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87-475: On October 21, 2016, the ClevverMovies channel announced that it would be rebranding into Screen Junkies News on November 1, 2016. Roth Cornet was chosen to serve as editor-in-chief. Screen Junkies News focuses primarily on news-related programming, but also includes non news-related programs like answering fan questions at least once a week. On July 2, 2018, it was announced Defy Media sold ScreenJunkies to Fandom,

174-547: A 2015 holiday special, and a Movie Fights two year anniversary retrospective special. On July 5, 2017, during Screen Junkies Universe, it was announced that the service will be going free with shows airing on YouTube spread over their two channels. Content will still be uploaded to their website until August 5, 2017. Production of all of the Screen Junkies Plus shows halted in late 2017, and in April, 2018, screenjunkies.com

261-472: A Walt Disney Animation Studios film opening on Wednesday (breaking Frozen ' s record) and the biggest opening day ever for a film released on pre-Thanksgiving Day. On Thanksgiving Day, it earned $ 9.9 million, a decrease of 36% from its previous day. On Black Friday —the highest-grossing day of the Thanksgiving stretch—it made $ 21.8 million, a 127% increase from the day before. Through Sunday,

348-610: A chief of a coastal village, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with the goddess Te Fiti. When a blight strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of Maui , a legendary demigod , in hopes of returning the relic to Te Fiti and saving her people. The screenplay takes inspiration from Polynesian myths. Moana premiered during the AFI Fest at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016, and

435-436: A contestant wins a round or speed run question, they win a point and the person who finishes the game with the most points wins. In the match titled "Ultimate Game of Thrones Spin-off Movie?" posted on April 12, 2015, Murrell became the first ever Movie Fights Champion after winning the first ever title bout, a position held until July 13, 2017, when he lost a "Showstopper" competition to Spencer Gilbert immediately after retaining

522-543: A deep sleep and becoming an island. Moana bids farewell to Maui and Te Fiti, returning home and reuniting with her parents. After placing a shell on top of the stack of stones placed by all previous chiefs, she takes up her role as chiefess and wayfinder , leading her people as they resume voyaging, accompanied by Maui. After directing The Princess and the Frog (2009), Clements and Musker started working on an adaptation of Terry Pratchett 's Mort , but problems with acquiring

609-473: A direct copy of typical movie trailer voiceovers, Bailey's narration voice has become more of a parody over time, using different styles for the various genres satirized. In May 2016, Ryan Reynolds co-narrated the Honest Trailer for Deadpool in character as the film's titular character, who is known for breaking the fourth wall. Reynolds reprised his role as Deadpool for the Honest Trailer for Logan ,

696-545: A fictional island in the central Pacific Ocean, which drew inspiration from elements of the real-life island nations of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga . Although, Motunui is actually a real islet located south of Easter Island in Chilean Polynesia . Over the five years it took to develop and produce the film, Clements and Musker recruited experts from across the South Pacific to form an Oceanic Story Trust, who consulted on

783-409: A half, with the first five rounds being a roundtable debate, and the last round being a "Speed Round". Each round would begin with a question, and each contestant would have to make an argument for why their answer is best. The speed round consists of five questions, and each contestant has fifteen seconds to make a claim for their answer and ten seconds to give their rebuttal against their opponent. When

870-532: A large team of animators, Don Hall and Chris Williams (who had just finished directing Big Hero 6 ) came on board as co-directors to help fix the film's story issues. The scene in which Maui and Moana encounter the Kakamora is an intentional homage to Mad Max: Fury Road . After the filmmakers sat through auditions of hundreds of candidates from across the Pacific, 14-year-old high school freshman Auliʻi Cravalho

957-421: A living island who, long ago, brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. One day, Maui , the shape-shifting demigod of the wind and sea and master of wayfinding , stole Te Fiti's heart to give humanity the power of creation. This caused Te Fiti to disintegrate, and Maui was attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. Maui lost both the heart and his magic fish hook to

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1044-403: A majority of them (80%) screened it in 3D. It also played in 50 premium large-format screens and more than 400 D-Box screens. It was projected to take in around $ 50 million in three days, with $ 75–85 million in five days (some estimates going as high as $ 90 million). Deadline.com said the numbers were good for the original Disney film and marked a great rebound for the company in

