Warning, landlubbers! If the headline did not give it away, this text accommodates main spoilers for “Moana 2.”
We have seen our favourite characters sail throughout the ocean, assist the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to revive the center of Te Fiti, and save Moana’s (Auli’i Cravalho) individuals and convey them again to their seafaring roots — now, “Moana 2” has teed them up for his or her largest problem but. The long-awaited sequel has all of the makings of unleashing an enormous storm on the field workplace this Thanksgiving weekend, which suggests followers will quickly be flocking to theaters to catch the blockbuster and choose for themselves whether or not it will probably stay as much as the sky-high expectations set by the 2016 authentic. All indicators appear to be pointing that means (as you possibly can see from /Movie’s evaluation by BJ Colangelo), organising this franchise as a juggernaut for years to return. Subsequent up can be the live-action remake, which we lately caught a glimpse of with varied set images. However what a couple of potential third animated movie?
As revealed within the first reactions for “Moana 2,” there’s a main post-credits scene connected to the top of the film … and it certain looks as if it is teasing one thing massive. The primary “Moana” included a enjoyable nugget for followers who caught round throughout the finish credit, revisiting the shiny-obsessed crab Tamatoa (voiced by the good Jemaine Clement) as he is left on their own in his monstrous lair after his earlier run-in with Moana and Maui. That stinger was performed solely for laughs — he even fires a shot at his fellow Disney crustacean Sebastian from “The Little Mermaid,” hilariously sufficient — however the identical cannot be stated for the one in “Moana 2.” Sure, it features a very acquainted face enjoying a really related comedic position as earlier than. However, for probably the most half, it appears to point that the “Moana” franchise is taking its cues from Marvel and organising a 3rd film to return.
How the Moana 2 post-credits scene units up a threequel
“Moana 2” is a really easy film, going down a couple of years after the primary film (to account for the introduction of Moana’s youthful sister Simea, voiced by newcomer Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda) and reuniting many of the predominant solid for one more journey at sea, however not every little thing will get wrapped up in a neat and tidy bow by the top. Moana is joined by a trio of recent faces to make up her new crew, however probably the most vital character added to the ensemble must be the wild card of Matangi (Awhimai Fraser). We first meet her after she’s imprisoned Maui, who’s trying to open up a mystical “portal” to the gods that can convey them to the misplaced island paradise of Motufetu. Unbeknownst to our heroes, Matangi is at the moment pressured to do the bidding of the fearsome god of storms Nalo, who will cease at nothing to forestall our Wayfinder Moana from uniting her scattered individuals from throughout the ocean and diminishing his energy. Matangi chooses to assist Moana throughout her journey anyway, risking Nalo’s wrath, however we do not truly see the results of this alternative … till the mid-credits scene, that’s.
We return to the antagonist-turned-friend Matangi as she’s introduced earlier than the vengeful Nalo, now seen for the primary time within the flesh as if he had been Thanos himself throughout the mid-credits tease of 2012’s “The Avengers.” It is past clear that the god has solely confronted a brief setback by Moana and her associates, quite than a wholesale defeat. The ominous threats he hurls at Matangi would possibly as effectively really feel like a promise on the a part of administrators David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller that he’ll be returning to wreak much more havoc in one other sequel down the road — that’s till Tamatoa interrupts the 2 to supply his personal providers towards Moana and Maui. A possible threequel uniting Nalo and Tamatoa towards our heroes to allow them to group up with Matangi once more? Sure, please!
There is not any phrase on “Moana 3” getting the official inexperienced mild, to be clear, however the early field workplace projections are definitely promising. Till then, you possibly can catch “Moana 2” in theaters proper now.
