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Photo: Jesse Grant (Getty Images)The secret’s out of the bag for Mean Girls musical star and original voice of Disney’s Moana, Auli’i Cravalho. After much speculation among fans, the actress confirmed she will be reprising the role that launched her into stardom for Moana 2. Deadline had the exclusive on the Moana 2 casting news. Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson (the voice of Maui) have reportedly been planning to re-team on the animated feature sequel, though Johnson’s return has not been officially announced. Originally a…

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The development of a Moana TV series for Disney+ subscribers may not be happening anymore. However, it doesn’t mean the adventures of the daring Hawaiian teenager are over. The sequel to Moana is happening, but the question lingers on whether or not Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho will reprise their memorable roles.Moana 2 would not be the same without the actors who brought these voices to life. Disney CEO Bob Iger never said in his Moana sequel announcement if Dwayne Johnson and Auli’i Cravalho would return for the…

Image: Walt Disney AnimationSurprise sequels don’t get announced every day, but Disney just pulled one out of Sorcerer Mickey’s hat. Moana 2—the follow-up to 2016's Moana, Disney+’s most-streamed film of 2023—is coming, and it’s coming this year. How is that possible? It was announced as several years ago as a sequel series for Disney+, but is now being released as a feature film.'More People Need to Know About This History': A Black Astronaut Speaks About Race and SpaceWalt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced the news…

The live-action remake of Moana is moving full steam ahead, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson set to bring Maui to life. However,, the title character’s originator, Auli’i Cravalho, won’t reprise her role despite being an executive producer on the project. While fans of the original movie were sad to hear the news, Cravalho explained why it’s really important for another actress to play the character in the live-action version.The Moana star gave her thoughts to The Wrap about passing the torch to another actress while…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMoana fans are applauding Auli’i Cravalho, the young actor who voiced the titular character of the 2016 animated movie, for her “respectful” decision to sit out of the film’s forthcoming live-action remake. A month after Dwayne Johnson announced that a live-action retelling of the popular Disney movie was “in the works”, Cravalho confirmed she would not be reprising her lead role.“When…

In 2017 everyone was talking about The Power. The sci-fi novel topped bestseller lists, was featured in book clubs and on morning talk shows, and Barack Obama named it one of the best books he read that year. In the book young women are able to control electrical currents and even emit electricity. The satirical novel explores how systems of power work to create and maintain oppressed classes of individuals. The author, Naomi Alderman, is currently on a press tour for the Prime Video adaptation of The Power starring Toni…

Screenshot: Disney PicturesIn a surprising turn of events, Dwayne Johnson and Walt Disney Pictures are fast-tracking a live-action adaption of their Disney Princess tale Moana. Johnson will reprise his role as Maui.The original’s not even a decade old, but a remake of the 2016 Disney animated feature, in which Johnson starred alongside newcomer Auli’i Cravalho—who won’t appear in this new version—is in the works, as was just announced during a Disney shareholders meeting with Bob Iger. Johnson announced, “I’m deeply…

In The Power, the Prime Video adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s 2017 sci-fi novel of the same name, women begin to spontaneously emit electricity. Across the world, for seemingly no reason, young girls activate a latent organ–called a skein–in their bodies that allows them to generate and then direct electrical currents. They call this the power. As women of all ages get the power over the course of the series, a revolution takes place as girls take back what patriarchal society has taken from them... and replace one power…