Are we in for a MOAN-A from Mark about live action remakes?
About this episode
Mark reviews the live action remake of Moana and discusses various films with guest Thomas Kail.
The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show—a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. Disney animated smash Moana is getting the live action treatment this week—and our guest is director Thomas Kail, who previously helmed both the screen and stage versions of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton and In The Heights too. He talks to Simon about their longstanding collaboration, the whole island of creatives it took to make this movie, and discovering the perfect Moana from thousands of auditionees in Catherine Laga’aia. Plus Mark reviews it—will he be charmed, or is this one live action remake too far? Also on the review slate this week we’ve got Rosebush Pruning, a twisted indie family drama featuring all the bodily fluids, and Evil Dead Burn—the latest in the…
People in this episode
Hosts: Mark, Simon
Guest: Thomas Kail
Topics covered
- live action remakes
- film reviews
- Disney
- interviews
- box office
- indie drama
- zombie series
Keywords
- Moana
- live action
- Disney
- film review
- Thomas Kail
- Rosebush Pruning
- Evil Dead Burn
- box office
- interview
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Moana, Hamilton, In The Heights, Rosebush Pruning, Evil Dead Burn
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