Surprise ‘Moana’ Sequel Hitting Theaters in November

Moana and Maui are hitting the sea once more. In a surprise step, Disney chief executive officer Bob Iger revealed that the business will certainly launch a computer animated sequel to the 2016 movie that will certainly strike theaters Nov. 27. The news came throughout an incomes telephone call in which Iger stressed that the ship was being righted at Disney’s movie and television departments a number of months after he recognized the business had actually done excessive as well rapid in order to feed Disney+, resulting in some instances of reduced high quality tasks hitting the industry.

“I feel great about where we are with the studio,” Iger stated when upgrading financiers on Wednesday.

Dave Derrick Jr., that dealt with the initial movie as a tale board musician, will certainly route the brand-new sequel, which is different from a live-action remake of Moana starring Dwayne Johnson. Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear, Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina are creating the songs.

Iger disclosed the Moana sequel was originally created as a television collection, prior to ending up being a motion picture. “We were impressed by what we saw, and knew it deserved a theatrical release,” Iger throughout the telephone call. He included that the movie went across 1 billion mins of watching on Disney+ in 2023, highlighting its ongoing social prestige.

Amongst the information Iger additionally shared was a huge successful stroke for Disney+, the procurement of Taylor Swift: The Eras Excursion (Taylor’s Variation). The business additionally disclosed a launch day for Zootopia 2 (Nov. 26, 2025).

On Wednesday, Iger stated the business was “leaning a little bit more into sequels and franchises.” He included that Wonder Studios, which has actually cut down on its result,“is starting to focus on some of its stronger franchises going forward, but I’ll leave it at that.”

The initial Moana voice starred Auliʻi Cravalho as Moana, a girl that takes place a journey versus the desires of her daddy, the principal of the Polynesian island of Motunui. In the process, she coordinate with Maui, a demigod of the wind and sea articulated by Johnson. Johnson and Cravalho are anticipated to repeat their functions.

The music computer animated attribute earned $643.3 million around the world, and it obtained Oscar elections for ideal computer animated attribute and ideal tune for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s“How Far I’ll Go.”

Ron Clements and John Musker guided the 2016 flick. Miranda, Mark Mancina and Foa’i were the songwriters..

The Moana information comes as the workshop reassesses its franchise business approach after a variety of top-level follows up dissatisfied in 2014, with underperforming titles consisting of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Fate and The Wonders. Computer animation has actually additionally been a battle in current years, with Pixar’s Lightyear and Disney Computer animation’s Strange Globe battle in 2022. In 2015’s Pixar attribute Elemental was a brilliant place, with the sleeper struck gaining almost $500 million around the world.

Virtually a year back, in March 2023, Iger recommended the business would certainly be much more sharp when choosing to greenlight follows up, especially 3rd or 4th installations. “Sequels typically work well for us, but do you need a third or a fourth, for instance? Or is it time to turn to other characters?” Iger stated, especially referencing Wonder.