“This Appears More of a Cash Grab”: Dwayne Johnson Gets Destroyed Online as He Is Set to Earn Handsomely in Live Action Remake of $682M Generating Blockbuster

Disney fans never hesitate to voice their opinions. Fans are emotional about their favorite movies and characters. Dwayne Johnson is a popular actor and has won his audience with his fantastic acting skills. Johnson has also picked up his interest in producing films and has executed some successful ventures. One such entertaining and heartwarming anime film was Moana. It became very popular among audiences and especially kids just loved it. The film was released in 2016  and made a massive collection of $682M.

Dwayne Johnson made an announcement saying he’s coming back with his character Maui. But, his fans are not happy with the return. The fans have shared their disappointment and their views on the return of the grandiose demigod.

Disney fans voice their displeasure on the remake of Moana

As soon as they released the announcement, fans bashed “The Rock” for making the remake of Moana. He is going to reprise his role as the shapeshifting demigod Maui. While this news excited a few of his fans, some of them were not happy. Fans believe it is some new tactic to earn money.

Many fans bashing “Rock” voiced their opinions on social media. Here are a few of their comments.

“…….so we just doing live action of every animated movie, not just older ones….this came out 7 years ago…..for what? Just let cartoons be cartoons, do u rly need to cash grab everything”

“A fan raised issues with the director saying, No Pasifika director was available out of all our talented people? Interesting”.

“now watch, he’s gonna be Mamoa’s brother”

One of the fans made a hilarious comment saying, “Moana had I had play better by @kevinhart4real”

“This is the first time I’ve disagreed with The Great One! This appears to be more of cash grab, than a legitimate effort to tell a story. The animated film is full of soul & spirit that won’t be easily translated to the live action big screen. Just my 2 cents!”

“Just make it faithful to the source material. That’s all fans really ask from the live action remakes.”

“Have you started doing cartoon roles now?”

Fans cannot ignore the possibilities that it is a money-making strategy looking at the previous collections and audience of the film.

Disney has made remakes of many films and has also converted cartoon films into real motion films. For example, Cinderella. While fans wish for Disney to stop making remakes of their previous films.

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In his post, Johnson stated that he has a personal attachment to the movie. He further wrote, our Polynesian culture – as our culture is rooted in pride, emotion, expression, storytelling, music & mana. 

Dwayne Johnson tributes his role to his late grandfather.

Tony Award-winning “HAMILTON” director Thomas Kail will direct the live-action adaptation of Disney’s Moana. The response from the audience was completely opposite of what Johnson must have expected. As Dwayne has told the movie is personal to him and his culture, is because it is related to his grandfather.

His character is based on his grandfather Peter Maivia, who was a Samoan-American professional wrestler and actor, just like his grandson Dwayne.

The Samoan High Chief passed away in 1982 due to cancer. He also played a villain in a James Bond movie with Sean Connery.

Some reports suggest that Auliʻi Cravalho won’t play the Moana in Disney’s Live-Action remake. There are no confirmations of the details of the film.

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While Disney fans are divided because of Johnsons’s announcement, we hope the trailer and film will change the negative feedbacks Johnson is receiving.