Moana 2 (Disney Animation - November 2024)

[DCBaker]

Bob Iger has announced the Disney+ animated series is being turned into a theatrical release on November 27, 2024.

Here's the announcement for Moana 2.

 

[SplashJacket]

Wait, you mean to tell me they're making the movie that they should've made instead of the live-action remake?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[DCBaker]

Here's what Disney has to say about the film:

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.

Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Moana 2' to Voyage into Theaters November 2024 - The Walt Disney Company

Moana 2, Disney Animation’s all-new feature-length sequel to 2016’s Oscar-nominated film, will be released in theaters in 2024.

thewaltdisneycompany.com

 

[Phroobar]

That could be fun. I'd rather see that than a live action remake.

 

[Jedijax719]

This is a great move for Disney! After failing (for whatever reason) with a series of newbies, revisiting a beloved tale is the best move. HOPEFULLY they scrap the live action thing forever!

 

[TsWade2]

Awesome! I guess we're going to have sequels for awhile, and I'm okay with that.

 

[mightynine]

Honestly surprised to see "Moana 2" and not "Moana: We Know The Way" or something like that. Feels like you never get numbered sequels these days!

 

[pigglewiggle]

Was this a surprise? Have to say, pretty stoked about this. We love Moana, listen to the soundtrack all the time.

 

[PizzaSpringRoll2017]

Disney realized they’re bleeding money and nothing they’re doing is working with animation, so knowing Moana is the most streamed movie on D+ they reworked a kids show they were making into a theatrical release as fast as they possibly could. Without Lin, who was the heart of the original Moana and a huge part of why it's so beloved in the first place, directed by the story director of Strange World, which was a disaster.

This sounds like it will be on the level of a direct to video threequel, but actually released in theaters instead of just VHS.

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

"The Way of Water" was already taken.

As a person who loved the first film... I'll cautiously look forward to it... but as Pizza mentioned... yeah.

 

[Farerb]

I don't care that LMM isn't back, it just means that we'll have another copycat like we did with Wish, but the original was made by animation legends, John Musker and Ron Clements. This is made by a nobody. What happened to "we let the directors decide if they come up with a good story???"
Bob Iger turned Disney Animation into Disney Toons - this movie is basically Cinderella 2, Atlantis 2 and Belle's magical prison, and four years of sequels!! (Is the Frozen franchise any different than Tinkerbell at this point??).
This is the most disheartening thing to me honestly. It's so depressing to see what Disney Animation is turning out to be.

 

[Andrew C]

Who is doing the music and songs?

 

[DCBaker]

Who is doing the music and songs?

Per Disney: Music by Grammy® winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Grammy nominee Opetaia Foa’i, and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina.

 

[ChesireCat11]

So Zootopia 2 in 2025 and Frozen 3 in 2026? I’m interested in them, but that means no original Disney stories for a while.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Was this a surprise? Have to say, pretty stoked about this. We love Moana, listen to the soundtrack all the time.

YES!!*

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

So Zootopia 2 in 2025 and Frozen 3 in 2026? I’m interested in them, but that means no original Disney stories for a while.

Frozen 3 - 2025

 

[BuddyThomas]

So Zootopia 2 in 2025 and Frozen 3 in 2026? I’m interested in them, but that means no original Disney stories for a while.

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[TsWade2]

So Zootopia 2 in 2025 and Frozen 3 in 2026? I’m interested in them, but that means no original Disney stories for a while.

I’m afraid so.But we will enjoy the sequels in the meantime.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

This sounds like it will be on the level of a direct to video threequel, but actually released in theaters instead of just VHS.

Which is what happened with Return to Neverland and The Jungle Book 2.

 

[BuddyThomas]

I’m afraid so.But we will enjoy the sequels in the meantime.

Don’t forget that Elio is coming. See above.