Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana, starring Auli‘i Cravalho (voice of Moana) and Dwayne Johnson (voice of Maui), opens in theaters November 23, 2016.
The animated film is directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, who made their writing-directing debut on the 1986 feature The Great Mouse Detective. The duo went on to write and direct some of Disney’s most beloved animated classics, including The Little Mermaid in 1989, Aladdin in 1992, Hercules in 1997 and, most recently, The Princess and the Frog in 2009. The dynamic team behind the film’s inspired music includes Tony®- and Grammy®-winning lyricist/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights), Mark Mancina (Tarzan), and Opetaia Foa‘i, the founder and lead singer of Te Vaka.