1131-453: A meeting of Italian exhibitors in 2015. Following the success brought by international productions of Disney's Frozen , which led to the release of a complete set album which included all the official versions of " Let It Go " released at the time, Disney decided to produce a special Tahitian dubbing for the film. On October 25, 2016, at a press conference in Papeete , it was announced that

1218-633: A monthly fee of $ 4.99 with a free 3-month trial and other package options. Upon its initial release, more than ten original shows were available through Screen Junkies Plus, including Interns of F.I.E.L.D. , their first scripted series. In addition, their YouTube shows, including the Screen Junkies Show and Honest Trailers, are available through the platform, with each episode of Movie Fights also streaming live each Thursday before its Saturday YouTube release. Several cast members, notably Alicia Malone and new producer Ken Napzok, had previously worked for

1305-778: A new movie review show called Dan's Labyrinth, which premiered on November 7. On the 86th episode of Movie Fights (YouTube airdate June 4, 2016), it was announced that winner Matt Raub would be hosting a new weekly show Gamer Fights, which premiered on Friday, June 17. The show is created in collaboration with Smosh Games, and once a month, an episode will be available through the Smosh Games website. The first six episodes were pre-recorded. Additionally, Honest Game Trailers would be aired on Screen Junkies Plus along with Honest Game Trailers Commentaries. In addition to their original series, Screen Junkies Plus also featured occasional special content, including Extended Editions of their Honest Trailers,

1392-451: A reference to the Māori goddess Hine-nui-te-pō , who was originally the life-giving goddess Hine-tītama, but became the goddess of death upon discovering that her husband, the god Tāne , was also her father. Māui set out to defeat her in order to bring immortality to humans, but failed and was himself killed. Aaron and Jordan Kandell joined the project during a critical period to help deepen

1479-409: A short film featuring Maui and Moana titled Gone Fishing . The film sold 4.4 million units and made a revenue of $ 116.3 million from home video sales, making it the best-selling film of 2017. Moana was also released on the streaming service Disney+ on its launch date November 12, 2019. A sing-along version of the film was released on Disney+ July 22, 2022. Moana grossed $ 248.7 million in

1566-839: A site similarly focused on hard-core entertainment buffs. On April 15, 2019, the Screen Junkies News channel was renamed "Fandom Entertainment." Most of its programming, including the flagship show, Screen Junkies Universe (SJU), remains unchanged. As of April 2021, Screen Junkies has over 6.75 million subscribers and over 2.6 billion video views over its two channels. Honest Trailers is a web series of parody trailers of films and television series that are made to satirize them. The videos are narrated by Jon Bailey. Originally co-created by Andy Signore and Brett Weiner, and shepherded by Break Media's Head of Programming Mitch Rotter, Honest Trailers debuted in February 2012 and by June 2014 had become

1653-450: A small drop again; it grossed $ 2.9 million on Christmas Day . On the holiday week of December 23–29, the film finished at number four with a gross of $ 26 million, which was 14% up from the previous week, despite losing over 300 theaters. It finished at number four in its sixth weekend, going up 42% and 97%, respectively, during the three-day and four-day weekends; it grossed $ 3.6 million on New Year's Day . It fell outside

1740-402: A story that adds fresh depth to Disney's time-tested formula, Moana is truly a family-friendly adventure for the ages." Subsequently, the film is also listed as number 18 on the website's "100 Best Computer-Animated Movies" list. On Metacritic , the film holds a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

1827-471: A suitable subject for an animated film. Shortly thereafter, Musker and Clements wrote a treatment and pitched it to John Lasseter , who recommended that both of them should go on research trips. Accordingly, in 2012, Clements and Musker went on research trips to Fiji , Samoa , and Tahiti to meet the people of the South Pacific Ocean and learn about their culture. At first, they had planned to make

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1914-402: A trademark conflict. The film was released in those countries to bear the alternative name in the title. In Italy, the film was released with the title Oceania ; media outlets speculated that the name change was to avoid confusion with Italian pornographic actress Moana Pozzi , and Disney Italy's head of theatrical marketing, Davide Romani, acknowledged they were "thinking about the issue" at

