---
title: 'Moana (2026)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thomas Kail'
released: '2026-07-08'
runtime_minutes: 115
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/moana-2026'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '6.50/10'
fandom_stars: '3.25/5'
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27419466/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Moana (2026)

2026 · PG · 115 min · Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Moana is a 2026 American musical adventure film and a live-action adaptation of Disney Animation's 2016 film. As the overall third installment and the first live-action film in the Moana franchise, the film was directed by Thomas Kail and written by Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller. It was produced by Dwayne Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Beau Flynn, and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film stars Johnson, Rena Owen, John Tui, Frankie Adams, Jemaine Clement and Catherine Laga'aia in her film debut as the title character.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Dwayne Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwayne-johnson), [Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/lin-manuel-miranda), [Beau Flynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/beau-flynn), [Hiram Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiram-garcia), [Dany Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/dany-garcia)
- **Director:** [Thomas Kail](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-kail)
- **Screenplay:** [Jared Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/jared-bush), [Dana Ledoux Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-ledoux-miller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Mancina](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-mancina)
- **Director of Photography:** [Óscar Faura](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-faura)
- **Editor:** [Melanie Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-oliver)

## Cast

- [Frankie Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-adams) as Sina
- [John Tui](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-tui) as Chief Tui
- [Rena Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rena-owen) as Gramma Tala
- [Dwayne Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwayne-johnson) as Maui

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **6.50/10** (3.25 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **6.5/10** — [A Good Song in a Very Expensive Echo](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/a-good-song-in-a-very-expensive-echo) by Dorothy Kwan, 2026-08-07
  > The live-action Moana has enough warmth, rhythm and star power to keep a family crowd happy, but it spends most of that energy proving the animated film never needed replacing.

Official site: https://movies.disney.com/moana-2026
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/moana-2026
Film facts: Wikidata (Q118996994); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.