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The Little Mermaid is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee and Jane Goldman, from a story written by Magee, Marshall and John DeLuca. It is a production of Walt Disney Pictures and is a live-action adaptation of the 1989 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the same name. It is produced by Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Marc Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, the latter of whom co-wrote new songs for the remake as the lyricist, Alan Menken is set to return as the composer for both the score and the songs. The film cast Halle Bailey as Ariel along with Jonah Hauer-King, Art Malik, Noma Dumezweni, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy, with Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, and Awkwafina in voice roles.

The Little Mermaid
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Directed by	Rob Marshall
Screenplay by	David Magee Jane Goldman
Story by	David Magee Rob Marshall John DeLuca
Based on	Disney's The Little Mermaid by Ron Clements John Musker The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen
Produced by	Marc Platt Lin-Manuel Miranda Rob Marshall John DeLuca
Starring	Halle Bailey Jonah Hauer-King Daveed Diggs Jacob Tremblay Awkwafina Art Malik Noma Dumezweni Javier Bardem Melissa McCarthy
Cinematography	Dion Beebe
Edited by	Wyatt Smith
Music by	Alan Menken
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Lucamar Productions Marc Platt Productions 5000 Broadway Productions
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	May 26, 2023 (2023-05-26) (United States)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Little Mermaid is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 26, 2023.[1][2][3]

Premise

"The Little Mermaid" tells the story of Ariel (Halle Bailey), the youngest daughter of King Triton (Javier Bardem), the ruler of the underwater kingdom Atlantica. Ariel, already fascinated by the world of humans, falls deeply in love with the handsome Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) after saving him during a shipwreck, and resolves to meet him in the world above water. Her quest brings her in conflict with her father and in the clutches of the scheming sea witch Ursula (Melissa McCarthy).

— Disney

Cast

• Halle Bailey as Ariel, a mermaid princess and King Triton's youngest daughter who is fascinated with the human world.[4]
• Jonah Hauer-King as Eric, a human prince whom Ariel falls in love with after saving him from drowning, after which he becomes determined to find and marry Ariel.[5]
• Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, a treacherous sea witch whom Ariel makes a deal with to become a human, which is secretly part of Ursula's plan to conquer Atlantica.[6]
• Javier Bardem as King Triton, Ariel's overprotective father and the King of Atlantica, who is prejudiced against humans.[7][8]
• Noma Dumezweni as Queen Selina, a new character for the film.[9]
• Art Malik as Grimsby, Eric's loyal butler and confidant, who sees to it that Eric finds the right girl to marry.[10]
• Lorena Andrea as Perla, a new character for the film.[11]
• Kajsa Mohammar as Karina, a new character for the film.[11]

Voice actors

• Daveed Diggs as Sebastian, a loyal crab and King Triton's trusted servant and court composer who watches over Ariel.[5][12]
• Jacob Tremblay as Flounder, an anxious yet noble tropical fish who is Ariel's best friend.[13]
• Awkwafina as Scuttle, a dimwitted diving bird and a friend of Ariel's, to whom she provides inaccurate descriptions of any human/surface world object Ariel finds.[6] The character will be portrayed as a female diving bird instead of a male seagull as in the original in order to feature the character in underwater scenes.[14]

Additionally, Jessica Alexander, Russell Balogh, Adrian Christopher, and Simone Ashley have been cast in undisclosed roles.[15][16]

Production

Development

On May 25, 2016, Deadline Hollywood reported that Disney is in early development for a live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid.[17] On August 16, 2016, it was announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda, a fan of the original film, will co-produce the film with Marc Platt.[18]