2001-470: A variety of topics in film and television. Some episodes include interviews with actors, "supercuts" (compilations), and information and updates on movies. The Screen Junkies Show is hosted by Hal Rudnick. "Movie Fights", typically hosted by Rudnick (originally Andy Signore), features debates between three other people within or outside of Screen Junkies, such as other YouTube reviewers, on various movie-related questions. This segment lasts for about an hour and

2088-434: Is Clements and Musker's first fully computer-animated film. One of the reasons for using computer animation was that the environment, including the ocean, benefited much more from the use of CGI as opposed to traditional animation. The filmmakers have also suggested that three-dimensional computer animation is well-suited to the "beautiful sculpturing" of the faces of the people of the South Pacific. Eric Goldberg worked on

2175-423: Is happening, but Tui forbids it. Moana tries conquering the reef, but is overpowered by the tides and shipwrecked. That afternoon, Moana's grandmother Tala shows her a secret cavern of ships and reveals Motunui's people were voyagers until Maui stole Te Fiti's heart; the ocean was no longer safe without it. Tala explains Te Kā's darkness is destroying the island, but can be cured if Moana finds Maui and has him restore

2262-476: The 2016 Primetime Emmys , and a parody trailer of the 1964 TV movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer . The series was first narrated by comedian Ptolemy Slocum who narrated only the first video. The next dozen were narrated by Gannon Nickell (with the exception of the one for Avatar , which was narrated by Dough Medlock), before he enlisted in the military and Jon Bailey replaced him. Despite starting as

2349-491: The 68th , 69th , 70th , and 71st Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards . The series' videos take approximately one week to assemble, and used to be created by around four people. The creators watch the movie a number of times before writing the script as a group. Subjects are chosen by a combination of current popular movies and suggestions from viewers, with an aim of making the videos go viral . Though some would like to cover more television shows, they haven't done many due to

2436-465: The 89th Academy Awards , the film received two nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song (" How Far I'll Go "). A sequel, Moana 2 , was released on November 27, 2024, while a live-action remake is scheduled for release on July 10, 2026, with Johnson reprising his role as Maui in both. On the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess of nature, Te Fiti;

2523-531: The Honest Trailer for Titanic is the most viewed at over 41.5 million views, with Game of Thrones Vol. 1 slightly behind at just under 42.3 million. Not all videos speak negatively about their films. For the 2014 superhero film Captain America: The Winter Soldier , contrary to typical style, the creators found it difficult to raise negative points and conceded that the film was good. As

2610-417: The eponymous character and also features the voices of Rachel House , Temuera Morrison , Jemaine Clement , Nicole Scherzinger , and Alan Tudyk . It features original songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda , Opetaia Foa'i , and Mark Mancina , and an original musical orchestral score also composed by Mancina. The film is set in ancient Polynesia and tells the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of

2697-593: The hand-drawn animation used to depict Maui's sentient tattoos. During early development, the filmmakers considered the possibility of making the film with hand-drawn traditional animation, but only a few early animation tests were made in that style. In the final cut, only Maui's tattoos are hand-drawn. Moana was produced in makeshift quarters in a giant warehouse in North Hollywood (together with Zootopia ), while Disney Animation's headquarters building in Burbank

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2784-618: The Beast (1991), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (feat. Michael Bolton ) , A Star is Born (2018), and La La Land (shared with Moonlight ). The series' 100th video, for Fifty Shades of Grey , was released in May 2015, the 200th, for Logan (feat. Deadpool) , was released on May 23, 2017, and the 300th, for the MCU (pre- Endgame ), was released on June 18, 2019. As of August 2019,

2871-450: The Belt in a tournament fight. To become the next Movie Fights champion, a contestant is required either to defeat the current champion in a title bout match which occurs if the current champion wishes to "put the belt on the line", or win the special "Last Man Standing" fight where multiple contestants fight in a knock out format to win the "Showstopper", a box with 5 speed round questions, so that

