It didn’t take Disney long to cast Catherine Laga’aia as the live-action Moana. The 19-year-old Samoan-Australian actor will play the titular lead in the upcoming remake. How 1 audition convinced the ...

Disney's live-action adaptation of Moana is set to introduce audiences to a new face in the lead role, with 19-year-old Samoan-Australian actor Catherine ...

Ten years since the original animated film called us to the ocean, Disney’s Moana returns to our screens in a live-action format.

Disney remaking its animated classics as live-action movies has become as much a certainty as death and taxes. It’s a big ...

The new "Moana" movie fell flat in its box-office debut, and analysts say a few factors contributed to the weak performance.

In "Moana," the Polynesian heroine sings about the gravitational pull she feels to return to the water. Disney, the studio ...

The 19-year-old actress is making her feature film debut as one of Disney's most beloved characters in the live-action 'Moana.' Even with the support of her mom and actor dad, landing the lead role ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Catherine Laga'aia beat more than 32,000 hopefuls to play Moana in Disney's ...

It didn’t take Disney long to cast Catherine Laga’aia as the live-action Moana. The 19-year-old Samoan-Australian actor will play the titular lead in the upcoming remake. Catherine Laga’aia beat more ...

Catherine Laga’aia beat more than 32,000 hopefuls to play Moana in Disney’s live-action remake. In an interview with People, director Thomas Kail said he recognized she was right for the role within ...