RACHEL WEISZ TO JOIN COLIN FIRTH IN A WORLD YACHT RACE MOVIE! DWAYNE JOHNSON TO STAR AND SING IN DISNEY'S NEW 'MOANA' ANIMATED ADVENTURE

RACHEL WEISZ TO JOIN

COLIN FIRTH IN YACHTING FILM

Deadline reports that gorgeous Oscar winner Rachel Weisz might join Colin Firth in director James Marsh’s untitled biopic based on the true story of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst and his attempt to win the first round of the World Yacht Race in 1968. Before that, after a two year break from acting, Rachel will join Michael Fassbender in THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS which follows a lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia who raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat. She will also join Michael Caine, Jane Fonda and Harvey Keitel in THE EARLY YEARS about two old friends, a composer and a director, who spend their vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. She will also join Ben Whishaw, Lea Seydoux, Colin Farrell in interesting sf film THE LOBSTER set in a dystopian near future where single people are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days or are transformed into animals and released into the woods.

DWAYNE JOHNSON TO SING AND

 LEND VOICE IN DISNEY'S 'MOANA'
In other movie news, Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that he will lend his voice to a demigod Maui in Disney's new animated movie MOANA. The film, which arrives into theatres in November 2016 will also have him sing! MOANA follows a young girl who sets sail on a nautical quest in the South Pacific world of Oceania, to find a lost and fabled island. She eventually teams up with the demigod Maui on an action packed voyage where they must fend off enormous sea creatures, explore underwater worlds and immerse themselves in Polynesian culture. Disney has also announced work on a live action version of Winnie The Pooh today!