On December 6, 2017, it was reported that Rob Marshall was being courted by the Walt Disney Company to direct the film, while Jane Goldman will serve as screenwriter.[19] On December 5, 2018, Marshall revealed that he, along with John DeLuca and Marc Platt were hired to begin developing the project for film adaptation,[20] and said that "John and [Marshall] have begun our work trying to explore it and figure it out", as he felt that "it's a very complicated movie to take from animation to live-action. Live-action's a whole other world so you have to be very careful about how that's done, but so we're starting the exploration phase".[20] Later in December, Marshall was officially hired as director for the film.[21] During an interview on December 21, 2018, Marshall revealed that the film is in very early stages of development, stating that the studio is trying to explore ways to translate the original film's story into live-action.[22] On July 3, 2019, David Magee, who previously wrote the screenplay for Marshall's Mary Poppins Returns, was revealed to have written the script with Goldman.[6] On February 10, 2020, Miranda revealed that rehearsals for the film had already begun.[23]

Casting

Both Lindsay Lohan and Chris Evans had expressed interest in starring in the adaptation, while some fans wanted Ariana Grande to play the role of Ariel. Zendaya was rumored to have been offered the title role from late 2018 to early 2019, but continuously stated that it was "just a rumor".[24][25][26][27]

On June 28, 2019, it was announced that Melissa McCarthy was in talks to play Ursula in the film.[28] Two days after, Awkwafina and Jacob Tremblay were rumored to have been cast in the film voicing a now gender-bent Scuttle and Ariel's sidekick Flounder, respectively, on July 1 this news was confirmed by Variety.[29]

The next month, on July 3, Halle Bailey was officially announced through Disney's official social media accounts to play the title role of Ariel, with the director stating:

"After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance—plus a glorious singing voice—all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role."

— Rob Marshall[30]

On the same month, Javier Bardem joined the cast as King Triton, while Harry Styles and Jack Whitehall considered the role of Prince Eric.[31][7] However, in August 2019, it was revealed that Styles has turned down the part; he revealed in a November interview with Capital FM that there were a "few things" that they couldn't work out, he also stated: "I think it's obviously going to be an amazing film, but they shoot for so long and I wanna tour next year, maybe. I haven't announced that yet, but yeah, it just didn't quite line"; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Styles' tour was postponed, and the role of Prince Eric eventually went to British actor Jonah Hauer-King.[32][33]

Director Rob Marshall said that the film is about "[Ariel] finding her voice ... And that immediately just felt like an interesting, timely piece that resonated with [the production crew]".[6] Bailey said that she wanted to bring "freshness" to the character.[34] She also said that "[i]t's amazing that the directors have been so forward in asking [her] to show [her] true self… that's been a really fun growing experience".[34] Co-star Daveed Diggs said that the remake will give "some more power" to Ariel than the original film.[35]

In October, Daveed Diggs, who previously worked on Miranda's musical Hamilton, joined the cast as the voice of Sebastian the crab.[8] By November 2019, Jonah Hauer-King had been cast as Prince Eric.[5] Cameron Cuffe was also in the running for the role, before Hauer-King was cast; both of which had already screen tested alongside Bailey.[36]

On February 18, 2020, McCarthy confirmed her casting as Ursula during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show: "I play Ursula, the sea witch. It is so fun, we're just in rehearsals. It's been an absolute blast. Stepping into the world of Rob Marshall, it's like a fever dream, I just went to London for a week, I was like, 'I don't get to go to dance camp for a week.' All day he's like, 'Do you want to slide down this 40-foot clam shell?' I'm like, 'Yes! Of course I do. What are you, crazy?' It's been wildly creative."[37] In December 2020, Disney officially announced seven principal actors while also debuting the film's official logo.[38]

On January 5, 2021, Noma Dumezweni was announced to have been cast in an undisclosed role.[39] In a March 29, 2021, interview with Marie Claire Magazine, when asked about her role in the upcoming film, Dumezweni stated, "I can tell you that I'm doing it. I can tell you I'm very excited. I can tell you I had a chat with hair and makeup the other day and it was like, Yay!".[40] On December 29, 2021, during an interview on Facebook's Talks with Mama Tina, Bailey recalled being scared and nervous while auditioning for the role of Ariel.[41]

Filming

Filming was originally scheduled to begin in London around late March or early April 2020, however, it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[42][43][44] Set photos at Pinewood Studios in London, England leaked a few weeks after the production was shut down, it showed aerial images featuring Prince Eric's ship as well as indoor images of what seems to be his castle. On July 29, 2020, based on a social media post, Jacob Tremblay began recording his lines for the film.[45] Filming was scheduled to re-commence on August 10, 2020.[46][47]

