Disney’s been on a roll for roughly a decade now with its live-action remakes/retellings, most of which are based off animated movies that came out decades earlier. And then there’s Moana, which is already getting a remake just seven years after the original was released. As such, there’d been speculation about if Auli’i Cravalho might reprise the title role that launched her acting career. While that won’t be happening, she will be involved with the remake in a different way.
Cravalho set the record straight with an Instagram video, where she shared that while a new actress will be selected to bring Moana to life in this live-action version of the story, she’ll help out with finding her successor as an executive producer on the project. You can read the actress’ full statement below:
