Moana (franchise)

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Moana
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Franchise logo used since the 2016 film
Created by
Original work Moana (2016)
Owner The Walt Disney Company
Years2016–present
Films and television
Film(s)
Short film(s)
  • Gone Fishing (2017)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s) Journey of Water
Official website
disney.com/moana/

Moana (also known as Vaiana [1] or Oceania [2] in some markets) is a Disney media franchise that originally started in 2016 with the release of the American animated feature film Moana , produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Contents

The franchise consists of two animated films, Moana (2016) and its sequel Moana 2 (2024), as well a live-action adaptation of the 2016 film, scheduled to be released on July 10, 2026.

Films

FilmRelease dateDirector(s)Screenwriter(s)StoryProducer(s)
Animated
Moana November 23, 2016 John Musker & Ron Clements
Co-Directors
Chris Williams & Don Hall 		Jared Bush Ron Clements, John Musker, Chris Williams, Don Hall, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kandell, & Jordan Kandell Osnat Shurer
Moana 2 November 27, 2024 David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, & Dana Ledoux MillerJared Bush & Dana Ledoux MillerJared Bush, Dana Ledoux Miller & Bek SmithChristina Chen & Yvett Merino
Live-action
Moana July 10, 2026 Thomas Kail Jared Bush & Dana Ledoux MillerTBA Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Beau Flynn, & Hiram Garcia

Animated films

Moana (2016)

After directing The Princess and the Frog (2009), Clements and Musker started working on an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Mort , [3] but problems with acquiring the necessary film rights prevented them from continuing with that project. To avoid a recurrence of that issue, they pitched three original ideas. [4] The genesis of one of those ideas (the one that was ultimately green-lit) occurred in 2011, when Musker began reading up on Polynesian mythology, and learned of the heroic exploits of the demigod Māui. Intrigued with the rich culture of Polynesia, he felt it would be a suitable subject for an animated film. Shortly thereafter, Musker and Clements wrote a treatment and pitched it to John Lasseter, who recommended that both of them should go on research trips. [5] [6] Accordingly, in 2012, Clements and Musker went on research trips to Fiji, Samoa, and Tahiti to meet the people of the South Pacific Ocean and learn about their culture. [7] At first, they had planned to make the film entirely about Maui, but their initial research trips inspired Clements to pitch a new idea focused on the young daughter of a chief. [8]

Clements and Musker were fascinated to learn during their research that the people of Polynesia abruptly stopped making long-distance voyages about three thousand years ago. Polynesian navigational traditions had long predated those of European explorers, beginning around 300 CE. [9] Native people of the Pacific possessed knowledge of the world and their place in it prior to the incursion of foreigners. For example, Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) were well aware of the existence of far away islands, had names for these places, and were interested in exploring them to benefit their societies. [9] This voyaging heritage was made possible by a geographical knowledge system based on individual perspective rather than the European cardinal direction system. [9] The reasons for the halt of this voyaging tradition remain unknown, but scholars have offered climate change and resulting shifts in ocean currents and wind patterns as one possible explanation. [9] Native peoples of the Pacific resumed voyaging again a thousand years later. Clements and Musker set the film at that point in time, about two thousand years ago, on a fictional island in the central Pacific Ocean, which drew inspiration from elements of the real-life island nations of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. [10] Although, Motunui is actually a real islet located south of Easter Island in Chilean Polynesia. [11]

Over the five years it took to develop and produce the film, Clements and Musker recruited experts from across the South Pacific to form an Oceanic Story Trust, who consulted on the film's cultural accuracy and sensitivity as the story evolved through nine versions. [12] The Trust responded negatively, for example, to a depiction of Maui as bald, and to a proposed scene in which Moana threw a tantrum by throwing coconuts. In response, Maui was reworked with long hair and the coconut scene was scrapped. [8]

During the 2015 D23 Expo's panel for Disney's slate of upcoming animated films, Moana's last name was given as "Waialiki", but that name was not retained in the final film. [13]

Moana 2 (2024)

In December 2020, during a Disney Investor Day meeting, Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee announced that a musical series titled Moana, based on the 2016 film of the same name, was in development at the studio for Disney+. [14] By August 2021, it was reported that Osnat Shurer would once again serve as producer. [15] In January 2022, it was announced that David Derrick Jr. would serve as the writer and director, after filling the role of storyboard artist of the first film. [16] [17] [18] The series entered development simultaneously with the live action remake of Moana according to Jared Bush, a writer of the film and screenplay writer of the 2016 animated film. [19]

