After launching a worldwide tour from Hawaiʻi earlier this month, the cast and filmmakers behind Disney’s highly anticipated reimagining of “Moana,” including Dwayne Johnson, Catherine Lagaʻaia and director Thomas Kail.
Johnson, who reprises his role as the trickster demigod Maui and serves as a producer on the new film; breakout star Lagaʻaia, who stars as Moana; and Emmy® and Tony® award-winning director and executive producer Thomas Kail united on the evening of Thursday, June 25 for a special presentation at ICC Sydney in Australia. The night began with a live musical performance led by Opetaia Foaʻi, who wrote the original songs for “Moana” with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina, and his band Te Vaka. Choreographer and associate producer Tiana Nonosina Liufau and assistant choreographer Kayla Faʻamaligi also attended the event, which celebrated the Pacific peoples, cultures and traditions that inspired the new film. Additionally, Johnson, Lagaʻaia and Kail completed a special photo call at the iconic Bondi Icebergs seaside pool in Sydney.
In “Moana,” Disney’s live-action reimagining of the beloved Oscar®-nominated animated adventure, Moana (Catherine Lagaʻaia) answers the Ocean’s call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people. The film is directed by Emmy® and Tony Award® winner Thomas Kail (“Hamilton”); produced by Dwayne Johnson, p.g.a., Beau Flynn, p.g.a., Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, p.g.a. and Lin-Manuel Miranda; and executive produced by Scott Sheldon, Charles Newirth, Kail and Auliʻi Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the animated films “Moana” and “Moana 2.” “Moana” features the new song “Along The Way,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed by Cravalho, Laga‘aia and Johnson; original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina; and an original score composed by Mancina. Audiences can experience the brilliant cinematic sights, sounds and songs of “Moana” exclusively in theaters July 10, 2026.
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