The films tell the story of Moana ... the films do draw significant inspiration from real Polynesian myths and events. Moana 2 is now playing in theaters.

The shocking moment of self-sacrifice and change sets the beloved character on a new path, benefiting Moana both inside and outside the story ... ways replacing the true-love's-kiss troupe ...

She embodies the character the great Auli’i Cravalho played so perfectly and commands the stage with pure joy, real emotion ... The Tale of Moana, that desire to tell this story correctly ...

A film worker is suing Disney for $10 billion, claiming the "Moana" franchise shares "breathtaking" similarities to work he once pitched to a production studio.

But the issues are real, and deep-rooted ... from 1995’s Toy Story through to around the year 2010. So we shouldn’t see Moana 2’s box office as a victory – it’s made a fortune from ...

The story pulls from the first “Moana” film that came out in 2016, but had to be morphed into something unique for the cruise ship, telling the story of her family’s start on the fictional ...

“We had a unique opportunity to take the story and pick it ... Even though Moana is a fictional character and her island of Motonui isn’t real, the Polynesian people and places they represent ...