2958-453: The European cardinal direction system. The reasons for the halt of this voyaging tradition remain unknown, but scholars have offered climate change and resulting shifts in ocean currents and wind patterns as one possible explanation. Native peoples of the Pacific resumed voyaging again a thousand years later. Clements and Musker set the film at that point in time, about two thousand years ago, on

3045-519: The Netherlands and French-speaking Switzerland. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the film faced competition from Fantastic Beasts —which was playing in its third weekend—and as a result, it posted a low opening of only £2.2 million ($ 2.8 million). The biggest earning markets to date have been Japan ($ 45.9 million), followed by France ($ 35.5 million), China ($ 32.8 million),

3132-420: The Pacific possessed knowledge of the world and their place in it prior to the incursion of foreigners. For example, Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) were well aware of the existence of far away islands, had names for these places, and were interested in exploring them to benefit their societies. This voyaging heritage was made possible by a geographical knowledge system based on individual perspective rather than

3219-421: The Pacific, resulting in environmental degradation and poverty. A Maui "skin suit" costume made to tie in with the film was pulled by Disney from its online store following complaints about it being culturally insensitive and for appearing to promote brownface . There are currently meet-and-greets with Moana at Disneyland , Walt Disney World , Disneyland Paris , and at Aulani , a Disney Resort and Spa. At

3306-514: The Realm of Monsters, from Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab . While Moana distracts Tamatoa, Maui retrieves his hook, only to find himself unable to control his shape-shifting. He is overpowered by Tamatoa, but Moana's quick thinking allows them to escape with the hook. Maui reveals his first tattoo was earned when his human parents abandoned him as an infant, and the gods, taking pity on him, granted him his powers. After reassurance from Moana, Maui teaches her

3393-598: The Schmoes Know network, Napzok as a producer and Malone as a presenter, as the Schmoes and the Screen Junkies often work together, with numerous members of the Schmoes Know team appear on Movie Fights. On the February 3, 2016 episode of Screen Junkies Universe, Hector Navarro was announced as the host of a new show Knocking Dead (start date Monday, February 8, 2016), which would have more of a balance of praise and criticism for

3480-684: The Screen Junkies YouTube Channel was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #34. In 2015, the series writers Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell, and Erica Russell were nominated at the 5th Streamy Awards . The series was nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Several creators positively reacted to the Honest Trailers of their movies: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series Too Many Requests If you report this error to

3567-463: The TV show "Walking Dead" than the show has been given thus far. The show focused on the second half of season 6. This slot was later used in April through June for the show Watching Thrones, a commentary on "Game of Thrones" season 6, hosted by Ken Napzok, Michele Boyd, and Spencer Gilbert and a rotating guest host, with Trisha Hershberger later becoming a regular. Starting July 7 (Thursday), a similar style show

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3654-528: The Tahitian dubbing, the Māori version was made available for purchase in Australia and New Zealand , and the soundtrack was uploaded on Disney's official Vevo channel. In November 2017, a Hawaiian-language (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) dubbing was announced to be under way, with Auliʻi Cravalho reprising her role as Moana and Nicole Scherzinger reprising the role of Sina. The film premiered on June 10, 2018, and like

3741-587: The Tahitian dubbing, was later distributed for free to schools in Hawaii. It was never released for sale in home media form. On October 20, 2014, Walt Disney Pictures announced that it would be releasing the film in late 2016, and hinted that it might be the November 23, 2016, release window previously announced by the studio in March 2014 for a then-untitled film. In November 2014, Disney confirmed that it would be releasing

3828-428: The U.S. and Canada, and $ 438.4 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $ 687.2 million. On January 22 and March 16, 2017, respectively, the film reached the $ 500 million and $ 600 million marks, becoming the fourth consecutive Walt Disney Animation Studios film to reach both milestones after Frozen (2013), Big Hero 6 (2014), and Zootopia (2016). Although Disney had not disclosed

3915-483: The UK ($ 25.3 million), Brazil ($ 22.9 million), Australia ($ 19 million), Germany ($ 17 million), Italy ($ 15.9 million), and South Korea ($ 15.5 million). On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , Moana holds an approval rating of 95% based on 283 reviews and an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads "With a title character as three-dimensional as its lush animation and

