Compared to the original Disney musical Moana, which largely just follows wayfarer Moana (Auli‘i Cravalho) and cocky demigod ...

Nara Youn, a 19-year animation industry veteran, joined Disney in 2013 after working with DreamWorks on titles such as ...

But we've also seen a number of wildly popular hits in recent years like Frozen ... have passed between Moana and its sequel, allowing audiences to miss the title character, Maui and the rest ...

The record was previously held by another Disney sequel, "Frozen II," which in 2019 grossed $125 million over Thanksgiving ... Johnson is returning as Maui in the live-action rendition, although ...

Yes, Frozen 3 is coming, don’t forget. I would expect Moana 2 to pass the first and inch toward a billion, but we’ll have to wait and see.

The record was previously held by another Disney sequel, "Frozen II," which in 2019 ... will not be playing the title character. No casting for Moana in the remake has been announced.