Moana 2 is sailing to Disney+ and will arrive on the streaming service on March 12, 2025. The second theatrical chapter in Moana’s story arrived in theaters on November 27, 2024, and globally has surpassed $1 billion at the box office. It was only the fourth film from Walt Disney Animation Studios. The other three were Frozen, Zootopia, Frozen 2. On top of that, the film was the #3 film of 2024! The film takes place three years after the original and sees Moana going on a new adventure across the seas.
Moana 2 Official Description
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” reunites Moana (voice of Cravalho) and Maui (voice of Johnson) three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller, and produced by Christina Chen and Yvett Merino, “Moana 2” features music by Grammy® winners Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, Grammy nominee Opetaia Foa‘i, and three-time Grammy winner Mark Mancina. Jared Bush and Miller are writing the film, which is executive produced by Jennifer Lee, Bush and Johnson.
The film also features returning stars Rachel House (Moana’s Grandma, Tala), Temuera Morrison (Moana’s father, Chief Tui) and Nicole Scherzinger (Moana’s mother, Sina), as well as the voices of Hualālai Chung, David Fane and Rose Matafeo as Moana’s new crew members Moni, Kele and Loto, respectively. Awhimai Fraser voices mysterious new character Matangi; Gerald Ramsey plays Moana’s ancestor, Tautai Vasa; and Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda lends her voice to Moana’s adoring and adorable little sister, Simea.
The Moana 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is currently available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.
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