4002-514: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 763440208 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:52:51 GMT Moana (2016 film) Moana is a 2016 American animated musical fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The film

4089-535: The art of way-finding, regaining control of his powers, and the two grow closer. They arrive at Te Fiti's island, only to be attacked by Te Kā. Moana refuses to turn back, resulting in Maui's hook being badly damaged. Unwilling to lose his hook again, Maui abandons Moana, who tearfully asks the ocean to find someone else to restore the heart and loses hope. The ocean obliges and takes the heart, but Tala's spirit appears, inspiring Moana to find her true calling. Moana retrieves

4176-550: The contestant can challenge the current champion to a speed round match using the speed round questions found inside the "Showstopper". Movie Fights returned on December 14, 2017, with a new format and Hal Rudnick hosting. The new format had two fighters instead of three and three judges instead of one. On March 29, the three fighter format returned, but the three judges remain. During the 56th episode of Movie Fights, which aired on November 18, 2015, new premium shows were announced to be available through screenjunkies.com or an app for

4263-460: The depths of the sea. A thousand years later, the ocean chooses Moana , the daughter of Motunui's chief Tui, to return the heart to Te Fiti. Tui and Sina, Moana's parents, try to keep her away from the ocean to prepare her to become the island's chief. Sixteen years later, blight strikes the island, killing vegetation and shrinking the fish catch. Moana suggests going beyond the island's reef with her pet pig, Pua, to find more fish and discover what

4350-831: The emotional story architecture of the film. They are credited with developing the core relationship between Moana and Maui, the prologue, the Cave of the Wayfinders, the Kakamora, and the collector crab Tamatoa (played by Jemaine Clement ). Jared Bush received sole credit as the writer of the final version of the screenplay. Several major story problems were identified in 2015 after the film had already transitioned from development into production, but computer-generated films tend to have much shorter production schedules and much larger animation teams (in this case, about 90 animators) than traditionally animated films. Since Clements and Musker were already working 12-hour days (and Saturdays) directing such

4437-484: The film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave an 89% overall positive score and a 79% "definite recommend". Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal proclaimed that " Moana is beautiful in more ways than I can tell, thanks to the brilliance of more animators than I could count." Animator Eric Goldberg received praise from critics and audiences for his hand-drawn animation of Maui's tattoos, which they claimed "stole

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4524-444: The film entirely about Maui, but their initial research trips inspired Clements to pitch a new idea focused on the young daughter of a chief. Clements and Musker were fascinated to learn during their research that the people of Polynesia abruptly stopped making long-distance voyages about three thousand years ago. Polynesian navigational traditions had long predated those of European explorers, beginning around 300 CE. Native people of

4611-416: The film had a November 25 opening day with $ 1.9 million from 38,000 screenings. However, it enjoyed a big weekend bump on Saturday—even though its screens dipped—and Sunday. In total, it scored an opening weekend of $ 12.3 million, the second best for a Disney animated title, behind only Zootopia . It was No. 2 behind Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . Strong social media numbers showed among

4698-560: The film on November 23, 2016. The film is accompanied by the short film Inner Workings . The film's world premiere was held on the grand opening of the AFI Fest Celebration at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016. On January 27, 2017, a sing-along version of Moana was released in more than 2,000 theaters in the United States, featuring on-screen lyrics. As part of Disney's 100th anniversary, Moana

4785-569: The film posted a three-day opening weekend worth $ 56.6 million over its Friday-to-Sunday debut and $ 82.1 million from Wednesday to Sunday, the third biggest three-day Thanksgiving opening (behind Frozen and Toy Story 2 ) and the second-biggest five-day Thanksgiving opening (behind Frozen ), dethroning Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them off the top spot. Among all films that did not necessarily open in this weekend but may have played, Moana ranks sixth among three-day weekends and fifth among five-day weekends. The film's opening

4872-485: The film will be the first motion picture to be fully dubbed in the Tahitian language . This marks the second time Disney has released a special dubbing dedicated to the culture which inspired the film: the first case was The Lion King (1994), for which the directors travelled to South Africa to cast voice actors for a Zulu -dubbed version. The Tahitian dubbing was made available in schools and institutions, but never for

