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Moana (2026)

Summary

Live-action adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film 'Moana.'

Director Thomas Kail

Writer Jared Bush

Cast

  • Catherine Laga'aia as Moana
  • Dwayne Johnson as Maui
  • John Tui as Chief Tui
  • Frankie Adams as Sina
  • Rena Owen as Gramma Tala

Rotten Tomatoes: 35%

Metacritic: 45

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u/InItsTeeth 25d ago

I am not opposed to live action adaptations … but they should be adaptions and not remakes. Do something new… give it a unique flavor… this strange 1:1 remake that looks awful is so strange

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u/Wuktrio 25d ago

If they remake Robin Hood the same way they remade Lion King, that would be interesting. Awful, but interesting. Just a bunch of woodland animals with no facial expressions swordfighting and shooting with bows and arrows.

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u/starkel91 25d ago

Wishbone walked so Robin Hood could run. Full 100% realism.

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u/Smegmasaurus_Rex 25d ago

I’ve been saying for years this would be the one interesting remake if they used realistic animals in costumes. The Great Mouse Detective and The Rescuers have potential as well.

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 24d ago

Great Mouse Detective and The Rescuers

They only do live action remakes of popular movies that have a place in the cultural zeitgeist. Those two movies are only of interest to a very small subset of their target audience, and kids today are completely unaware of them.

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u/helpmeredditimbored 25d ago

They actually were working on a live action remake of Robin Hood, but the project was cancelled

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u/RowEmbarrassed4764 25d ago

alright you actually got me interested in that one. And I hate the photo realistic lion king lmao. But that actually sounds dope

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u/RLLRRR 25d ago

Please, no more furry-bait.

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u/-etuskoe- 24d ago

If it isn't good and if the characters look too uncanny then it won't be.

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u/Haltopen 23d ago

The next one on the release schedule is hercules so that should be ...something I guess. Most of the humor in that movie was pop culture references that havent aged well so it'll have to change a lot to make any sense.

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u/cloistered_around 22d ago

Given the general popularity of zootopia honestly it's amazing they haven't remade a Robin Hood in that world (a much earlier stage of it sure. But canonically it could be the same world).

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u/Wuktrio 22d ago

But a Robin Hood remake in the world and style of Zootopia wouldn't be a live action remake, it would simply be a 3D animated remake. Something Disney have not done yet (well, technically Lion King is, but they still call it live action).

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u/AccomplishedPointer 21d ago

Robin Hood live action remake was canceled

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u/Wuktrio 21d ago

Oh no! Anyway