Aloha, everyone from beautiful Hawaii.

Standing on a beach with palm trees swaying behind him, the actor Dwayne the Rock Johnson made an announcement.

We are so excited and happy to announce that a live action reimagining of Moana is in the works.

The video came out in April 2023.

And in it, Johnson revealed that he would be reprising his role as Maui

in the live-action version of Disney's animated hit, Moana.

Kidding, Hey-Hae's going to be in it, but of course, Maui will be in it too.

But behind the scenes, Disney was planning something that didn't make the announcement.

Disney was looking at, is there a way we could do certain shots without having Dwayne

Johnson be here every single time?

My colleague Jessica Tunkle covers media and entertainment.

Because, you know, when you're filming a movie, there's a lot of waiting around.

That can also be expensive for everyone.

Time is money.

Dwayne Johnson's a big star.

And so the idea was, what if we could take his face and put it on his stunt double, who's also his cousin, and use that for a few shots?

Johnson approved the idea. But in order to create these essentially deep fakes of Johnson's face, Disney turned to a third-party AI company.

And as discussions started, a big issue came up.

The question was, would Disney own that final product?

Whatever was created from Dwayne Johnson's face on his cousin's body, would they still own

that imagery?

Why was Disney so fixated on that question?

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