\n\tWhat else can he say except, \u201cYou\u2019re welcome\u201d? <\/p>\n
\n\tIn a new trailer, Disney has revealed the first look at Dwayne Johnson<\/a> as Maui in the live-action \u201cMoana<\/a>\u201d remake. Johnson voiced the once-mighty demigod in the original 2016 animated film, which follows an adventurous teenager named Moana as she embarks on a quest to save her village on the island of Motunui.<\/p>\n \n\tNewcomer Catherine Laga\u2019aia plays the titular character in the upcoming live-action film. Auli\u2019i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in both the 2016 original and its 2024 sequel, serves as an executive producer alongside director Thomas Kail, Scott Sheldon and Charles Newirth. Producers include Johnson, Beau Flynn (for FlynnPictureCo), Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia (via their Seven Bucks Productions banner), and Lin-Manuel Miranda. <\/p>\n \n\tIn addition to Laga\u2019aia and Johnson, the live-action film cast includes John Tui as Moana\u2019s father, Chief Tui; Frankie Adams as Moana\u2019s mother, Sina; and Rena Owen as Moana\u2019s Gramma Tala. The screenplay is written by Dana Ledoux Miller and Jared Bush, who wrote the script for 2016\u2019s \u201cMoana.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe live-action adaptation features music by Mark Mancina, Miranda and Opetaia Foa\u2019i; Mancina returned to score the film. <\/p>\n \n\tThe 2016 animated movie was a both critical and commercial success, grossing $643 million at the global box office (not adjusted for inflation). The film was nominated for best animated feature at the Oscars, and Miranda scored a nom for the original song \u201cHow Far I\u2019ll Go.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tThe live-action \u201cMoana\u201d is making its way to theaters on July 10.<\/p>\n \n\tCheck out Johnson\u2019s full look as Maui in the trailer below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What else can he say except, \u201cYou\u2019re welcome\u201d? In a new trailer, Disney has revealed the first look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[4224,88,44069,206],"class_list":["post-541023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-entertainment","tag-moana","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}