4959-426: The film's cultural accuracy and sensitivity as the story evolved through nine versions. The Trust responded negatively, for example, to a depiction of Maui as bald, and to a proposed scene in which Moana threw a tantrum by throwing coconuts. In response, Maui was reworked with long hair and the coconut scene was scrapped. During the 2015 D23 Expo's panel for Disney's slate of upcoming animated films, Moana's last name

5046-471: The film's production budget, most of its animated films cost around $ 150 million. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $ 121.3 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the 12th-most profitable release of 2016. In the United States, Moana was released during the Thanksgiving weekend. The film played in 3,875 theaters of which

5133-412: The film, who would serve as a mentor linking Moana to ancient traditions. Another version focused on Moana rescuing her father, who had been lost at sea. The film's story changed drastically during the development phase (which happens with most Disney films), and that idea ultimately survived only as a subtle element of the father's backstory. Te Kā was referred to in early drafts of the film as Te Pō,

5220-494: The heart and sails back to confront Te Kā. Maui returns, having had a change of heart, and buys Moana time to reach Te Fiti by fighting Te Kā, destroying his hook in the process. Upon being unable to find Te Fiti, Moana realizes Te Kā is Te Fiti, but corrupted without her heart. The ocean clears a path for Moana, allowing her to return the heart to Te Fiti, who heals the ocean and islands of blight. Maui apologizes to Te Fiti, who fixes his hook as well as Moana's boat before falling into

5307-409: The heart of Te Fiti. Having been given the heart by the ocean, Tala gives it to Moana. Tala later becomes gravelly ill and tells Moana to find Maui. Moana sets sail on a camakau from the cavern along with her dimwitted pet rooster , Heihei, who stowed away on it. They are caught in a typhoon and shipwrecked on an island, where she finds Maui, who boasts about his achievements. She demands Maui return

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5394-509: The heart, but he refuses and traps her in a cave before leaving on her boat. She escapes and confronts Maui, who reluctantly lets her on the camakau. They are attacked by Kakamora, coconut pirates who seek the heart, but Moana and Maui outwit them. Moana realizes Maui is no longer a hero since he stole the heart and cursed the world, and convinces him to redeem himself by returning the heart. However, Maui first needs to retrieve his fishhook in Lalotai,

5481-560: The highest the studio has seen there, similar to how Zootopia started off slow and later became a blockbuster phenomenon. The film slipped 55% in its second weekend, earning $ 5.8 million, and $ 21.8 in total in China. It would eventually earn a total of $ 32.7 million in China. It had similar successful number-one debuts in France, Russia, Mexico and Spain. The film also saw success in Belgium,

5568-565: The increased time commitment as the team have to watch every episode of the series versus a film. As of August 2019, the series has skewered the following TV series: Star Trek: The Next Generation , Doctor Who ("Classic" & "Modern"), The Walking Dead (in 2 volumes), Game of Thrones (in 3 volumes), Entourage , Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (up to halfway through season 3), X-Men: The Animated Series , The Flash (up to season 3), Sherlock , Friends , and The Last of Us . The series has also done "mini-trailers" for

5655-424: The necessary film rights prevented them from continuing with that project. To avoid a recurrence of that issue, they pitched three original ideas. The genesis of one of those ideas (the one that was ultimately green-lit ) occurred in 2011, when Musker began reading up on Polynesian mythology , and learned of the heroic exploits of the demigod Māui . Intrigued with the rich culture of Polynesia, he felt it would be

5742-522: The parks, she is located in Adventureland and is occasionally joined by Maui. At Hong Kong Disneyland , there is a stage show called Moana's Village Festival, which opened in 2018. Moana was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray (2D and 3D) and DVD in the United States on March 7, 2017, with a digital release on February 21, 2017. The releases include the short film Inner Workings . The Blu-ray release also introduces

5829-463: The public to purchase. In June 2017, a Māori-language dubbing of the film produced by Matewa Media was announced, premiering in Auckland on September 11, with 30 theatres screening it for free as part of Māori Language Week . Rachel House , Jemaine Clement , Temuera Morrison , and Oscar Kightley reprised their respective roles in this version, directed by Rachel House herself. In contrast to

