The sequel to Moana (2016), the movie was directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by Christina Chen and Yvett Merino, from a screenplay by Jared Bush and Miller. The movie stars Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Rachel House, and Alan Tudyk, all reprising their roles from the first movie, with Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Hualālai Chung, Awhimai Fraser and Gerald Ramsey joining the cast.[source?]
Timeline
Development on a follow-up to Moana originally began as a long-form limited streaming series for Disney+, before it was reworked into a theatres sequel by February 2024, with Derrick confirmed as both writer and director. The involvement of Hand, Miller, Chen, and Merino was confirmed in May. A month later, Bush was confirmed to be returning as a writer. Miller later replaced Derrick as a co-writer in August. Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i, the composers and co-songwriters of the first movie, returned to score and write the songs, while Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear replace Lin-Manuel Miranda as additional songwriters.[source?]
Release
Moana 2 is scheduled to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in the United States on November 27, 2024. It will be Walt Disney Animation Studios's third CGI sequel. Moana 2 will be the first Disney animated movie to be released after Disney's 100th anniversary.
Plot
Three years after the events of the first movie, Moana receives an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors and forms her own crew, reuniting with her friend, the demigod Maui. As they journey to the far seas of Oceania to break the god Nalo's curse on the hidden island of Motufetu, which once connected the people of the ocean, they confront old and new foes, including the Kakamora and underworld goddess Matangi.
Cast
Auliʻi Cravalho as Moana, the curious daughter of village chief Tui and his wife Sina, who is chosen by the ocean to break the curse on the island of Motufetu.