Moana 2

Moana 2 is an American computer-animated musical-adventure-comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It is the sequel to Moana (2016). It is the 63rd animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon. It was released on November 27, 2024.
==Synopsis==
Walt Disney Animation Studios' epic animated musical Moana 2 takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui, and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.
==Plot==
Three years after the first film, Moana spends her days exploring new islands in hopes to find other people who are connected to the ocean. One day, she gets a vision from her ancestor, Tautai Vasa, that the reason why no one is connected to the ocean anymore is because the evil storm God Nalo wanted power over the mortals, so he sunk a mystical island called Motufetu down to the depths of the ocean, which connected all islands and that her island will be deserted if Moana doesn't find a way to revive the island. She brings a crew of people from Motunui, craftswoman Loto, Maui fanboy Moni, and grumpy elderly farmer Keke, alongside her pet pig and rooster, Pua and Heihei, to find the island.
Meanwhile, Maui is seeking Motufetu himself since he had a previous quarrel with Nalo, but he is captured by Nalo's enforcer, Matangi. He is reluctant to contact Moana for help due to fearing for her life. Eventually, Moana and her crew meet the Kakamora, who soon reveal that Nalo's actions against Motufetu caused them to be disconnected from their home island. One of them helps the crew destroy a giant monster clam that takes the, to Matangi's lair. While the crew find Maui, Moana meets Matangi, but learns that she isn't happy serving Nalo and actually helps Moana escape his lair and reunite with Maui and her friends before sending them to where Nalo is.
Maui soon reveals that Nalo's realm is more deadly compared to the mortal realm and that fighting him will be suicide. After they get washed ashore on an isolated island, Moana begins to despair, but Maui encourages her to keep trying as they plan on Maui raising the island and Moana touching it as that is the only way to restore Motufetu and stop Nalo. Her friends repair the damaged raft and they soon ride to face Nalo. Despite their best efforts, Nalo manages to strip Maui of his Godhood, forcing a desperate Moana to touch the island under sea, with Nalo's storm killing her in process. Maui (having regained his Godhood) jumps in and with the help of Moana's ancestors, they revive her, with Moana becoming a demigoddess (complete with demigod tattoos), and Maui raises Motufetu, reconnecting the ocean with the mortals.
Moana returns home and a celebration is held in her honor. In a mid-credits scene, Nalo is about to punish Matangi for helping Moana with him planning revenge. They are soon visited by Tamatoa, who wants to join their cause to get revenge on Moana for her actions against him in the first film.
==Cast==
*Auli'i Cravalho as Moana
*Dwayne Johnson as Maui
*Hualālai Chung as Moni
*Rose Matafeo as Loto
*David Fane as Kele
*Awhimai Fraser as Matangi
*Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda as Simea
*Temuera Morrison as Chief Tui
*Nicole Scherzinger as Sina
*Rachel House as Gramma Tala
*Gerald Ramsey as Tautai Vasa
*Alan Tudyk as Heihei
*Tofiga Fepulea'i as Nalo
*Jemaine Clement as Tamatoa
==Production==
During a Disney Investor Day meeting in December 2020, chief creative officer Jennifer Lee announced that an animated series titled Moana, based on the 2016 film of the same name, was in development at the studio for Disney+. The series entered development simultaneously with the live-action remake.
On February 7, 2024, Bob Iger announced that the series had been reworked into a theatrical feature film.
==Release==
Moana 2 was scheduled to be released in theaters on November 27, 2024. A sneak peek at the film is set to screen at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 14, 2024. The first trailer for the film was released on May 29, 2024.
==Reception==
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of 216 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Riding high on a wave of stunning animation even when its story runs adrift, Moana 2 isn't as inspired as the original but still delights as a colorful adventure." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.
===International premieres===
*November 28, 2024 (Australia and New Zealand)
*November 29, 2024 (UK and Ireland)
==Videos==
Moana 2 - First Look Announcement
Moana 2 - Teaser Trailer
Moana 2 - Official Trailer
Moana 2 - Official Trailer-2
Auli'i Cravalho - We're Back (From "Moana 2"-Sneak Peek)
Moana 2 - Special Look
Moana 2 - Big, Bad Matangi
Moana 2 - Moana is Back!
Moana 2 - Tickets on Sale
Auli'i Cravalho - Beyond (From "Moana 2") ft. Rachel House
Moana 2 - You Need A Crew
Moana 2 - We're Back
Moana 2 - "Answer The Call" Featurette
Moana 2 - The Music of Motunui
Moana 2 - World Premiere Recap
Moana 2 - Dwayne Johnson Performs "Can I Get a Chee Hoo?"
Moana 2 - LEGO Trailer
D23 Inside Disney - Moana 2
Moana 2 Drone Show in London ✨🌺 - Disney UK
Moana 2 - "Can I Get a Chee Hoo" Featurette
Moana 2 - Moanabes Booth To Screen
Moana 2 - -1 Movie in the World
Moana 2 - Global Phenomenon
Moana 2 - Special Screenings for Service Members
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*This movie has a post-credits scene. This is the usual practice of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it's unusual for the Disney Animated Canon.
**Furthermore, this post credits scene involves the villains and hints at a potential sequel, which is something the MCU tends to do with its post-credit scenes, making it the second Disney Animated Canon film to end on cliffhanger (first being Fun and Fancy Free, which has Willie the Giant seeking revenge on Mickey).
*Moana is the first Disney Princess to be a deity.
*In 2020, a sequel to Moana was announced in the form of an animated series that was set to debut on Disney+. This was eventually retooled into a theatrical feature film.
**In fact, this marks the first Walt Disney Animation Studios film that was originally intended as a TV series.
***This is also the second Disney-owned film to be in this case, after The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, though it was still released on Disney+ even after being retooled into a film.
*Unlike the first Moana film, the sequel has no involvement whatsoever from it's original creators Ron Clements and John Musker.
*This is the the first Walt Disney Animation Studios sequel since Frozen II in 2019.
*This is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios film to be produced in 2.00:1 aspect ratio.
*This is the first Disney Princess sequel to be a part of the Disney Animated Canon.
*This is the first film by WDAS produced mainly at their Vancouver studio in British Columbia, Canada.
*This is the first Moana film to be produced in 2.00:1 aspect ratio, unlike the first film that was produced in 2.35:1.
*Moana is the twenty-eighth Walt Disney Animation Studios film to become a franchise, after Fantasia, Bambi, Saludos Amigos, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and Frozen.
*There is an eight-year gap between the release of first movie and the sequel.
*This is the third Disney film to be released on November 27 after Treasure Planet and Frozen.
*As she does appear in the closing credits of Wish, Moana technically continues the recent tradition of Walt Disney Animation Studios using their end credits to reference their next movie.
**Likewise, the tradition continues in this film as Gary from the upcoming Zootopia 2 makes a surprise easter egg as one of the woven tapestries near the end of the end credits.
*To celebrate the movie's release, Disney Heroes: Battle Mode released new costume for Moana and special events.
*This is the first Walt Disney Animation Studios film to have the closings logos of Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios.
*The ninth Walt Disney Animation Studios film to have the voice talents in the end credits, after Bolt, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet and Strange World.
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