5916-578: The score was written by Mancina. The lyrics are in English, Samoan , and the Tokelauan language . The soundtrack peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 . A song from the soundtrack, "How Far I'll Go" with words/lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was nominated for Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards. In many European countries, the name of the titular character, Moana, was changed to Vaiana due to

6003-518: The series' 200th video, and the Honest Trailer for Deadpool 2 . The series' creators often bring in external help for particularly complex shows, like the cross-over episode of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , and the musical episodes of Moana , Frozen , Mary Poppins , The Greatest Showman , The Lion King (feat. AVbyte) (1994), Aladdin (1992), The Little Mermaid (feat. AVbyte) (1989), Les Miserables (2012), Beauty and

6090-573: The show" from the actual CGI-animated motion picture. Wai Chee Dimock , writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books , compared the ocean in Moana to the one in "The Water Baby", a short story by Jack London , saying that both are animated: one, by the tension between digital and analog animation, and the other, by the tension between an encroaching future and a past in retreat still capable of pushing back. Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com gave

6177-537: The show's writers often say, they have to be honest , not necessarily critical . Co-director Joe Russo said that he had the series in mind when creating the film, and aimed to make the movie "Honest Trailer-proof". The head writer of Honest Trailers is Spencer J. Gilbert, who also appears on Movie Fights. Other writers include Dan Murrell (which ultimately left after the Honest Trailer for Cats ), Joe Starr, Danielle Radford, and Lon Harris. A spin-off of Honest Trailers focused on video games, Honest Game Trailers ,

6264-444: The sixth film of 2016 to top the box office three times, following Deadpool , Zootopia , The Jungle Book , Finding Dory , and Suicide Squad . The film was overtaken by Disney's own Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in its fourth weekend, despite only a marginal decline. It fell to number six in its fifth weekend, due to competition from four new releases— Sing , Passengers , Why Him? , and Assassin's Creed —despite

6351-486: The source of over 300 million views on the Screen Junkies YouTube channel. The series started when the creators saw that Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was being re-released in 3D and decided to make a parody trailer for it, continuing the series as a result of the positive reception the videos received. The series received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series at

6438-410: The story. However, the brothers and gender-based theme were deleted from the story, as the directors thought Moana's journey should be about finding herself. A subsequent draft presented Moana's father as the one who wanted to resume navigation, but it was rewritten to have him oppose navigation so he would not overshadow Moana. Instead, Pamela Ribon came up with the idea of a grandmother character for

6525-466: The top ten in its eighth weekend (which included Martin Luther King Jr. Day ), dropping 33% and 4%, respectively, during the three-day and four-day weekends. Internationally, the film earned $ 17.2 million in its first weekend from 12 markets, the bulk of which came from China. In its second weekend, the film expanded to a total of 30 markets, adding an additional $ 33.7 million. In China,

6612-664: The unproduced film Gigantic . On October 15, 2016, Hawaiian Airlines unveiled their Moana -themed livery for three of their Airbus A330-200 fleet. Disney initiating a partnership with Hawaiian Airlines to promote the film has been perceived as having the motive of fetishizing Polynesian island nations as exotic vacation spots, the people and culture of which exist only to entertain foreign audiences, as well as Auliʻi Cravalho speaking with The New York Times in an interview sharing travel tips for visitors to Hawaii. Critiques of these promotional tactics focus on how adverse effects of tourism have devastated native communities in

6699-412: The wake of Pixar 's The Good Dinosaur the previous year, which had made $ 55 million over five days off a production budget of $ 175–200 million. Moana made $ 2.6 million from Tuesday paid previews which began at 7 pm, the highest ever for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film and for a non-Pixar Disney animated film. On its opening day, it made $ 15.5 million, a new record for

6786-528: Was also created in partnership with the Smosh Games YouTube channel (at the time, also owned by Defy Media), before relocating to the Fandom Games channel upon Screen Junkies' acquisition by Fandom. Honest Game Trailers was initially also narrated by Jon Bailey, before being replaced by Brad Venable, only for Bailey to return to the series after Venable's death in 2021. The Screen Junkies Show covers

