David Gross, the author of a popular movie industry newsletter, wrote that “the average interval of time between the previous episode and the remake is 27 years. During that time, a new generation of kids watch the movie at home, and original fans get to enjoy it again. The audience expands.” Releasing a live-action remake just 10 years after the original animated Moana, and just two years after that film’s sequel, was too short a turnaround to cultivate new moviegoers, Gross argues.
