Disney is hoping that moviegoers come to the water, no matter how hard the studio tries with the live-action version of their hit 2016 animated movie, Moana, which is looking to hang ten again at the box office with a global start of $130M, domestic in the $60M+ range.
The Thomas Kail (Disney+ feature of Broadway staged Hamilton) directed pic has Dwayne Johnson reprising his role from the animated franchise, demigod Maui, with Catherine Laga’aia stepping in for Auli’i Carvalho to play the title role.
The question about all of this is whether it’s too much Moana,
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