By November 2020, Disney's new CEO Bob Chapek announced that filming on all film that had been postponed during pandemic shutdowns had resumed filming, and in some cases completed principal photography.[48]

In December 2020, McCarthy stated that she would hopefully begin filming in January 2021.[49] The following month, Daveed Diggs discussed the large amount of work he had to do when it came to preparing for and recording dialogue for the role of Sebastian.[50]

Principal photography officially began at Pinewood Studios in Iver, England on January 30, 2021.[51] Filming for McCarthy's scenes eventually began in April 2021.[52] On April 6, it was announced that additional filming would be happening in summer in Sardinia, Italy, for a total of "roughly three months."[53] In June 2021, production was temporarily halted due to multiple crew members of the film contracting COVID-19.[54][55] Filming resumed about a week later and officially wrapped on July 11, 2021.[56][57] On December 30, 2021, Bailey shared some new behind-the-scenes photos of the set, including a glimpse of her portrayal of Ariel. The actress took to Instagram to wrap up her year and shared photos of moments of shooting the film. The first photo showed the film's script, which was blurred to avoid spoilers, but still showed her character name "Ariel" in bold print. One photo showed her swimming in Sardinia's waters, while another showed the process of film-making using CGI.[58]

Visual effects

Visual effects will be provided by Industrial Light & Magic, Wētā FX, Moving Picture Company and Framestore.[59] DNEG will provide the stereo conversion.[60]

Music

On March 17, 2017, it was announced that Alan Menken, who previously scored and co-wrote songs for the original film, would return as the film's composer and to write new songs alongside producer Lin-Manuel Miranda.[18] Three months later, Menken stated that his work on the film's music had been put on hold due to Miranda and Marc Platt's schedules with Mary Poppins Returns.[61] On May 20, 2019, Menken stated that The Little Mermaid would be his next project, following the release of the live-action adaptation of Aladdin,[62] and on July 9, he and Miranda started working on new songs for the film.[63] On replacing the original film's lyricist, the late Howard Ashman, Miranda felt that "[he] will definitely fall short" to Ashman's work, arguing that "no one can write like him".[64] On January 16, 2020, Halle Bailey confirmed that the song "Part of Your World", from the original film, will appear in the remake.[34] On February 10, 2020, Miranda revealed that he and Menken wrote four new songs for the film.[23] On February 19, 2021, Menken said that the new songs would be a "blend" of his and Miranda's styles. He elaborated that the songs would feature "some rapping" in the vein of Miranda's previous works, as well as a closer style to his usual work.[65]

On September 22, 2021, Menken sat down with Disney's For Scores podcast and confirmed that the film will feature four new songs. He also recalled that Miranda was "daunted" by the prospect of following on in the footsteps of the late Howard Ashman, the lyricist who worked with Menken to write the original film's songs.[66] On November 24, 2021, in a recent interview with Collider, Miranda talked about his admiration for The Little Mermaid and how Ashman and Menken helped shape his childhood. He said:

"Oh, man. So much of my work on The Little Mermaid was that wish fulfillment. I actually didn't write any new songs for Sebastian the Crab because I love his songs so much. I was like, 'I can't. Nope, not me. I can't do it.' I did get to write for some of the other characters in that movie. Every song you love in The Little Mermaid is still in The Little Mermaid, we just found some new moments to musicalise. That's really tricky."

— Lin-Manuel Miranda[67]

On January 20, 2022, Halle spoke with Stylecater, saying that she was so emotional while filming "Part of Your World".[68] She said:

"It was really surreal to film. It was really emotional for me. It was three days of intense being all over the place. I was crying the whole time because I was just like, 'What the heck?' We're all connected to that song and it means a lot to each of us."

