Moana Live-Action Trailer Reactions Ridicule The Rock's 'Terrible Wig,' Say Movie Looks Like 'T-Mobile Commercial' Slop

Fans person ridiculed the quality of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson successful Disney's upcoming live-action Moana remake, which has been compared to a "T-Mobile commercial" successful comments online.

Yesterday's trailer gave fans their archetypal due look astatine Johnson, who reprises his dependable relation arsenic the tattooed demigod. But the effect to his quality has not been positive, with galore calling retired Johnson's wig and the CGI effects designed to amplify his physique arsenic looking similar a parody. (Also, wherever are the Rock's nipples?!)

"We've told each the casting agents that the Weird Al biopic sequel is presently connected hold, but they conscionable support sending successful headshots," quipped Weird Al Yankovic himself successful a widely-shared station connected Instagram that simply shows Johnson (and his wig) successful an representation taken from the trailer.

Others suggested Johnson looked similar his look had been added utilizing AI, adding to the quality that galore of the trailer's shots were the merchandise of dense machine generation, contempt it being a live-action movie.

"Hundreds of millions of dollars wasted truthful Dwayne Johnson tin don a unspeakable wig and present the aforesaid lines but with worse timing," wrote 1 fan's blistering response. "New debased for the firm slopmongers."

DLSS 5 Off VS. DLSS 5 On https://t.co/OasFgTjTXY pic.twitter.com/jX0ZsQWXqs

— Jesse Gomez (@ItsJesseGomez) March 23, 2026 — Duhlorean (@Duhlorean98) March 23, 2026

Disney is nary alien to live-action remakes of its animated movies, though its determination to marque a caller mentation of Moana has attracted peculiar attention. There's the information that the archetypal Moana is beloved and lone a decennary old, but besides the information that this remake volition get hardly 18 months aft Moana 2, which inactive feels peculiarly caller successful the memory.

In response, galore fans person said this remake is astatine champion unecessary, and simply a conveyance for the 53-year-old Johnson to look arsenic the quality successful live-action now, alternatively than hold different decade.

— MJ (@mjfilmfanatic) March 23, 2026

Aside from disapproval of Johnson's quality specifically, fans person much wide concerns astir the movie's appearance. There's a critique that overmuch of the movie looks computer-generated (something besides levied against different "live-action" Disney remakes), but besides that it appears little colorful than the original, and does not look to person made the astir of its on-location filming.

"Shooting adjacent 1 2nd of a Polynesian-set movie successful Atlanta should beryllium a jailable offense," 1 instrumentality wrote, referring to the location of galore effects-heavy Disney productions. (Moana was filmed successful some Atlanta and Hawaii, though galore of the trailer's shots person the look of being filmed against a greenish screen.)

literally conscionable sucked up each the colour this is atrocious https://t.co/5T62X8rdH7 pic.twitter.com/PAMcFhPK7p

— 💋 Roxxi 💋 (@spicyroxxi) March 23, 2026

All of that disapproval aside, however, there's nary proposition yet this effect volition really interaction the movie's container office. The akin remake of Lilo & Stitch made implicit $1 cardinal successful theaters past twelvemonth and volition present get a live-action sequel, portion galore much remakes are besides successful the pipeline, with Tangled up next.

Earlier this month, it was reported that Disney is present processing a live-action Peter Pan spinoff centered connected tiny fairy Tinker Bell, to motorboat connected Disney+. Other upcoming live-action remake projects successful the works see plans for caller versions of Hercules and Bambi, positive a Beauty and the Beast spinoff starring Gaston.

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