Now, she’s a skilled navigator for her communityanda big sister to Simea (Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda).
So, how many hidden Mickeys are in the film?
What can you tease about the Easter eggs?
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JASON HAND: Dave, how many hidden mechanics?
DAVID DERRICK JR: We nod a lot to the first film.
There are lots of elements.
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We have such an incredible foundation of the first film.
There are direct lines of dialogue and even showing the growth of Pua, himself.
I love that Pua gets to go on the journey this time.
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He’s got a little tusk.
There are a few in there, but I hate spoiling them.
Maybe you could say, like, You should look in this scene, or something.
There’s a little something, something in there for you.
[Laughs]
MILLER: You’re welcome.
What was the shot or sequence that the animation team was like, Are you sure?
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.
Do we really need to do this?
HAND: A lot of them.
MILLER: [Laughs] I would say a lot.
But it ends up looking awesome.
So, we have incredible problem-solvers working with us.
Also, everyone working on it just loves working on it.
HAND: It’s true.
MILLER: That helps.
[Laughs]
100%.
Especially when it’s long hours.
So you have an after-the-credits scene I will not spoil it.
How much did you debate including one, and how much did you debate what it would be?
DERRICK JR: It was baked in.
MILLER: Itwasbaked in, but there was a last-minute change to it.
It was something that kept evolving the way the rest of the story did.
I have a feeling that this won’t be the end of her journey.
I’m confident in saying that.
What from the Disney+ series ended up being the movie?
Because you have choices on how much of that story you want to bring in.
So, there wasn’t, for me, anything left out from the series.
We were able to learn things from the series that just supercharged the feature.
People have told me today that there were songs that you did for the Disney+ series that are unreleased.
Do you know if there’s any plan for those songs to be heard by fans?
MILLER: I don’t know.
HAND: Yeah, I’m not sure, actually.
MILLER: I actually have no idea.
[Laughs]
HAND: That’s a great question.
MILLER: We’ve just been, like, Can we get to November 27th?
That’s a great question.
We’ll look into it.
The Disney sequel debuts on November 27.
One of the things about animated movies is that they can go through tremendous change.
HAND: Yeah, that is normal, like you said, on every film that we’ve done.
But that’s so normal for us.
I don’t know.
Is there something specific?
DERRICK JR: No, I think it all led to finding the best possible solution.
But yeah, there are a few scenes, and I think they’ll be available upon DVD release.
MILLER: That wecansay!
Yeah, there will be some deleted scenes coming soon.
We might have prepped that.
What was the last thing you cut out before picture locking, and why?
HAND: I think we tightened a few things up.
DERRICK JR: It was trims, I would say.
and like the last deleted scene, if you will, you know, it’s insane.
Was there something that you were like, this is great, but we got to cut this.
MILLER: Nips and tucks.
Because I think we really pushed hard on the story.
HAND: And the pacing to confirm was really firing.
Moana 2makes waves in theaters on November 27.