— Halle Bailey

On February 17, 2022, during a podcast interview with Variety, Miranda revealed that one of the new songs for the live-action film will take place when Ariel is on land in her human form. He also revealed that star Daveed Diggs might rap in the film.[69][70]

Release

The film is scheduled to be released on May 26, 2023, in the United States by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.[1][3]

Marketing

On September 9, 2022, Rob Marshall and Halle Bailey appeared at the 2022 D23 Expo to introduce an exclusive presentation of the film's "Part of Your World" sequence, which received a positive response from the attendees, who praised Bailey's vocal performance. The film's teaser trailer was released to the public the same day.[71]

On October 13, 2022, the first movie poster was released to the public,[72] which Bailey synchronously captioned on Twitter: "Words can’t describe how immensely honored I feel to play the mermaid of my dreams."[73]

Controversy

After the announcement of Halle Bailey as the role of Ariel in July 2019, and after the first trailer was released in September 2022, the film gained both positive and negative responses from the public for casting a black actress as Ariel, who was originally white in the 1989 animated film. Arguments for the negative response have included that a black mermaid does not adhere to historical accuracy,[74][75] that the adaptation should be as close to the original as possible,[76] and that mermaids allegedly can not be black as they are underwater creatures.[77] Many media outlets as well as Lin-Manuel Miranda, the film's producer and lyricist, criticized the negative response and described it as being racist.[74][75][78][79][80][81] Stuart Heritage of The Guardian argued, "The boring spat over the Disney trailer makes idiots of us all – whether Ariel is black or white, it is clearly a film that should rightfully be ignored then forgotten forever", suggesting instead that there should be a "grotesque scaly mutant as the lead".[82] Jodi Benson, the voice actor for the 1989 film, praised Bailey, stating, "I think that the spirit of a character is what really matters".[83] Brandy Norwood, the first woman of color to play Cinderella in the 1997 Disney television film of the same, and Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Tiana (Disney's first official African-American Princess), also both praised the casting of Bailey as Ariel.[84][85]

A poll conducted from July 8–10, 2022, from Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult found that just under half of Americans supported the idea of minorities playing the roles of characters who had been cast as white.[lower-alpha 1] When asked "Thinking about live-action movie remakes of classic cartoons, do you support or oppose actors who are racial and ethnic minorities playing characters who have been white in past films?", 48% answered "strongly" or "somewhat" support, 21% said "strongly" or "somewhat" oppose, while 31% either did not know or had no opinion.[76][86] On the other hand, the same poll also found a majority in support of remakes that are "as close to their original as possible, including sticking to the race and ethnicity of each character."[86]

Reception

Pre-release

Variety reported that the official teaser trailer of The Little Mermaid garnered more than 104 million global views during the first weekend following its release. It surpassed recent Disney live-action releases including Beauty and the Beast with 94 million, Aladdin with 74 million and Cruella with 68 million.[87] After the release of the trailer in September 2022, videos of black girls positively reacting to it went viral.[88][89][90]

Notes

References

External links

• The Little Mermaid at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] The Little Mermaid (2023 film)

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[es] La sirenita (película de 2023)

La sirenita es una próxima película de fantasía musical estadounidense dirigida por Rob Marshall a partir de un guion de Jane Goldman y David Magee. Producida por Walt Disney Pictures, es una adaptación de acción en vivo / CGI de la película animada de 1989 del mismo nombre, y que a su vez se basa en el cuento homónimo de Hans Christian Andersen.

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[ru] Русалочка (фильм, 2023)

«Русалочка» (англ. The Little Mermaid) — предстоящий американский музыкальный фэнтезийный фильм режиссёра Роба Маршалла по сценарию Джейн Голдман и Дэвида Маги[en]. Фильм является киноадаптацией к одноимённому мультфильму 1989 года, который сам основан на одноимённой сказке Ханса Кристиана Андерсена. Продюсерами выступают Маршалл, Джон Делюка, Марк Платт и Лин-Мануэль Миранда, последний будет соавтором новых песен для ремейка с Аланом Менкеном, композитором и соавтором песен оригинального мультфильма, а Менкен также вернется, чтобы написать музыку к фильму.

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