Disney's live-action versions of popular animated movies are controversial at the best of times. From The Lion King to Snow White, the remakes have routinely been criticised by fans of the originals with complaints often focusing on the heavy use of CGI ...

In 2015, Disney discovered a new way to cash in on nostalgia: live-action remakes of its classic animated films. That started with Cinderella, brought back to the big screen 65 years after the original movie premiered. In the decade since, Disney has ...

Well, we’d like to say they tried. But based on the trailer for the much-needed and long-overdue live-action remake of 2016’s Moana, it doesn’t look like they tried all that hard. Moana is back in a beat-for-beat live-action remake of the sort that ...

The new trailer for the live-action Disney movie Moana has dropped, and fans are all saying the same thing... The new Moana is set to arrive on 10 July 2026, and the latest trailer is stirring some strong opinions. Many online are bemoaning that the remake ...

In addition to showing off the glitz-obsessed crab Tamatoa for the first time in the final trailer, Moana has also revealed more moments from the animated film that have been recreated for the upcoming movie, including a look at the deity Te Fiti, Maui’s ...

The new film is directed by Thomas Kail and stars Catherine Lagaʻaia and Dwayne Johnson Kimberlee Speakman is a Writer-Reporter on the News team at PEOPLE, covering Weekends. She joined the brand in 2022. The final trailer for Moana’s new live-action ...