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[Draugoth]

Disney announced a sequel to “Moana,” which will be released theatrically on Nov. 27.

“’Moana’ remains an incredibly popular franchise,” Iger said in a statement. “We can’t wait to give you more of Moana and Maui when ‘Moana 2’ comes to theaters this November.”

Dave Derrick Jr. is directing the sequel, with music from the duo of Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, as well as Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina, who worked on the first film. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote “How Far I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome,” isn’t expected to return with new songs for the follow-up.

 

[MilkyJoe]

I'm sure it will suck balls

 

[Scotty W]

All these sequels.

Just please, make them stop!

 

[The Cockatrice]

All these sequels.

Just please, make them stop!

They wont. Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. Aside from some unique indie movies, it's either Disney levels of trash filled with insane amounts of pandering or bait sequels of older good movies.

 

[jason10mm]

Hopefully we get at least an awesome luau dance number with some fit girls

And I'm sure Disney will cast for a worldly audience with all ranges of ethnicities represented across the globe for this fantasy story, right?

 

[AJUMP23]

Moan gif.

 

[MayauMiao]

I believe it will suck like Frozen II.

 

[kruis]

Disney is now completely creatively bankrupt. They're now producing sequels to The Lion King (live action), Maleficent (live action), Frozen 3 and 4, Inside Out, Toy Story (two more movies), Moana, Zootopia. Plus a live action remake of the original Moana and Lilo & Stitch. There's probably even more remakes in the pipeline. Between now and Q4 2026 there's only one original story in production: Pixar's Elio that's slated for June 2025.

 

[kunonabi]

No miranda songs and no godawful crab sequence could make it better than the first pretty easily. Just needs a decent villain and for Moana herself to actually be interesting.

 

[jason10mm]

Disney is now completely creatively bankrupt. They're now producing sequels to The Lion King (live action), Maleficent (live action), Frozen 3 and 4, Inside Out, Toy Story (two more movies), Moana, Zootopia. Plus a live action remake of the original Moana and Lilo & Stitch. There's probably even more remakes in the pipeline. Between now and Q4 2026 there's only one original story in production: Pixar's Elio that's slated for June 2025.

No kidding, if they are gonna remake stuff at least swing for the fences

and how IN THE HELL have we not gotten a "Fast and Furious" parody movie starring the OG lovebug?

 

[Spyxos]

I'm sure it will suck balls

First one was really good.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Why in Spanish the movie is called Vaiana?

 

[Doom85]

No kidding, if they are gonna remake stuff at least swing for the fences

Based on what I’ve heard from the book readers, a Black Cauldron remake that follows the books more closely would be fire.

 

[K' Dash]

Moana and Encanto are my daughters favorite Disney movies, so I'm going to watch it for sure.

Can't wait to see the look on her face

 

[YCoCg]

and no godawful crab sequence

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! Shiny was the best song of the first one, also looks great in HDR.

 

[Stitch]

Why in Spanish the movie is called Vaiana?

In many European countries, the name of the titular character, Moana, was changed to Vaiana due to a trademark conflict. The film was released in those countries to bear the alternative name in the title. In Italy, the film was released with the title Oceania; media outlets speculated that the name change was to avoid confusion with Italian pornographic actress Moana Pozzi, and Disney Italy's head of theatrical marketing, Davide Romani, acknowledged they were "thinking about the issue" at a meeting of Italian exhibitors in 2015.

Moana (2016 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Days like these...]

Why does she have cankles? Pass

 

[K' Dash]

Why in Spanish the movie is called Vaiana?

Not In LATAM, I guess you mean Spain?

 

[kunonabi]

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH! Shiny was the best song of the first one, also looks great in HDR.

That thing was absolute torture to sit through. You're Welcome would have been a legit all-timer if the The Rock could sing though.

 

[Mossybrew]

Moana is top tier Disney but I have zero interest in a sequel.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I'm sure it will suck balls

Funnily enough, they had to change the title in Italy to avoid people expecting to see actual balls being sucked in the movie.
(Italy’s most legendary porn actress was called Moana.)

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I believe it will suck like Frozen II.

It will make millions.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Not In LATAM, I guess you mean Spain?

Here in Mexico it is known as Moana... in Spain many movies change the name of the original movies.

In many European countries, the name of the titular character, Moana, was changed to Vaiana due to a trademark conflict. The film was released in those countries to bear the alternative name in the title. In Italy, the film was released with the title Oceania; media outlets speculated that the name change was to avoid confusion with Italian pornographic actress Moana Pozzi, and Disney Italy's head of theatrical marketing, Davide Romani, acknowledged they were "thinking about the issue" at a meeting of Italian exhibitors in 2015.

Moana (2016 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Great answer

 

[Trogdor1123]

Moana is top tier Disney but I have zero interest in a sequel.

I’m just the same. The first movie was awesome. It was great. I don’t see it really needing a sequel though. Moana was the only live remake I was looking forward to but this seems to just muddy the water.

 

[jason10mm]

Are they still going ahead with a Lilo and Stitch live action? I would prefer that over Moana, personally. Maybe they can film them both simultaneously since the casting would overlap a lot.

Disney, I need my Elvis!!!

 

[MrA]

Based on what I’ve heard from the book readers, a Black Cauldron remake that follows the books more closely would be fire.

The black cauldron removes the big hero (the main character isnt the big hero in first 4 books) and drops any interesting themes a proper telling would be awesome, and start with the book of three, but disney today would never deliver on that

 

[Billbofet]

I consider this the last great animated film from Disney, but I have no interest in a sequel. I don't think my kids give a shit either since this was 8 years ago.
Plus, if there is then a Moana live-action movie.... WTF?!

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

How old are y'all?

