Disney has been giving its hit motion pictures TV present spinoffs for the reason that daybreak of time… Effectively, the Nineties, however similar distinction. Just about all of the Mouse Home’s Renaissance period movies spawned sequence of their very own — The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules… Not Mulan, although (missed alternative a lot?). Curiously, nevertheless, this isn’t one thing that’s notably in style within the streaming period, exterior of short-form content material like Frozen off-shoot Olaf Presents.
Nonetheless, that’s not for lack of attempting as initiatives resembling Tiana (a follow-up to the perennially underrated The Princess and the Frog) have been within the works for the reason that introduction of Disney Plus. Likewise, the Moana TV sequence, first introduced again in December 2020. After all, since then the studio has moved ahead with not one, however two separate initiatives starring Moana and Maui. Particularly, a live-action remake coming in 2025 and an animated sequel due in late 2024. So the place does this go away the present?
What does Moana 2 imply for the Moana TV sequence?
Brief reply: there isn’t any Moana TV sequence anymore. I used to be going to say “sorry to interrupt it to you,” however I believe with two Moana motion pictures coming within the subsequent two years, it’s exhausting to really feel short-changed. Even Te Kā couldn’t get indignant about this growth.
The reality is that the TV sequence and Moana 2 are one and the identical, because the plans for the present turned out to impress Disney brass a lot that the choice was made to show it right into a film as a substitute. And never only a streaming film both, however a bonafide theatrical movie with a traditional Thanksgiving launch window. The information of the sequel got here along with Disney’s Q1 earnings report, with Disney CEO Bob Iger confirming “we had been impressed by what we noticed, and knew it deserved a theatrical launch.”
Disney is definitely no stranger to taking a streaming TV challenge and deciding it could be finest served as a film. Marvel’s Armor Wars, set to star Don Cheadle as Conflict Machine, went the identical manner and is now anticipated to return out in 2026. After all, the truth that the corporate desperately wants a brand new animated hit following each Unusual World and Want‘s dismal field workplace performances throughout 2022 and 2023 most likely had one thing to do with this determination as effectively.
With 2016’s Moana proving to be the reward that retains on giving, hopefully Moana 2 might be the one to revive the guts of Te Fiti Disney’s animation domination.