244,414951],"class_list":["post-2162624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-demigod-maui","tag-frankie-adams","tag-john-tui","tag-moana","tag-the-walt-disney-company","tag-thomas-kail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1st-look-Disneys-live-action-\u2018Moana.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2162624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162626,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162624\/revisions\/2162626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2162625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2162624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2162624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2162624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}