Tag: The Little Mermaid

  • Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King Sighted in New ‘The Little Mermaid’ Set Photos

    Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King Sighted in New ‘The Little Mermaid’ Set Photos

    It looks like it’s set photos season, as we’ve been seeing a lot of current projects find their way online. In a way, it’s the true sign that the film industry is recovering slowly and we’re a step closer to business-as-usual. Now, we’ve covered a lot of set photos from various superhero properties, such as Shazam: Fury of the Gods and Titans. There were also quite a few set photos from Thor: Love and Thunder teasing the franchise’s potential craziness from returning director Taika Waititi. Now, it seems that another Disney property recently started production, and the first set of photos already found their way online for the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Twitter user @cravemedia took to Social Media and shared a few images of the production.

    https://twitter.com/cravemedia_/status/1402792169186881542?s=20

    The photos offer our first look at our leads Halle Bailey and Jonah Hauer-King. If we go by their costumes, this may be them rehearsing for the iconic sequence when Ariel saves Prince Eric from drowning. If you look closely, you can see that she has a fin attached to her legs. It doesn’t seem to have any color or scales, which might indicate she is still getting used to moving with it in the water. It’s uncertain if they will take a practical approach with the fin or it might be added digitally. We’ll see if more images find their way online that may give us a look at the duo in full costume.

    Source: Twitter, Digital Spy

  • Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live-Action Reboot Adds Jessica Alexander in Undisclosed Role

    Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live-Action Reboot Adds Jessica Alexander in Undisclosed Role

    It looks like Disney is working hard on developing their live-action remakes. We just recently got the trailer for their upcoming 101 Dalmations prequel, Cruella. It will tell the story of the iconic villain before she becomes obsessed with Dalmations. It looks like they are also hard at work in adapting their next live-action adaptation of a Disney classic, as The Little Mermaid has officially cast Jessica Alexander. Her role is currently undisclosed for the upcoming Rob Marshall film. She will be joining Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, and Javier Bardem.

    Alexander had quite a year with her work on Ruth Paxton’s A Banquet and Kelsey Egan’s Glasshouse. After her debut with Get Even on Netflix, it is a great step forward. David Magee‘s script will adapt 1989 animated classic. It will also include the songs and add some new ones. Alan Menken will compose them based on lyrics by Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda. He will also produce the film alongside Marshall, Marc Platt, and John DeLuca.

    It will be interesting to see if they stick to the original story similar to Aladdin, or if they will add more context to the story. Bailey will be playing the titular role of Ariel opposite McCarthy‘s Ursula. Bardem will tackle the role of Triton in the story. Alexander could be playing one of Ariel’s sisters, or even voice Flounder. It will be interesting if they integrate more aspects of the original Hans Christian Andersen to flesh out the story more. No matter what direction they will go, it’s going to be interesting to see Disney attempt a film that mainly takes place underwater.

    Source: Deadline