Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast South Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania.
Moana was co-written by Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok) and features music by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The Rock already played Hercules, now he plays a guy who kind of looks and sounds like Hercules’ South Pacific cousin Maui, who boasts of his great deeds, his magical fish hook, and his apparently magical dancing tattoos.
The animation in this trailer looks absolutely stunning; the characters are cartoonish, but the magic-hour sunlight and sparkling ocean waves are gorgeous.