Moana officially confirmed as the 56th Disney Animated feature.

[Matt_Black]

Saw this on twitter today. Currently, they're saying late 2016.

 

[BigTxEars]

They have been hitting home runs for the last number of years in animation, I would think this will be more of the same. Sounds like a good setting for a movie, no doubt we will see tie ins at the Poly when the movie hits.

 

[Magenta Panther]

They have been hitting home runs for the last number of years in animation, I would think this will be more of the same. Sounds like a good setting for a movie, no doubt we will see tie ins at the Poly when the movie hits.

I'm eager to see more concept art and plot leaks!

 

[Sped2424]

So then Giants or Zootopia have been delayed or cut to 2018 then... interesting..

 

[Sped2424]

Me thinks the success of a recent princess film has to do with this movie being bumped up....

 

[Matt_Black]

So then Giants or Zootopia have been delayed or cut to 2018 then... interesting..

Zootopia is being projected for spring 2016. Remember, due to some issues, we're getting two Pixar films next year instead of one Pixar and one WDAS.

 

[RandomPrincess]

Entertainment Weekly has a write up on the announcement -

Moana is described as a “a sweeping, CG-animated comedy-adventure,” and takes place in ancient Oceania in the South Pacific. The film will tell the story of its titular character, a teenage girl and “born navigator” who “sets sail in search of a fabled island,” according to a summary from Disney. “During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds and ancient folklore,” Disney reveals.

The creative team behind Moana, which is CG-animated, has some serious Disney pedigree: Directors Ron Clements and John Musker also helmed The Little Mermaid and Aladdin among others. “Moana is indomitable, passionate and a dreamer with a unique connection to the ocean itself,” Musker said in a statement. “She’s the kind of character we all root for, and we can’t wait to introduce her to audiences.”

There is already a strong Internet fanbase for the Polynesian Moana, who was previously expected to make her debut in 2018, and she serves as an example of Disney furthering representation of diverse and minority characters.

 

[Sped2424]

So then giants has been delayed or cut

 

[Matt_Black]

Not necessarily. Zootopia was always going to be 2016, Giants was assumed to be 2017, and Moana 2018. Depending on what the Pixar Braintrust will be up to for '16 & '17, Giants still might be on track.

 

[BigTxEars]

I'm eager to see more concept art and plot leaks!

Art yes, plot leaks no! I like to be taken by surprise. OK maybe just little bit of leak of the general story.

 

[Sped2424]

Not necessarily. Zootopia was always going to be 2016, Giants was assumed to be 2017, and Moana 2018. Depending on what the Pixar Braintrust will be up to for '16 & '17, Giants still might be on track.

Nope. giants was always rumored to be slated for 2016 and moana was slated for 2018. They have 2 films for 2016 no films for 2017 and then 2 again for 2018. So if it's going to happen it will be in 2018.

 

[Matt_Black]

Except then where does Zootopia fit in? That was only scheduled for 2016 once Pixar's schedule got mixed up, pushing Inside Out to 2015 and Finding Dory to fall of that year.

 

[RandomPrincess]

Except then where does Zootopia fit in? That was only scheduled for 2016 once Pixar's schedule got mixed up, pushing Inside Out to 2015 and Finding Dory to fall of that year.

2017 is pretty empty.

 

[Sped2424]

Except then where does Zootopia fit in? That was only scheduled for 2016 once Pixar's schedule got mixed up, pushing Inside Out to 2015 and Finding Dory to fall of that year.

Zootopia is in march, moana is in november. Also finding dory is slated for june of 2016 right in between these two films. So it won't affect them at all. Where are you getting fall from?

 

[Matt_Black]

I could have sworn that I read that they were shooting to have Finding Dory be the big holiday 2015 release, since there isn't anything going to be anything from WDAS that year.

 

[216bruce]

I really don't care when they come out-as long as they're good. It used to be years and years between animated features (from 1953-1985 was a pretty irregular schedule) and their release was an event. Now, not so much. Make 'em good, take your time.

 

[Genie of the Lamp]

I grew up reading the novels of Melville and Conrad. And the South Seas, the exotic world that a lot of their stories are set in, was extremely intriguing to me. Just looking at the art which comes out that corner of the globe — the carvings, the statuary, the sculpture — I thought that it all begged for this bigger-than-life treatment that you can only get with animation. So to expand on that idea, I then began reading up on the mythology of this area. Which is when I came across these incredible tales about Maui, who's one of the great cultural heroes of the South Pacific.

When they took their idea to Disney's John Lasseter, though, he said this called for a lot more on-the-ground research. So Musker and Clement ended up spending a lot of time in the South Seas, researching the islands and their culture, in order to get it right. "Those trips have been revelatory and kind of life-changing in a way," Musker tells HuffPo. "In that it made us take our very simple outline and rework the whole thing." Expect Moana to be playing in theaters on or around November 23, 2016.

http://io9.com/thank-goodness-were-getting-disneys-lovely-moana-sooner-1648597781

 

[Sped2424]

I could have sworn that I read that they were shooting to have Finding Dory be the big holiday 2015 release, since there isn't anything going to be anything from WDAS that year.

Nope. good dinosaur and inside out in 2015. and no walt disney animated features that year. Then in 2016 walt disney animation has zootopia and moana. Finding dory shall be released between those two films.

 

[Disnee4Me]

No Brazilian princess yet? Might ramp up attendance of Brazilian visitors to the park that I hear everyone talk about???

 

[RandomPrincess]

Disney Animation revealed that Moana,will hit theaters Nov. 23, 2016.