When you look at some of the numbers, it’s hard to believe “Moana 2” was ever going to be anything but a movie.
29 minutes agoThis image released by Disney shows Moana, voiced by Auli'i Cravalho holding Simea, voiced by Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, in a scene from"Moana 2." dropped in May, it was watched 178 million times in 24 hours. That’s more than “Inside Out 2,” more than “Frozen 2,” more than any animated Disney movie before.A veritable ocean’s worth of anticipation is awaiting the sequel to 2016’s “Moana,” all proof that one of the more dramatic pivots in recent Walt Disney Co.
Derrick and Hand, both veteran storyboard artists at Disney, had effectively done their job too well. Their work convinced Disney executives to put the studio’s full weight behind a theatrical film, even though a live-action “Moana” remained in development. But the shift for “Moana 2,” which returns Auli’i Cravalho as the voice of Moana and Dwayne Johnson as the voice of Maui, wasn’t easy. First of all, that meant living up to the standard of the first film — one that Miller, who is of Samoan heritage, considers groundbreaking for its Pacific Islander representation.
Both films, the directors say, developed alongside each other, with many connections and shared cultural consultants. Now, Moana is joined by a wayfinding crew that includes the characters Loto , an engineer; Kele , a grumpy farmer; and Moni , a historian and storyteller.
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