Disney initially had planned to use a deep Ai Dwayne Johnson for a part of her retaliation like Maui in live-action Moana

Disney is going on with another live-action film, hoping to make a summer success with MoaaThe story of the princess title that decides to start on the ocean in the hope of breaking the curse supported by Demigod Maui.

Dwayne Johnson He is returning to the role of Maui, but the actor engaged originally he would have shot only a handful of his scenes, with his role subsidized by his cousin and an advanced program.

In a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, it was revealed that the study devised a plan that included the cousin built in a similar way of Johnson, Tanoai reed—CHO is 6 feet-3 and 250 pounds.

Reed filled himself as a double body for a small number of shots. Disney would have worked with the Metafysic artificial intelligence company to create deep facades of Johnson’s face which could be layered at the top of Reed’s performance in the movie, a “double digital” that allowed Johnson to find himself in two places at the same time.

Johnson approved the plan, but the use of the new technology has made sure that Disney lawyers pay on all the details on how it could be distributed, what security precautions they would protect the data and a series of other concerns. They also worried that the study eventually could not claim the property on each element of the film if the IA generated parts of it, said the people involved in the negotiations.

Disney and Metafysic spent 18 months negotiating the terms of the contract inside and outside and working on the double digital. But none of the movies will be in the final film when it comes out next summer.

In the end, the managers and creatives could not arrive in a place where a resolution could be reached with every question and everyone feels comfortable. The IA Tech is certainly in our future, but there are still many details to be resolved before the main studies are willing to take the big step in its use.

The relationship continues by stating that for Disney, protecting its characters and stories, while also embraces the new technology AI is the key. “We have been in circulation for 100 years and we intend to be around the next 100 years,” said the legal head of the company, Horacio Gutierrez, in an interview. “Artificial intelligence will be transformative, but it must not be without law.”

Moaa It will arrive in cinemas on 10 July 2026.