OAHU — The world premiere of Disney’s “Moana 2” sailed into Oahu, Hawaii on Thursday together with a celebration of Pacific Islander heritage.
Within the storyline, three years have handed since Moana’s adventures within the first hit movie. “At first, she was questioning if she could possibly be a wayfinder,” Auliʻi Cravalho, who voices the title character, advised Reuters.
“By the point we see her once more she’s a … grasp navigator.”
The movie additionally takes Moana on a journey into the longer term, so she is touring “even additional past,” the native Hawaiian actor added.
“Moana 2,” directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, arrives in theaters on Nov. 27.
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In it Moana receives a sudden name from her ancestors to journey the seas and break the god Nalo’s curse, which prevents the individuals of varied islands from reconnecting.
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She should type her personal crew and reunite along with her buddy, the demigod Maui, performed by Dwayne Johnson.
“Maui’s journey in ‘Moana 2’ means to me a number of issues,” Johnson mentioned.
“Primary, legacy, and quantity two, the character Maui was largely impressed by my grandfather who’s buried right here (Hawaii), so it’s fairly significant to me,” he added.
The premiere opened with performances from Hawaiian dancers carrying leis and waving Hawaiian flags.
The movie is extremely anticipated after Disney’s different 2024 animated sequel “Inside Out 2” handed the $1 billion mark on the worldwide field workplace lower than three weeks after its launch – the quickest that any animated movie has reached that degree.
The primary “Moana” topped the 2016 Thanksgiving field workplace rankings, incomes a mighty $81.1 million over the five-day vacation interval.