[Starboard]

The Hawaiian activists shot that down pretty quickly as disrespectful and racially insensitive to not consider using one of them as the lead (even though The Rock is half-Samoan).

Had they succeeded in getting "their guy" into the role, the next step would have been gaining artistic control over the script and story line. And then, a cut of the profits to support pet "heritage" projects.

[kaehurowing]

The latest scheme is they want to develop a "Native copyright," protected by law, that means only those with Hawaiian blood can make what they deem "native products," or incorporate native elements or themes.