Auli'i Cravalho confirms she's returning for 'Moana 2'

It's official: Auli'i Cravalho is returning arsenic the dependable of Moana for the upcoming animated sequel.

Cravalho shared a video of herself celebrating the quality to Instagram on Wednesday, with the on-screen substance reading, "The feeling erstwhile you're officially returning to Motunui," alongside a teary-eyed emoji and ammunition emoji.

"We're sailing WAY beyond the reef this November... #Moana2," she captioned the post.

"Moana 2" was announced earlier this period by Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger, who shared a archetypal look photograph and video from the film.

This representation released by Walt Disney Animation Studios shows a country from "Moana 2," expected successful theaters November 2024.

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The movie is described arsenic an "epic animated musical" which "takes audiences connected an expansive caller voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new unit of improbable seafarers."

"After receiving an unexpected telephone from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana indispensable travel to the acold seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an escapade dissimilar thing she's ever faced," the statement continues.

Dave Derrick Jr. is directing "Moana 2," which releases successful theaters Nov. 27.

Cravalho antecedently shared that she would not play Moana successful the forthcoming live-action remake but volition beryllium an enforcement shaper connected the task and volition assistance find the adjacent histrion to measurement into her shoes.

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