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Live-action Moana remake to be helmed by Hamilton director Thomas Kail

Live-action Moana remake to be helmed by Hamilton director Thomas Kail

Thomas Kail would direct the live-action “Moana” based on a script by Dana Ledoux Miller and Jared Bush, the latter of whom also co-wrote the original animated film. As with the majority of Disney remakes, the live-action “Moana” is set to adhere closely to the 2016 film by focusing on its namesake – a Polynesian island teenager who sets out to save her home from ecological ruin by teaming up with Maui to revitalize the goddess of nature, Te Fiti. Along the way, the couple and Moana’s animal sidekicks battle deadly coconut pirates like something out of “Mad Max: Fury Road” and a giant coconut crab with a David Bowie-style singing voice.

(“Moana” is awesome, by the way, in case you forgot.)

Kail directed acclaimed songwriter “Moana” Lin-Manuel Miranda in original Broadway stage productions of Miranda’s hit musicals “In the Heights” and “Hamilton,” in addition to directing the latter’s film version which premiered on Disney+ in 2020. He also directed much of the acclaimed “Fosse/Verdon” miniseries produced by Miranda and won an Emmy for directing “Grease Live!” in 2016. Most recently, Kail helmed “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway, delivering a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical that, according to the film’s Caroline Cao, “stays true to its technical theatrical aspects.”

Look, I totally agree with what Auli’i Cravalho said about the need for a more authentic portrayal of the Pacific Islands in film and there’s no denying that Kail is a talented, hard-working guy. But that doesn’t stop me from wishing we could get more original stories about Pacific Islanders instead of more tired Disney rehashes that, if history is any indicator, very rarely live up to the original movies and , at worst, serve to diminish the value of animations.

The live-action “Moana” has yet to set a release date.

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