The sea calls to live-action 'Moana' Catherine Lagaʻaia in the film's first trailer

The enactment wherever the entity meets the oversea is calling to the caller “Moana.”

The archetypal teaser trailer for the live-action Disney movie released Monday features prima Catherine Laga’aia singing a fewer lines of her character’s signature “I Want” opus arsenic the footage offers glimpses of the land and radical of Motunui, the demigod Maui, the seafaring Kakamora and Moana’s clumsy rooster Heihei.

“I americium a miss who loves my land and the miss who loves the sea,” Laga’aia arsenic Moana sings successful the opening moments of the trailer. “It calls me.”

Fans of the archetypal animated movie volition admit the country of a young Moana playing with the water aft seeing a seashell connected the shore. Speaking of the 2016 film, Dwayne Johnson, who voiced the shapeshifter demigod and leader of men successful the animated “Moana,” volition besides represent the live-action mentation of the arrogant trickster. You’re welcome.

Directed by Thomas Kail, the live-action remake volition travel Moana, who dreams of being a wayfinder and exploring the ocean. She leaves Motonui successful hunt of Maui and the Heart of Te Fiti to assistance prevention her people.

In summation to Laga’aia and Johnson, the “Moana” formed includes John Tui arsenic Moana’s father, Chief Tui; Frankie Adams arsenic her mother, Sina; and Rena Owen arsenic Gramma Tala.

The trailer ends with Laga’aia triumphantly singing, “I americium Moana.”

The animated “Moana,” with Hawaiian histrion Auliʻi Cravalho successful the rubric role, grossed $643.3 cardinal worldwide during its archetypal run. Its follow-up “Moana 2” was 1 of 3 films released successful 2024 that crossed the $1-billion people astatine the worldwide container office. Cravalho serves arsenic 1 of the enforcement producers of the live-action film, on with Kail, Scott Sheldon and Charles Newirth.

The live-action “Moana” volition deed theaters July 10.