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Studio Disney has released a trailer for their upcoming animated movie 鈥淢oana,鈥� which stars Dwayne Johnson, Auli鈥檌 Cravalho, Alan Tudyk, and Phillipa Soo.聽

鈥淢oana鈥� centers on a young girl who decides to look for a mysterious island and who is accompanied on this journey by the demigod Maui.

One of the people working on the music for the film is Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote, composed, and stars in the Tony Award-winning musical 鈥淗amilton.鈥�

Always a well-known name in the world of animation, Disney is currently coming off a string of smash hits, with the most recent being this year鈥檚 film 鈥淶ootopia.鈥� The movie, which told the story of a rabbit police officer and fox criminal who must combine forces, was well-received by critics and is currently the fourth-highest-grossing film of the year domestically.

Other recent successes by the studio include the 2014 film 鈥淏ig Hero 6,鈥� 2012鈥檚 鈥淲reck-It Ralph,鈥� and in particular 2013鈥檚 鈥淔rozen,鈥� which is now the highest-grossing animated movie of all time internationally.聽

鈥淢oana鈥� looks like it could be another financial success for Disney with its Thanksgiving release date 鈥� apart from 鈥淶ootopia,鈥� that鈥檚 when the studio鈥檚 past several movies have been released and Thanksgiving is usually seen as a time when a film aimed at all ages has a good chance of succeeding if it also receives positive reviews or has built-in awareness, as the name Disney does. (This will also be the first November in a few years that a new 鈥淗unger Games鈥� film has not been released, which leaves room for another film to dominate the Thanksgiving weekend. The 鈥淗unger鈥� series concluded this past Thanksgiving.)聽

鈥淢oana鈥� also represents a move into new geographical territory for Disney. While the studio has stated in the past that its protagonists do not come from real-world areas, Moana is the first main character who hails from a Disney locale that is based on Polynesia.聽

鈥淢oana鈥� is scheduled to come to theaters this November.