Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho Return for Reside-Motion Moana

There’s simply no telling how far our pleasure goes for this film.

Disney’s 2016 animated film Moana will quickly return to the display in live-action format, Walt Disney Studios introduced on April 3. And that is not all—Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is about to reprise his position as Maui the demigod, in addition to function a producer on the movie.

Auli’i Cravalho, the unique voice of Moana, may even head again to the fictional island of Motunui as an govt producer on the undertaking, in keeping with Deadline.

The undertaking additionally comes with private significance for Johnson, whose late grandfather Peter Maivia served because the inspiration for Maui. 

“This story is my tradition, and this story is emblematic of our folks’s grace, mana and warrior energy,” Johnson wrote on Instagram April 3. “I put on our tradition proudly on my pores and skin and in my soul, and this as soon as in a lifetime alternative to reunite with MAUI, impressed by the spirit of my late grandfather, Excessive Chief Peter Maivia, is one which runs very deep for me.”