{"id":19115,"date":"2024-02-08T21:05:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/dwayne-johnson-confirms-the-live-action-moana-movie-has-found-its-star-exclusive\/08\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T21:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:05:31","slug":"dwayne-johnson-confirms-the-live-action-moana-movie-has-found-its-star-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/dwayne-johnson-confirms-the-live-action-moana-movie-has-found-its-star-exclusive\/08\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson Confirms the Live-Action &#8216;Moana&#8217; Movie Has Found Its Star (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/dwayne-johnson\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dwayne Johnson<\/a><span>\u00a0is spilling some\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/movies\/moana\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Moana<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>tea. ET&#8217;s Nischelle Turner spoke to the actor during the WWE WrestleMania 40 Kickoff event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday, and he revealed that the team behind <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/dwayne-johnson-announces-live-action-reimagining-of-moana-202091\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the upcoming live-action version of\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/dwayne-johnson-announces-live-action-reimagining-of-moana-202091\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Moana<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>has found its leading lady.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;One of the exciting things about that was actually finding our Moana and how exciting that has been,&#8221; he told ET. &#8220;The global search to find our Moana &#8212; which &#8212; between you and I, we found her &#8212; not gonna tell you yet. [It&#8217;s] very exciting.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/aulii-cravalho\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Auli&#8217;i Cravalho<\/a><span> voiced the character in the 2016 film, but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/moana-star-aulii-cravalho-reveals-she-will-not-reprise-role-for-live-action-remake-204961\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">won&#8217;t be returning<\/a><span> for the live-action version. Others who worked on the project, including Johnson, who voiced Maui, will be involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Lin Manuel Miranda&#8217;s coming back. We&#8217;re doing the music. Tommy Kail is our director, who directed <\/span><em><span>Hamilton<\/span><\/em><span>,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You put everybody together and you want to put the best team together and then you really go for it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As for what fans can expect from the film, which Johnson said he&#8217;s &#8220;excited&#8221; to start shooting later this year, the actor teased, &#8220;The scale should be beautiful.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On top of the live-action film, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/moana-2-is-coming-sooner-than-you-think-watch-the-first-teaser-trailer-219435\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Disney announced<\/a><span> earlier this month that an animated sequel to\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Moana\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>will be released on Nov. 27.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;It&#8217;s very exciting. I can&#8217;t wait for fans to see the film, the technology, the effects, cutting edge,&#8221; Johnson told ET. &#8220;We all really went for it. We thought if we&#8217;re gonna make a sequel to something so beloved, let&#8217;s really go for it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;You also have the benefit and the beauty of the ocean. In <\/span><em><span>Moana<\/span><\/em><span>&#8230; the ocean is alive, so when the ocean has a heartbeat and a pulse, that&#8217;s just a whole different thing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait. All new music, which we&#8217;re excited.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cravalho has yet to reveal if she&#8217;s part of the animated sequel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/dwayne-johnson-confirms-the-live-action-moana-movie-has-found-its-star-exclusive-219532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne Johnson&nbsp;is spilling some&nbsp;Moana&nbsp;tea. 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