Buck Woodall's five-year battle with Disney over who really created Moana looks to have come to an end, with a Los Angeles jury on Monday finding for the House of Mouse in the animated franchise dispute, at least for now. While the panel of six women and two men determined in just under three…

EXCLUSIVE: Auliʻi Cravalho, star of Moana 2 (2024)  and Mean Girls: The Musical (2024), has boarded The Queen's Flowers, an Oscar-qualified animated short, as executive producer. The film, written and directed by filmmaker Ciara Leinaʻala Lacy, has won over 12 awards worldwide, and it marks the…

EXCLUSIVE: Auli’i Cravalho is coming back to reprise the voice of Moana in Moana 2. We last heard that she was in talks, however it’s clear that she was bound to reteam with Dwayne Johnson, who clearly is coming back as demigod Maui. In a CNBC interview ahead of Disney’s last earnings…

Mean Girls 2024, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., and starring a vibrant ensemble including Renée Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho, Angourie Rice, Tina Fey (who also wrote the screenplay), Jaquel Spivey, and many others brings the classic 2004 teen comedy into the modern era with updated…

Auli’i Cravalho shared the news with her fans that she will not be reprising the role of Moana in the live-action remake Disney is planning. Cravalho lent her voice to the 2016 animated film at the age of 14. “When I was cast as Moana at 14, it wonderfully changed my life and started my career,&#8221…

Hulu today set an April 29 premiere date for its untitled Sammi Cohen film, starring Rowan Blanchard (Snowpiercer) and Auli’i Cravalho (Moana), announcing that the teen romance is now titled Crush, and unveiling a few first-look photos. In the film written by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham, a young aspiring…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Branded Television has given a series green light to Hailey’s On It!, an original animated comedy-adventure, from longtime writing and producing partners Devin Bunje and Nick Stanton (Disney XD’s Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Prince of Peoria) and Disney Television Animation. Auli’i…

Rowan Blanchard (Snowpiercer) and Auli'i Cravalho (Moana) have signed on to star in an untitled coming-of-age film, which Sammi Cohen is directing for Hulu. The film scripted by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham centers on an aspiring artist who is forced to join her high school track team, using it as an…

Netflix has released the trailer for All Together Now, the movie based on Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick’s novel Sorta Like a Rock Star. Auli’i Cravalho stars in the drama directed by Brett Haley, which begins streaming August 28. Adapted by Quick, Haley and Marc Basch, Moana and All Rise star…

Amazon unveiled Tuesday that John Leguizamo, Toheeb Jimoh, Ria Zmitrowicz, Halle Bush, Heather Agyepong, Nico Hiraga and Daniela Vega have joined the 10-part global thriller The Power. Emmy Award-winning casting directors Nina Gold (Game of Thrones) and Carmen Cuba (Stranger Things) have brought together this…

ABC went “Under the Sea” on Sunday night as they gave us the first look at the cast of The Wonderful World of Disney presents The Little Mermaid Live! with a promo during Kids Say the Darndest Things. Set to the tune of Ariel’s lyrical signature, the 30-second spot gives us a glimpse of Auli'i Cravalho as the…

EXCLUSIVE: Five-time Golden Globe winner Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show), Fred Armisen (Portlandia) and Rhenzy Feliz (Runaways) are among cast to join Auli'i Cravalho (Moana) in Netflix movie Sorta Like A Rock Star. Rising actor Feliz will star opposite Cravalho in the story of a teenage girl who, despite…