MoanaDisney’s newest live-action remake of one in every of its beloved animated classics, held its world premiere at Los Angeles’ famed Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday evening, and shortly after the screening, the primary reactions to the movie hit social media.
Though official and full, opinions criticize Moana are below embargo till July 8, forward of the movie’s theatrical launch on July 10, press and premiere attendees have been allowed to submit transient ideas in regards to the movie on social media, and the consensus response seems to be blended, at greatest, and in some instances extremely hostile, with some viewers questioning why Disney bothered making the movie.
Directed by Thomas Kail, Moana sees Dwayne Johnson reprise his position as demigod Maui from the hit animated movie, with Catherine Laga’aia making her movie debut because the wanderlust princess Moana, taking up from Auli’i Cravalho who voiced the character within the 2016 movie and its 2024 animated sequel. The live-action solid additionally contains Rena Owen, John Tui and Frankie Adams. Jemaine Clement additionally returns from the primary movie to voice a CGI model of the treasure-hungry big crab Tamatoa.
As beforehand talked about, the live-action movie follows the 2 cartoons Moana motion pictures. The primary Moana The animated movie, launched in 2016, was a fantastic essential (95% on Rotten Tomatoes) and business success, grossing $687 million on the worldwide field workplace. It additionally later grew to become an enormous hit streaming through Disney+. The animated sequel Moana 2 was launched in November 2024 and loved even larger business success, raking in $1.059 billion on the worldwide field workplace, though it carried out much less nicely with critics (61%).
The brand new live-action model of Moana is the newest within the collection of live-action remakes of Disney’s animated classics, following within the footsteps of Magnificence and the Beast, Snow White, Cinderella, Dumbo, The Jungle Ebook, Aladdin, Mulan, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and extra just lately Lilo and Sew. The essential and business file of the remakes has been blended with big successes like Lilo & Sew, Magnificence and the Beast, The Jungle Ebook, The Lion King And Aladdinin stark comparability to huge field workplace bombs akin to Dumbo, Mulan And snow White.
Moana (2026) hits theaters on July 10. Take a look at a collection of social media reactions to the movie under.