In February 2024, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that the series had been reworked into a theatrical sequel titled Moana 2, with Derrick and Shurer remaining attached to the project. [20] By the release of the first trailer in May, Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller were confirmed as co-directors alongside Derrick, while Christina Chen and Yvett Merino were revealed to replace Shurer as the film's producers. [21]

Live-action films

Moana (2026)

In April 2023, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Walt Disney Pictures was developing a live-action adaptation of Moana to be produced by Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia, under their production company Seven Bucks Productions, and Beau Flynn of Flynn Pictures Co., executive produced by Auliʻi Cravalho and Scott Sheldon, and written by Jared Bush, with Johnson set to reprise his role as Maui. [22] On June 12, 2024, Catherine Laga‘aia was announced as the titular character. [23]

The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release on June 27, 2025, in the United States, [24] but was delayed to July 10, 2026, due to the release of Moana 2 for the previous year. [25] [26]

Short film

Gone Fishing (2017)

Maui Mini Movie: Gone Fishing was released along with the first film's Blu-ray and digital release. It follows Maui trying and failing to fish until Moana shows him how it's done.

In other media

Moana and Heihei make guest appearances in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet . [27] [28] Moana appears as one of the main characters in the 2023 special Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest . [29] The characters of the first film have cameo appearances in the 2023 short film Once Upon a Studio . [30] [31]

Cast and characters

CharactersAnimated filmsShort filmLive-action film
Moana Moana 2 Gone Fishing Moana
2016202420172026
Moana Auli'i Cravalho
Louise Bush Y 		Auli'i CravalhoCatherine Lagaʻaia
Maui Dwayne Johnson
Gramma Tala Rachel House Rena Owen
Chief Tui Temuera Morrison
Christopher Jackson S 		Temuera Morrison John Tui
Sina Nicole Scherzinger Frankie Adams
Heihei Alan Tudyk
Tamatoa Jemaine Clement
Fisherman Oscar Kightley
Villager No. 1 Troy Polamalu
Villager No. 2Puanani Cravalho
Villager No. 3Alan Tudyk
SimeaKhaleesi Lambert-Tsuda
MoniHualālai Chung
Loto Rose Matafeo
Kele David Fane
MatangiAwhimai Fraser
Tautai VasaGerald Ramsey
Nalo Tofiga Fepulea'i
MoanabesTiana & Jasmine Johnson

Crew

RoleAnimated filmsLive-action film
Moana Moana 2 Moana
Director(s) John Musker
Ron Clements
Co-Directors:
Chris Williams
Don Hall 		David Derrick Jr.
Jason Hand
Dana Ledoux Miller		 Thomas Kail
Producer(s) Osnat Shurer Christina Chen
Yvett Merino 		Dwayne Johnson
Dany Garcia
Beau Flynn
Hiram Garcia
Writer(s)Screenplay by:
Jared Bush
Story by:
Ron Clements
John Musker
Chris Williams
Don Hall
Pamela Ribon
Aaron Kandell
Jordan Kandell 		Screenplay by:
Jared Bush
Dana Ledoux Miller
Story by:
Jared Bush
Dana Ledoux Miller
Bek Smith		Jared Bush
Dana Ledoux Miller
Executive Producer(s) John Lasseter Jennifer Lee
Jared Bush
Dwayne Johnson 		Auliʻi Cravalho
Composer Mark Mancina
Songwriters Lin-Manuel Miranda
Mark Mancina
Opetaia Foaʻi 		Abigail Barlow
Emily Bear
Mark Mancina
Opetaia Foaʻi		TBA
Editor(s) Jeff Draheim Michael Louis Hill
Jeremy Milton		TBA
Studio(s) Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Animation Studios 		Walt Disney Pictures
Seven Bucks Productions
Flynn Picture Co.
Distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Runtime1hr 47 min1hr 40 minTBA

Theme parks

Moana appears as a meet-and-greet character at Disney Parks. [32] [33]

Journey of Water

Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana is a walkthrough water trail attraction, which depicts the Earth's water cycle, opened at Epcot on October 16, 2023. [34]

Other

The franchise's titular protagonist, Moana, is part of the characters in the Disney Princess franchise. [35] The antagonists of the 2016 film Tamatoa and the Kakamora have been included as part of the Disney Villains franchise. [36] [37] [38]

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