Moana (2026)
July 9, 2026Release Date

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Catherine Laga'Aia
Moana

Dwayne Johnson
Maui / Producer

Rena Owen
Gramma Tala

John Tui
Chief Tui

Frankie Adams
Sina

Alan Hook
Supervising Art Director

Auliʻi Cravalho
Executive Producer

Beau Flynn
Producer

Jared Bush
Executive Producer / Writer

Hiram Garcia
Producer

Dany Garcia
Producer

Scott Sheldon
Executive Producer

Dana Ledoux Miller
Executive Producer / Writer

Thomas Kail
Director

John Musker
Original Story

Ron Clements
Original Story

Chris Williams
Original Story

John Myhre
ProductionDesigner

Don Hall
Original Story

Pamela Ribon
Original Story

Aaron Kandell
Original Story

Jordan Kandell
Original Story

Óscar Faura
Director of Photography

Renee Ramos
Hairstylist

Dawn Turner
Hairstylist

Page Rosenberg-Marvin
Production Supervisor

Bill Westenhofer
Visual Effects Supervisor

Dylan Goss
Aerial Director of Photography

Mark Mancina
Original Music Composer

Michael Gowen
Art Direction

Jay Pelissier
Art Direction

Liz McGregor
Costume Design
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Moana is an upcoming American musical action adventure fantasy film directed by Thomas Kail from a screenplay by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, and produced by Dwayne Johnson, Hiram and Dany Garcia, and Beau Flynn. The film is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 2016 animated film Moana, and the third installment in the Moana franchise. It stars Catherine Lagaʻaia in her film debut as Moana and Johnson reprising his role as Maui from the animated films.
Development of a live-action Moana film was announced by Johnson in April 2023. Kail was hired as director in May of the same year and Lagaʻaia was announced in the title role in June 2024, along with the main supporting cast. Principal photography occurred in Atlanta and Hawaii between July and November 2024.
Moana is scheduled to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in the United States and Canada on July 10, 2026.