{"id":529955,"date":"2026-07-02T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/529955\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:08:10","slug":"moana-3-in-the-works-at-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/529955\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Moana 3’ in the Works at Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDisney<\/a> is coming back to the water with \u201cMoana<\/a> 3,\u201d the latest installment of the animated oceanic musical adventure.<\/p>\n

\n\tDwayne Johnson, who plays the tattooed demigod Maui, teased the news while promoting the live-action \u201cMoana,\u201d which opens in theaters on July 10. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYes, we have talked about \u2018Moana 3,\u2019 yes\u201d Johnson said at a press conference for \u201cMoana\u201d in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u201cBut first, live-action \u2018Moana,\u2019 we\u2019ll let that come out first. We have [the] amazing Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, who have been our writers \u2026 they will pen \u2018Moana 3.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe original \u201cMoana\u201d generated a sizable $680 million at the global box office in 2016 but exploded in popularity on Disney+, where it\u2019s remained one of the most watched streaming titles. \u201cMoana 2\u201d was originally developed as a streaming for Disney+ before it was retooled into a feature film. Disney\u2019s decision to put the \u201cMoana\u201d property in theaters was quickly justified: After opening around Thanksgiving 2024 with a record-setting $225 million, the sequel became a four-quadrant smash with $1.059 billion in worldwide sales. <\/p>\n

\n\tJohnson and Auli\u02bbi Cravalho are expected to reprise their voice roles in the threequel as Maui and the eponymous Polynesian heroine. The original story revolves around the strong-willed daughter of a village chief, who is chosen by the ocean to restore prosperity to her island. In the second film, the plucky wayfinder journeys back into the deep sea to find a hidden island and break a curse. Plot details for the third haven\u2019t been revealed.<\/p>\n

\n\tLin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote memorable hits such as \u201cHow Far I\u2019ll Go\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re Welcome\u201d for the first film, didn\u2019t return for the second, instead passing songwriting duties to Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, the duo best known at the time for\u00a0\u201cThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.\u201d It\u2019s unclear who will write the music for the third installment.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Johnson mentioned, before \u201cMoana 3\u201d sails to theaters, audiences will be able to return to the fictional island of Motunui for Disney\u2019s live-action take on the original. The remake, starring Johnson and newcomer Catherine Laga\u2019aia as Moana, was directed by Thomas Kail in his feature debut and written by Bush and Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney is coming back to the water with \u201cMoana 3,\u201d the latest installment of the animated oceanic musical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[9618,93,61,60,82917,270],"class_list":["post-529955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-moana","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}