Official Teaser - Moana - 2026

Moana is an upcoming American musical adventure film that is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 2016 animated film Moana, and the third installment in the Moana franchise. It is being directed by Thomas Kail from a screenplay by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, and produced by Dwayne Johnson, Hiram and Dany Garcia, Beau Flynn and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda. It stars Catherine Laga'aia in her film debut as Moana and Johnson reprising his role as Maui from the animated films.

Development of a live-action Moana film was announced by Johnson in April 2023. Kail was hired as director in May of the same year and Lagaʻaia was announced in the title role in June 2024, along with the main supporting cast. Principal photography occurred in Atlanta and Hawaii between July and November 2024.

Moana is scheduled to be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in the United States on July 10, 2026.