Moana, the 2016 Disney animated musical featuring the company’s first Polynesian/Pacific Islander princess, added some serious star power to its cast on Wednesday when Dwayne Johnson officially signed his contract.
The Rock is finally going to be in a Disney animated movie
Now remake all the other Disney movies using WWE Superstars!
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At DISNEY STUDIOS signing contracts to play the male lead in their next big classic animated musical, #MOANA. Just had an amazing 2hr presentation and it’s easy to see why they’re the greatest story tellers in the world. Im excited. And in the background my homies Fred & Wasabi from #BigHERO6 are jumpin’ for joy joy cause they heard I’m gonna sing in the movie. #WeTrulyKnowWhereWereGoing
Man, that’s a whole lot of contract.
Finally, The Rock -- a living cartoon character -- will get the animated treatment. He’s going to be singing, but hopefully he’ll get a song or two all to himself, because god knows the dude’s got pipes.
This got us thinking, though: which WWE wrestlers (past and present) would be perfect for Disney roles should they ever do live-action versions or remakes? Here’s what we came up with:
Dr. Facilier: Papa Shango (obviously)
Gaston: John Cena
Beast: Mark Henry (terrifying AND lovable!)
Snow White: Paige
Queen of Hearts: Vickie Guerrero
Maleficent: Layla
Genie: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
Wreck-It Ralph: The Big Show
Stitch: Santino Marella
Peter Pan: Dean Ambrose (be honest: you really want to see how bonkers that would be)
(h/t @WWE)
