Posted: 8/21/15 at 4:30pm
Anyone can edit IMDB though so I would hesitate to trust it. I think I remember seeing Taylor Swift on Les Mis' credits before the official casting news came out.
Updated On: 8/21/15 at 04:30 PM
Posted: 8/21/15 at 4:33pm
You're right there. I would only add stuff on IMDB until after an official confirmation is made.
Posted: 8/21/15 at 4:44pm
Anyways due to the lack of casting news from D23, I don't think we'll hear who's playing Moana for at least a couple months.
Posted: 8/22/15 at 7:54pm
LOL
http://is-lin-manuel-miranda-an-egot.tumblr.com
Posted: 9/5/15 at 6:17pm
Here's what I'm thinking, if Dinah Jane Hansen doesn't get the part, maybe she could do a cover of one of the songs for the film, like Demi Lovato did for "Let it Go", she could maybe do it as a duet with Opetaia Foa'i, who's contributing to the music.
Posted: 10/7/15 at 9:57am
http://www.people.com/article/disney-princess-moana-aulii-cravalho
She seems adorable and she's Pacific Islander too!
Posted: 10/7/15 at 10:54am
Lilly7 said: "http://www.people.com/article/disney-princess-moana-aulii-cravalho
She seems adorable and she's Pacific Islander too!
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she does. strange that we didn't get to hear her singing voice in that video. i guess they want to showcase it when they preview a song snippet later on.
Posted: 10/7/15 at 11:24am
^IA, though I have no doubt she has a great voice plus her speaking voice sounds like a Disney princess if that makes any sense.
Lin's tweet on the casting
https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/651762154824200193
Posted: 10/7/15 at 12:18pm
I think you can hear her singing at the end of that video turn up the volume.
Posted: 10/7/15 at 4:21pm
CONGRATS DISNEY PRINCESS, AULI'I CRAVALHO! She's great and her singing (if that's her) is gorgeous!
Posted: 10/14/16 at 2:46pm
Christopher Jackson is going to be the opening singer!!!
https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/786990771723464704
Posted: 10/27/16 at 3:11pm
1) Tulou Tagaloa – Olivia Foa’i
2) An Innocent Warrior – Vai Mahina, Sulata Foai-Amiatu & Matthew Ineleo
3) Where You Are – Christopher Jackson, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Auli’i Cravalho & Louise Bush
4) How Far I’ll Go – Auli’i Cravalho
5) We Know the Way – Opetaia Foa’i & Lin-Manuel Miranda
6) How Far I’ll Go (Reprise) – Auli’i Cravalho
7) You’re Welcome – Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Shiny – Jemaine Clement
9) Logo Te Pate – Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i & Talaga Steve Sale
10) I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) – Rachel House & Auli’i Cravalho
11) Know Who You Are – Auli’i Cravalho, Vai Mahina, Olivia Foa’i, Opetaia Foa’i & Matthew Ineleo
12) We Know the Way (Finale) – Lin-Manuel Miranda & Opetaia Foa’i
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Posted: 10/27/16 at 3:33pm
This is the collector in me talking, but I'm just relieved the Disney Store created a unique body type for the Moana dolls. That would have created some anger, if they had a standard Princess body.
Posted: 10/28/16 at 9:52am
the pop, end-credits version of Moana's big "I want" song is available to hear now
https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/FIRST-LISTEN-New-Lin-Manuel-Miranda-Song-How-Far-Ill-Go-from-Disneys-MOANA-20161028
Posted: 10/28/16 at 2:36pm
I hate her vocal stylings and the production of that song, but I guess that's what audiences wants nowadays!
Updated On: 10/28/16 at 02:36 PM
Posted: 10/28/16 at 2:42pm
I'm hoping this is just like Let It Go and the actual song is more popular than the pop cover.
Posted: 10/28/16 at 5:06pm
i always prefer the film version to the pop version (especially the Celine Dion songs from the 90's, despite how much i like her as a singer) so it's safe to assume the same in this instance I think.
Posted: 10/28/16 at 5:28pm
Posted: 10/28/16 at 5:44pm
I actually just listened to How Far I'll Go and it seems like a good song, I don't know Alessia Cara or her work but she sounds like a Sia ripoff.
Posted: 11/7/16 at 1:05pm
new clip from what I assume is the opening number, featuring LMM's vocals -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPnyxYY1amA
Updated On: 11/7/16 at 01:05 PM
Posted: 11/7/16 at 1:37pm
thirtythirtyninety said: "new clip from what I assume is the opening number, featuring LMM's vocals -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPnyxYY1amA
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I love LMM and Disney and this song. But for this song in particular I wish they had gotten a Polynesian singer to sing the English part as well as the backing vocals.
My 11 year old Kiwi daughter (huge Hamilton fan) walked over while I was watching the clip and said, "Why's he singing it?" I think that will be the response from a lot of people from this part of the world.
Posted: 11/7/16 at 2:12pm
a lot of people seeing this movie will probably have no clue who he is or care why he's singing that part
Posted: 11/7/16 at 2:44pm
Anybody else a little disappointed that it appears as though Phillipa's character doesn't sing? I remember it being a huge piece of news that she had a small part, and maybe the soundtrack just doesn't list her because it's a small solo (similar to Annaleigh Ashford in "Frozen"
but I was really hoping she sang.
Posted: 11/7/16 at 6:02pm
Phillipa's part has always been listed as 'villager' so I don't think it was ever meant to be big unfortunately.
Some early reviews in and they're positive!
Posted: 11/7/16 at 11:48pm
gypsy101 said: "a lot of people seeing this movie will probably have no clue who he is or care why he's singing that part"
Definitely true for most of the world. I should have been more clear. I'm in New Zealand. This movie has been getting a lot of media attention here. With issues already being raised by Polynesians (Maui's body size, the brown skin costume) it's not a stretch to think that people here will be interested in who's singing this song.
I don't personally have a problem with Lin singing it. This clip is beautiful and powerful. I just think it would be even more beautiful and powerful if the lead vocals were sung by a singer who a) has a stronger voice, and b) is from the culture the song is celebrating.
LMM tweeted that originally he just sang the demo and the plan was to have someone else sing the final version. But that Disney changed their mind. I think they should have kept to the original plan.
When I explained to my daughter that LMM was singing because he wrote the song she said, "They should have gotten Stan Walker to sing it instead." That would have been awesome.