 

[Chittagong]

Well, I can confirm that blowing in the seashell and the last waa-hoo yell are authentic Polynesian, however it's supposed to be a haka man doing that. I guess cultural appropriation in this direction is acceptable to Disney.

 

[bitbydeath]

Moana and Encanto are my daughters favorite Disney movies, so I'm going to watch it for sure.

Can't wait to see the look on her face

She has great taste.
The music is amazing in both.

 

[March Climber]

All these sequels.

Just please, make them stop!

Hollywood is creatively bankrupt. Aside from some unique indie movies, it's either Disney levels of trash filled with insane amounts of pandering or bait sequels of older good movies.

And I'm sure they will cast for a worldly audience with all ranges of ethnicities represented across the globe for this fantasy story, right?

Not pointing you three out specifically, but sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in a time loop where I see responses very similar to these three, back to back, in almost every new trailer thread.

Maybe there should be a vote or something so that we can figure out what type of new movies/trailers GAF members like yourselves actually want to see. You guys might know of some hidden gems out there that never get threads here.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Not pointing you three out specifically, but sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in a time loop where I see responses very similar to these three, back to back, in almost every new trailer thread.

Maybe there should be a vote or something so that we can figure out what type of new movies/trailers GAF members like yourselves actually want to see. You guys might know of some hidden gems out there that never get threads here.

Late Night With the Devil Trailer

Damn, this looks interesting.

www.neogaf.com

 

[jason10mm]

Late Night With the Devil Trailer

Damn, this looks interesting.

www.neogaf.com

And knuckles.

My opinion on a trailer will be based on the track record of the company along with what I see in the announcement.

I don't shit on stuff indiscriminately, these are precision shits like a B-1B flying from Texas to strike a warehouse in Yemen that has been given 2 days warning to clear the good stuff out

 

[RJMacready73]

I watched this along with Tangled on an almost weekly basis with my wee girl for about 2yrs and I gotta admit, they never grew old, Moana is an absolutely brilliant story wrapped up in some incredible visuals, if they nail another great story, get the same song team back they could be onto another winner, aye, I'm all for it

 

[ManaByte]

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote “How Far I’ll Go” and “You’re Welcome,” isn’t expected to return with new songs for the follow-up.

We've reached the 90s Direct to Video sequel era.

 

[Rran]

We've reached the 90s Direct to Video sequel era.

After Ralph's Old Meme Movie and Frozen 2, I'd say we're knee-deep in it already.

 

[WoJ]

Hopefully we get at least an awesome luau dance number with some fit girls

And I'm sure Disney will cast for a worldly audience with all ranges of ethnicities represented across the globe for this fantasy story, right?

Jokes on you, we will get luau dancers but it will all be trans women.

Moana doesn't need a sequel. First one was great. But Disney wasn't as terrible as they are now when they made the first one.

 

[Doom85]

We've reached the 90s Direct to Video sequel era.

I mean, the Aladdin sequels were pretty good. I never saw it, but The Lion King sequel is supposed to be interesting and dark. And Cinderella 3 of all things apparently slaps pretty hard (no one talks about 2 so I assume it sucks).

And Extremely Goofy Movie is a lot of fun. Yeah, it’s a retread of some of the ideas of the first movie, but still really fun.

But then you get shit like the Atlantis “sequel” which is just three random stories with no connection (I heard it was supposed to be a show pilot?). The Brother Bear sequel existing somehow (barely anyone gave a shit about the first one, why did this get a sequel? Thank god Home on the Range didn’t, the first one alone was a plague on humanity).

But the true stinker was Mulan 2. Mushu becomes an unlikable piece of shit. And Mulan destroys a potential alliance with another country that could now lead to war with countless people dying all because she wants to help three women she just met not have to wind up in arranged marriages.

Like, yeah, arranged marriages could suck, but a massive war that could result in countless people dying? That MIGHT just suck more, you know?

The best Disney sequel (in general, so including theatrical and direct to video) to me is still Rescuers Down Under, which is nuts because I don’t even really like the first one, but damn, Down Under is a great adventure. Likable leads, good humor, great animation, and one hell of a fun villain.

 

[jason10mm]

The thing with these direct to VHS sequels is they were A. fodder for an unsophisticated audience (i.e. kids that needed something to watch on a friday night) and B. they served as proving grounds for up and coming writers, directors, etc to hone their craft in a relatively underresourced, low risk way.

Moana 2 and similar films are not that. They are high stakes, resource intensive efforts which begs the question WHY? No other ideas? Too hard to sell new IP? Legal reasons to protect trademark? A desire to avoid any requirement to license anything? I can only imagine how costly it will be to make a live action version anywhere near the scale of Moana because that film was expensive AF at 150 mill.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Remember when Disney sequels were direct to video affairs? Good old days.

 

[LaughingStock]

Weren't they planning a live action remake of the first movie?

 

[JayK47]

I do not believe Disney is capable of making anything good anymore. They are morally and creatively bankrupt. Moana is a decent movie. I have very low hopes for all of these sequels.

 

[YCoCg]

Remember when Disney sequels were direct to video affairs? Good old days.

And then Toy Story 2 happened 25 years ago!

 

[BearNecessity]

Hopefully we get at least an awesome luau dance number with some fit girls

And I'm sure Disney will cast for a worldly audience with all ranges of ethnicities represented across the globe for this fantasy story, right?

If they dont will you cry?

 

[Hudo]

Y'all dunked on Atlantis back then (I really like that movie). But now you wouldn't mind Disney making movies as good as that again, wouldn't you?

 

[jason10mm]

If they dont will you cry?

Oh, there will be a luau, no doubt, the question is will it have sexy fit women or the usual pre-diabetic fast food afficionadoes that seem to fill the casting calls for any "native" roles these days.