6873-499: Was being renovated. Musker observed that Moana was similar in that respect to The Little Mermaid , which was produced in a warehouse in Glendale . Production wrapped on October 20, 2016. The film's soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on November 18, 2016. The songs were written by Opetaia Foa'i , Mark Mancina , who previously collaborated with the studio on Tarzan and Brother Bear , and Lin-Manuel Miranda , while

6960-848: Was cast as the lead character Moana. At that point in time, the design of Moana's face and personality was already complete, and Cravalho's obvious physical resemblance to her character was simply a coincidence. During animation production, Disney animators were able to integrate some of Cravalho's mannerisms into Moana's behavior as depicted onscreen. The majority of the film's cast members are of Polynesian descent: Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana) and Nicole Scherzinger (Sina, Moana's mother) were born in Hawaii and are of Native Hawaiian heritage; Dwayne Johnson ( Maui ), Oscar Kightley (Fisherman), and Troy Polamalu (Villager No. 1) are of Samoan heritage; and New Zealand-born Rachel House (Tala, Moana's grandmother), Temuera Morrison (Tui, Moana's father), and Jemaine Clement (Tamatoa) are of Māori heritage. Moana

7047-522: Was considered to be another animated success for the studio after Zootopia and Pixar's Finding Dory posted huge openings, respectively, the same year in March and June. In its second weekend, the film dropped by about 50% for a total of $ 28.3 million, a smaller drop than Toy Story 2 , Frozen , Tangled , and The Good Dinosaur . The film managed to top the box office for its third weekend, despite competition from newcomers and holdovers, earning $ 18.5 million while falling by 34%. It became

7134-406: Was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements , co-directed by Chris Williams and Don Hall , and produced by Osnat Shurer , from a screenplay written by Jared Bush , and based on a story conceived by Clements, Musker, Williams, Hall, Pamela Ribon , and the writing team of Aaron Kandell and Jordan Kandell . The film stars Dwayne Johnson and Auliʻi Cravalho in her film debut as the voice of

7221-504: Was given as "Waialiki", but that name was not retained in the final film. Taika Waititi wrote the initial screenplay, but went home to New Zealand in 2012 to focus on his newborn first child and What We Do in the Shadows . Years later, Waititi joked that all that was left of his original draft was "EXT: OCEAN – DAY". The first draft focused on Moana as the sole daughter in a family with "five or six brothers", in which gender played into

7308-413: Was introduced critiquing the second season of USA's "Mr. Robot" (Debugging Mr. Robot). On the April 25, 2016 episode of Mundy Night Raw, Dan Murrell announced that a hiatus after the episode, and that he would begin a show of his own in which he'd review films. Summer Movie Report with co-host Sasha Perl-Raver debuted on May 9. Following the conclusion of Summer Movie Report, it was announced Dan would host

7395-509: Was re-released between October 13 to 26, 2023 in the United States, on October 14 in Helios theaters across Poland, and between October 26 to November 1 in Latin America opposite Coco . This re-release included the short Once Upon a Studio , which was shown before the film. Prior to the film's first trailer, a Moana DVD appears in the 2016 film Zootopia , alongside Frozen 2 and

7482-426: Was released theatrically in the United States on November 23. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised its animation, music, and vocal performances. The film went on to gross over $ 687 million worldwide. Along with Zootopia , it marked the first time since 2002 that Walt Disney Animation Studios released two feature films in the same year, after Lilo & Stitch and Treasure Planet . At

7569-588: Was removed. On 19 September 2016 Screen Junkies announced that Roth Cornet would lead an open search for a new presenter. YouTuber Jenny Nicholson was chosen to present Millennial Falcon, 'a deep dive into the Star Wars universe, all things Disney, breaking news, and all of the geeky minutia in between'. The first episode appeared on 8 April 2017 on Screen Junkies News. The show moved to Screen Junkies on 16 July 2017. As of April 2021, Screen Junkies has over 6.75 million subscribers and over two billion video views. In 2014

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