Fantastic Four is really only scheduled a little over a year from now??? And the only casting news we have is Pedro Pascal?
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Moana 2 (Disney Animation - November 2024)
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Fantastic Four is really only scheduled a little over a year from now??? And the only casting news we have is Pedro Pascal?
Moana (live action) is still on the list along with Moana 2.
Coaster Lover
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So this is just condensing the Moana Disney+ series that was announced back in 2020 into a movie? Can't see how that could fail... 
TalkingHead
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Two SW features in one calendar year. They haven’t learned a thing about overexposure.
But on the other hand, optimistic to think that the theatrical business will still be functioning normally in 2026.
I'm with those who think that Disney's doing this just to have something to go up against Wicked - Part One over Thanksgiving, because after Wonka ended up much better-received than many people expected and basically was the movie Wish was supposed to be critically and financially, that movie's chances of being a hit just rose a bit. It's totally possible that the ship has sailed for a Wicked adaptation after 20+ years of imitations, many by Disney, but one never knows.
Disney Irish
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The issue with Wicked is there have been so many promises of a movie for years that many have moved on. I can see it doing initially well just for the curiosity factor, but the question is will it have legs, that I don't know.
With Moana 2, that has a built-in audience that has watched the first movie consistently on streaming for the last several years. Its a no-brainer why Disney would do this.
And for those that are complaining about it being converted from D+ series to a movie.... Remember the complaints about many of the D+ series from Marvel and Star Wars, they were all just movies that were cut up into episodic form. I suspect the same was done with Moana D+ series, made as a feature and cutup to make an episodic show. So with editing its not hard to reverse that and make it back to a movie. So we'll see....
Jedijax719
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They won't release them on the same day.Something will move, even if a week apart.
erasure fan1
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Well this is Disney we are talking about. Learning things doesn't seem to be their strong suit these days.
Disney Irish
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Not sure about that, after Barbie/Oppenheimer last year I don't think Hollywood is as concerned about releasing two tentpole films on the same day as they used to be.
Jedijax719
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Moana 2 in November 2024 and then MOANA two weeks out from Elio in 2025???
The latter will be axed. Guaranteed. So will 3/4 of the "untitled" entries.
The latter will be axed. Guaranteed. So will 3/4 of the "untitled" entries.
Disney Irish
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Doubt it.
Well, someone is being a doom and gloomer. Sorry I started that trend.
Ghost93
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The live action Moana was more about the Rock being desperate once the Black Adam franchise failed to take off. Moana 2 getting a theatrical release makes me optimistic than Disney will hold off on doing a live-action remake for awhile.
The most successful of the remakes came out 25 years after the original for maximum nostalgia value. With that in mind, it would be foolish for a live-action remake of Moana to come out before 2041.
It seems most trades expect the live-action film to move off the 2025 date.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
variety.com
deadline.com
Why Bob Iger Is So High on ‘Moana 2’ and What It Means for the Live-Action Pic
The surprise announcement that the sequel will hit theaters this Thanksgiving likely means that the Dwayne Johnson remake will move out of 2025 to provide some distance between the two movies.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
‘Moana 2’ Was Supposed to Be a Disney+ Series. Why It’s Hitting Movie Theaters Instead
Inside Disney's decision to reconfigure "Moana 2" from a Disney+ streaming series to a theatrical tentpole releasing this fall.
variety.com
Dwayne Johnson In Talks To Reprise Maui For Disney’s Animated ‘Moana 2’; Live-Action Pic Bound To Shift Dates
Deadline has learned that Dwayne Johnson is in talks to return for the animated sequel to Moana due to hit theaters in November.
deadline.com
Chef idea Mickey`=
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Perhaps the music this time can turn in another direction like Frozen and Frozen II. Frozen II songs were quite different than Frozen 1.
choco choco
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Dwayne Johnson In Talks To Reprise Maui For Disney’s Animated ‘Moana 2’; Live-Action Pic Bound To Shift Dates
Deadline has learned that Dwayne Johnson is in talks to return for the animated sequel to Moana due to hit theaters in November.
Dwayne Johnson is still "in talks" to return to the movie? And then in that article, they drop this little nugget,
The two leads aren't even signed on yet to do the movie?!!?!?! In animation, the voice recordings come first, and then it takes years to animate the characters to sync with the voice recordings. They haven't even signed the two leads yet and they gave it a release date of nine months away????!!??
None of this makes any sense. This movie has worse vibes than Raya and the Last Dragon, which replaced it's entire crew of directors ridiculously late in the process. Surprise, surprise, but that movie was a mess. This thing has disaster written all over it.
They can't even have started animation if the voice acting hasn't been recorded yet. What is going on at Disney?
EPCOT-O.G.
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I’m sorry, but…Dwayne Johnson is “in talks”? LMM not coming back, nor are the directors? A ten second teaser 9 months out?It seems most trades expect the live-action film to move off the 2025 date.
Why Bob Iger Is So High on ‘Moana 2’ and What It Means for the Live-Action Pic
The surprise announcement that the sequel will hit theaters this Thanksgiving likely means that the Dwayne Johnson remake will move out of 2025 to provide some distance between the two movies.‘Moana 2’ Was Supposed to Be a Disney+ Series. Why It’s Hitting Movie Theaters Instead
Inside Disney's decision to reconfigure "Moana 2" from a Disney+ streaming series to a theatrical tentpole releasing this fall.Dwayne Johnson In Talks To Reprise Maui For Disney’s Animated ‘Moana 2’; Live-Action Pic Bound To Shift Dates
Deadline has learned that Dwayne Johnson is in talks to return for the animated sequel to Moana due to hit theaters in November.
This smells like a rush job
EPCOT-O.G.
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Moana is a modern classic and has remarkable enduring popularity. It’s sad what’s about to happen to that series.
EPCOT-O.G.
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Not aware of this site, but it’s reporting the live action Moana is outright cancelled.
If true, that amybe for the best.