Moana returns to the screen in live-action form, with Catherine Lagaʻaia stepping into the title role opposite Dwayne Johnson as Maui.
What is Moana about?
The story follows a teenage Moana who feels the pull of the ocean beyond the reef surrounding her home island of Motunui. When she finally answers that call, she sets out on a voyage meant to restore her people's fortunes, teaming up along the way with Maui, the demigod whose reputation precedes him by centuries. What starts as a rescue mission for her island turns into a test of Moana's own resolve as much as it is a search for a way to fix what's gone wrong at home.
About the cast
Catherine Lagaʻaia takes the title role, with Dwayne Johnson returning as Maui alongside John Tui, Frankie Adams, Rena Owen, Jemaine Clement, Amaya Masoli, and Emma Puahi-Shapazian rounding out the cast. As with any large ensemble, the brief behind this page doesn't specify who plays which supporting character, so read the names as the film's cast rather than a role guide.
Context & significance
Thomas Kail directs this live-action version of the story, working from a premise already built around ocean voyaging, island identity, and a demigod who is as much comic relief as guide. Produced in the United States, the film sits in a run of live-action remakes drawing on animated originals, and the pitch here is the same one that's carried the property before: a coming-of-age voyage with music and a scale meant for the biggest screen available. At 115 minutes, it's built for a single sitting rather than a serialized watch, and the outline of the journey stays familiar to anyone who already knows the story while the live-action format changes how much of it lands as spectacle versus how much lands as performance.
Watching Moana on Ktime
Moana is part of K-Time's free-to-browse catalogue; a free account login is all that's needed to start watching. K-Time treats its Farsi-speaking audience as a first priority in how the interface and search work, so Persian-speaking households can find and queue the film the same way as any English-language title.