Moana (2026 film)
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.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.I wear this culture proudly on my skin and in my soul, and this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reunite with Maui, inspired by the mana and spirit of my late grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, is one that runs very deep for me.[9] It was previously scheduled to begin filming in June 2024 under the working title Motorheads,[10] after being delayed from an October 2023 start date due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.[15] It was originally scheduled for release on June 27, 2025,[16] but following the announcement of Moana 2, it was delayed to its current date as a consequence of the eight-month gap between the two films.