It goes without saying that 2023 was a rough year for Disney. With any luck the tide will change for the House of Mouse in 2024. To that end, the Walt Disney Company released a first-look image and special look for Moana 2the sequel to the acclaimed 2016 animated film.
Presumably, Auliʻi Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson will reprise their respective roles as Moana and Maui.
Last November during the New York Times annual DealBook summit Walt Disney Company Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger admitted despite success with sequels for the company, there have been issues.
“I don’t want to apologize for making sequels. Some of them have done extraordinarily well and they’ve been good films, too. I think you there has to be a reason to make them, you have to have a good story. And often the story doesn’t hold up to is not as strong as the original story. That can be a problem.”
Official press release below:
The Walt Disney Company Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger announced today that Moana 2Disney Animation’s all-new feature-length sequel to 2016’s Oscar-nominated film, will be released in theaters in 2024. “Moana remains an incredibly popular franchise,” said Iger, “and we can’t wait to give you more of Moana and Maui when Moana 2 “Comes to theaters this November.”
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical Moana 2 takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. Directed by Dave Derrick Jr. with music by Grammy® winners Abigail Barlow and Emily BearGrammy nominee Opetaia Foa’iand three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina, Moana 2 opens in theaters on Nov. 27, 2024.
