He claims the heart is cursed, something Moana refuses to believe until they fall under attack by a band of pirates called the Kakamora. Moana and her parents rush to the doctors, where Tala is lying on her deathbed. She encourages Moana to search for Maui and restore the heart in her final moments. Moana reluctantly accepts her grandmother’s dying wish, packs up supplies, and takes one of her ancestor’s boats that unknowingly had her rooster friend, Heihei, on board as well.

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The lava monster strikes to kill Moana, but Maui intervenes and uses his hook to block Te Kā’s blow. The wave created by the powerful impact blasts Moana and Maui away from the shores of Te Fiti. After recovering, Maui confronts Moana about her recklessness, which severely damaged his hook.

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• She is also Chief Tui and Sina’s elder daughter, Grandma Tala’s elder granddaughter, Simea’s elder sister, and Pua and Heihei’s owner.
• Maui jumps in and with the help of Moana’s ancestors, including Grandma Tala and Tautai Vasa, they revive her, with Moana becoming a demigoddess (complete with demigod tattoos), and Maui raises Motufetu, reconnecting the ocean with the mortals.
• Moana approaches new experiences and tasks with the utmost determination and will stand her ground to fight for what she values, even when all seems lost.
• The only hope for humanity lies in the hands of a fearless hero, who must journey to find Maui and have him return the heart to its rightful place.
• Upon escaping the cave and being helped by Ocean to desperately get back to her boat, Moana angrily confronted Maui, who continuously threw her off the boat, only for Ocean to repeatedly put her back on it.
• After Moana had an argument with her father over sailing beyond the reef to find more fish, she was comforted by Pua who tried to convince her sail into the ocean to look for more fish.

Maui jumps in and with the help of Moana’s ancestors, including Grandma Tala and Tautai Vasa, they revive her, with Moana becoming a demigoddess (complete with demigod tattoos), and Maui raises Motufetu, reconnecting the ocean with the mortals. When Moana blows her conch shell from atop Motufetu, her call is answered as several rafts from other islands appear and allow her to meet with the other people connected by the restored Motufetu. On April 3, 2023, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Dwayne Johnson shared the news during Disney’s annual shareholder’s meeting Monday, that a live-action remake of the 2016 animated film, Moana, would be in development. Dwayne Johnson is set to act as producer for the film, via his production company, Seven Bucks Productions. His co-star in the 2016 animated film, Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the titular character, will executive produce with Scott Sheldon of Flynn Picture Co.. The goddess revives the dying islands across the world, and restores Moana’s boat and Maui’s fishhook.

• It’s actually a mollusk, and you find this on all the Pacific Islands; it’s something they use quite a bit.
• After escaping the Kakamora, Moana was able to persuade Maui into helping restore the Heart of Te Fiti by playing on his desires to be seen as a hero.
• Moana premiered during the AFI Fest at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 23.
• There, she helps a struggling newborn sea turtle head out into the ocean from predators.
• As they climb a mountain to reach the entrance to the underworld, Maui wonders why the ocean chose Moana to save the world, to which she doesn’t seem to know it herself.
• The ocean obliges and takes the heart, Moana breaks down crying feeling hopeless but Tala’s spirit appears, inspiring Moana to find her true calling.
• Maui tells Moana that he didn’t want her to come along with him to save Motufetu, because she might die.

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Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foaʻi, the composers and co-songwriters of the first film, returned to score and write the songs, while Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear provided additional songs. When her homeland is threatened by a mysterious curse, Moana defies her village’s traditions and journeys across the ocean to find the demigod Maui. With only the sea as her guide and danger at every turn, she must learn to embrace her destiny and restore balance to the world, and to herself. Memorable characters, an empowering message and a catchy soundtrack combine to make this incredible movie. As they continued their journey after retrieving Maui’s Fish Hook from Tamatoa, Moana and Heihei watched Maui regain control of his shapeshifting abilities.

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They set off again, but an despondent Maui feels Moana unable to defeat Te Kā and restore the heart without his hook. Moana, wanting to give Maui the benefit of the doubt, seeks to discover the underlying plot of the demigod. It only angers Maui, prompting Moana to confess her own feelings of doubt by revealing that she doesn’t know why the ocean chose her. She further explains that she is still intending to save her dying island, although she can only do so with Maui’s aid. Moana offers to lend an ear to the demigod, and Maui eventually opens up to her by revealing that he was born human and was callously abandoned by his parents. After being adopted by the gods, he became a hero and protected humanity to win the love his parents had denied him.

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As they blow their conch shells in reply, it allows Moana to meet with the other islanders reconnected by Motufetu’s return. The 2016 musical won hearts worldwide with its stunning visuals, catchy songs, and bold message on protecting our planet. While Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t composing this time, he was “thrilled” with the all-female duo Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear’s take on the new film. As they climb a mountain to reach the entrance to the underworld, Maui wonders why the ocean chose Moana to save the world, to which she doesn’t seem to know it herself. Despite her sudden sense of doubt, Moana follows Maui into Lalotai and ends up finding the hook.

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After Moana gets struck by lightning, her ancestors revive her as a demigoddess and give her a magical tattoo. They face Te Kā, whom Moana manages to thwart to cross the barrier islands of Te Fiti. Moana is thrown from her boat and is nearly killed by the lava demon until Maui returns with a change of heart. Determined to protect Moana despite the damaged condition of his hook, Maui distracts Te Kā while the ocean helps Moana reach the fused shores of Te Fiti. Looking into the distance, she notices a glowing spiral on Te Kā’s chest and quickly realizes that the lava demon is Te Fiti, corrupted without her heart into her fiery lava demon form.