With less than a month to go before Disney’s live-action Moana is swept into cinemas around the world, a final set of posters and a brand new trailer have been released by the Mouse House. Bringing to life the beloved animated characters from 2016’s Moana are Catherine Lagaʻaia as the titular heroine, Dwayne Johnson as […]
Disney’s live-action Moana unveils new trailer, poster and behind-the-scenes featurette
A new trailer and poster have sailed online for the live-action reimagining of the beloved 2016 animated feature Moana, along with a featurette which takes us behind the scenes of the musical adventure and sees stars Catherine Lagaʻaia (Moana), Dwayne Johnson (Maui), director Thomas Kail, costume designer Liz McGregor and choreographer Tiana Nonosina Liufau discuss […]
Catherine Laga‘aia to play Moana in live-action remake, Moana’s family cast
Disney has found its Moana for the live-action remake. Catherine Laga‘aia (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart) will play the heroine in Moana alongside Dwayne Johnson as Maui. Laga’aia is a relative newcomer to film and TV having made her debut in Prime Video’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. In a statement, she said “I’m really […]
Mae Whitman to lead Hulu musical comedy Up Here
Mae Whitman (Good Girls) is set to lead Up Here, a music comedy series for Hulu from tick, tick… BOOM! writer Steven Levenson, The Carmichael Show writer Danielle Sanchez-Witzel and Hamilton director Thomas Kail, per Deadline. Up Here is “set in New York City in the waning days of 1999. It follows the extraordinary story of one ordinary couple, Lindsay and […]
Video Review – Hamilton on Disney+
EJ Moreno reviews Disney+’s filmed version of the Hamilton stage musical… Quite wild to think Hamilton is still a big deal five years after its original release, but with songs and acting like this, you can see why. Join our host EJ Moreno as he breaks down his feelings on the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, as […]
Movie Review – Hamilton (2020)
Hamilton, 2020 Directed by Thomas Kail Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Jonathan Groff SYNOPSIS: The real life of one of America’s foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Filmed live on Broadway from […]
Disney to release Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton in 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has been an enormous hit on stages around the world, and now the musical is set for a theatrical release from Disney with the original Broadway cast, including Miranda as the lead character Alexander Hamilton. The film is of the original stage play and was shot in 2016 with multiple studios bidding for […]
