{"id":498691,"date":"2026-03-27T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498691\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:10:10","slug":"disney-will-not-bow-to-audience-belief-that-the-rocks-moana-wig-looks-awful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498691\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Will Not Bow to Audience Belief That the Rock’s ‘Moana’ Wig Looks Awful"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a movie trailer going viral and racking up a billion views in rapid fashion, like Spider Man: Brand New Day<\/a>. And then there\u2019s a movie trailer going viral for something fans can\u2019t stop cracking up about, like Moana<\/a>. The detail in question in what otherwise looks like a faithful live-action rendering of the animated Disney fantasy is, of course, Dwayne Johnson\u2019s Maui wig<\/a>. But for all the fuss, the studio has no plan to alter the beachy waves in question.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a precedent for a trailer causing such an uproar<\/a> that the powers that be blink and make changes; we all remember the kerfluffle around Sonic the Hedgehog<\/a>\u2018s original character design. After some careful recalibrating, \u201cUgly Sonic<\/a>\u201d faded into the past, and the successful film franchise is ramping up for its fourth installment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Maui\u2019s flowing locks might not quite be as bad as our collective Sonic nightmare, they still aren\u2019t great. Even distinctively coiffed comedian \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic made a crack about it on his social media, posting a pic of Johnson\u2019s character and writing, \u201cWe\u2019ve told all the casting agents that the Weird Al biopic sequel is currently on hold, but they just keep sending in headshots.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, according to Variety<\/a>, Disney has no plans for a digital makeover ahead of Moana\u2018s July 10 release date.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoana isn\u2019t picture-locked, which means the coloring and visual effects are not yet complete, but sources say there are no plans to make a major creative pivot despite the social media pile-on,\u201d the trade wrote, while noting Disney had no comment on the trailer.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a movie trailer going viral and racking up a billion views in rapid fashion, like Spider Man:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[25398,96,25399,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-498691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-entertainment","tag-moana","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}