Overview
- Dwayne Johnson reprises Maui as the trailer teases his shapeshifting and closes with a brief on-screen glimpse of the demigod.
- The first look features Lagaʻaia singing a line from How Far I’ll Go, sweeping views of Motunui, and the Kakamora tribe.
- Disney schedules a U.S. theatrical release for July 10, 2026, following the 2016 original and a 2024 animated sequel.
- Thomas Kail directs from a script by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller, with producers Dwayne Johnson, Beau Flynn, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Lin‑Manuel Miranda.
- Auliʻi Cravalho serves as an executive producer as the cast rounds out with John Tui (Chief Tui), Frankie Adams (Sina) and Rena Owen (Gramma Tala), and early online reaction is mixed over the remake’s timing.