Fun-Filled Olympics TV Spot For Disney's MOANA
After a quick tease last week, Disney has released the new TV spot for the studio's latest animated feature film, Moana, that debuted yesterday during the Rio Olympics. Aside from looking jaw-droppingly gorgeous (as many Walt Disney Animation films tend to), this movie just looks like a tremendous amount of fun, with Dwayne Johnson's larger-than-life demigod Maui goofing around and being kept on his toes by the adventurer Moana (newcomer Auli'i Cravalho) as they take to the open seas. Plus, we get a taste of new music for the movie partly created by Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check it out below:
Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana (voice of Auliʻi Cravalho) meets the mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson), who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfinder. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity. Directed by the renowned filmmaking team of Ron Clements and John Musker (“The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin,” “The Princess & the Frog”) and produced by Osnat Shurer (“Lifted,” “One Man Band”), “Moana” sails into U.S. theaters on Nov. 23, 2016.