Moana Trailer Shows Off Dwayne Johnson’s Maui & More in Live-Action Movie

Disney has released the first official Moana live-action trailer, previewing more of the upcoming live-action adaptation of the movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga’aia. The Moana live-action movie is set to release in theaters on July 10, 2026.

“In Disney’s live-action adaptation of the beloved Oscar-nominated animated adventure, Moana (Lagaʻaia) answers the Ocean’s call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people,” reads the film’s official synopsis.

Check out the Moana live-action trailer below (watch other trailers):

What happens in the Moana live-action trailer?

The new trailer highlights the recreation of the original 2016 film. In it, the titular Moana will set forth on an adventure to reunite a relic with the goddess Te Fiti. Along the way, she joins forces with Maui, a demigod, and the two journey together to try and help Moana save her people.

Alongside Laga’aia and Johnson, the Moana live-action movie is also set to star John Tui, Frankie Adams, and Rena Owen. The movie is directed by Thomas Kail from a script written by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller. Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, and Beau Flynn produce the film.

“Playing Maui has been the gift of a lifetime. Growing up as a Samoan — half Samoan and half black — in Samoan culture, Polynesian culture? We’re proud people,” Johnson said in a recent interview. “Proud of our culture. And what Moana has represented is a really awesome global embrace of Polynesian culture, our values and our qualities and our pride and our mana.”

Source: Comingsoon.net