{"id":2163463,"date":"2025-11-18T03:13:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2163463"},"modified":"2025-11-18T03:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T03:13:29","slug":"moana-called-by-the-sea-in-new-live-action-trailer-starring-catherine-lagaaia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/moana-called-by-the-sea-in-new-live-action-trailer-starring-catherine-lagaaia\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Moana’ called by the sea in new live-action trailer starring Catherine Laga’aia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The teaser trailer for the live-action<\/a> reimagining of “Moana<\/a>” has arrived.<\/p>\n

Starring Catherine Laga’aia<\/a> as Moana, the teaser shares a first-look at the live-action adventure, featuring the beloved story of a young woman who answers the ocean’s call and voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui.<\/p>\n

The teaser opens the same way as the animated film, with a young Moana’s first encounter with the ocean, luring her in with a seashell and enveloping her.<\/p>\n

Catherine Laga\u2019aia joins Dwayne Johnson as Moana in live-action film slated for July 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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Disney – PHOTO: Moana in Disney’s live-action “Moana.”<\/p>\n

It also features a giant hawk transforming into the demigod Maui (portrayed by Dwayne Johnson, who is reprising his role from the animated films), before diving into the ocean.<\/p>\n

Laga’aia\u00a0appears onscreen at the end of the teaser as wayfinder Moana, singing, “I am Moana!”<\/p>\n

The upcoming film is directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Thomas Kail and is produced by Johnson, Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Lin-Manuel Miranda.<\/p>\n

Auli’i Cravalho<\/a>, who voiced Moana in both animated “Moana” films, also serves as an executive producer.<\/p>\n

‘Moana’ live-action film in development, Dwayne Johnson announces in new video<\/a><\/p>\n

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Disney – PHOTO: Catherina Laga’aia as Moana in Disney’s live-action “Moana.”<\/p>\n

Along with Laga’aia and Johnson, the cast includes John Tui as Moana’s father Chief Tui, Frankie Adams as Moana’s mother Sina, and Rena Owen as Moana’s Gramma Tala.<\/p>\n

Johnson first revealed that a “Moana” live-action was coming in 2023, sharing a recorded video filmed on the Hawaiian island of Oahu with daughters Jasmine and Tiana.<\/p>\n

A press release at the time added that the film will “celebrate the islands, communities and traditions of Pacific Islanders as seen through the eyes of a young woman eager to pave her own path.”<\/p>\n

The live-action reimagining of “Moana” sails into theaters on July 10, 2026.<\/p>\n

Disney is the parent company of ABC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The teaser trailer for the live-action reimagining of “Moana” has arrived. Starring Catherine Laga’aia as Moana, the teaser shares a first-look at the live-action adventure, featuring the beloved story of a young woman who answers the ocean’s call and voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui. The teaser opens the same way as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2163464,"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":[415179,305874,345195,322161],"class_list":["post-2163463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-catherina-laga","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-moana","tag-teaser-trailer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Moana-called-by-the-sea-in-new-live-action-trailer-starring.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163463","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=2163463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163465,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163463\/revisions\/2163465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2163464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}