Disney has launched the first trailer of its highly anticipated upcoming live-action Moana. The reintroduction features a face ready to make waves in Hollywood – Catherine Lagaʻaia. The nearly ...

Disney's live-action Moana is on Disney+. From Dwayne Johnson's Maui to the surprising ending changes, these 10 details stand ...

Cravalho also sent Lagaʻaia an email saying, "I'm here if you need me. But also, this is entirely your own. This is your film" Auliʻi Cravalho is passing the Moana torch — and knows it's in great ...

For Catherine Lagaʻaia, landing the title role in Disney's live-action Moana was more than the opportunity of a lifetime: it was a chance to continue a family legacy. The Australian newcomer, 19, ...

As Disney’s biggest live-action spectacle, Moana, prepares to sail into cinemas, 19-year-old Catherine Lagaʻaia, who takes on the title role in the highly anticipated live-action reimagining, recently ...

It took six auditions — and a flight from Australia to Manhattan — before Catherine Lagaʻaia was cast as the heroine of Disney’s new live-action “Moana.” It all began, Lagaʻaia, now 19, recalled in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catherine Laga’aia on April 16; in ‘Moana’Credit: Leon Bennett/Getty; Disney "She's something special," says Kail, the director of ...

Disney's "Moana" is setting sail again, this time starring real people but with still a very cartoonish Dwayne Johnson. A decade after the original musical adventure – which earned Oscar nods for best ...

For live-action Moana star Catherine Lagaʻaia, the journey toward her feature film debut couldn’t help but resemble her character’s. “I lived in this very little bubble in Australia,” the Sydney-born ...

It is not easy to sell a fairytale in the 21st century. In an age when princesses are no longer the aspirational figures they once were, coming-of-age stories have had to adapt. Disney was early to ...

Disney has unveiled the first trailer for its live-action Moana, introducing 18-year-old Australian actress Catherine Lagaʻaia as the titular wayfinder. Lagaʻaia, of Samoan heritage, expressed her ...

How long did it take Catherine Lagaʻaia to become the new Moana? Director Thomas Kail recalls it happened “about 10 seconds” after meeting her. “She’s something special,” says Kail, the director of ...