Fans of Disney and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson have a big reason to celebrate this week.
In Disney's annual shareholder meeting, led yesterday by CEO Bob Iger, Johnson was featured in a special pre-recorded message to announce the big news that the 2016 hit "Moana" is going to be revived in an upcoming live action remake.The video was filmed in Hawaii and featured the wrestling pro turned movie star with his two youngest daughters, Jasmine, 7, and Tiana, 4.
"We are so happy and excited to announce that a live-action reimagining of ‘Moana’ is in the works," he announced. Johnson will be reviving the role, and as he went on to share that much of the original inspiration for the character came from his own late grandfather, "the legendary High Chief, Peter Maivia."The team, which includes Johnson and the original voice of Moana, Auli’i Cravalho, as executive producers, is still "very early in the process" of filming, and he acknowledged that there's still "so much work to be done.
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