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The Little Mermaid is a 2023 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay by David Magee.Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, DeLuca Marshall, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, which itself is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale.
The Little Mermaid is an American media franchise created by The Walt Disney Company based on "The Little Mermaid", written by Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen.The success of the 1989 animated film led to a direct-to-video sequel, a prequel film, a spin-off television series, a musical, several video games, theme park attractions, and other merchandise.
The Little Mermaid was the second film, following Oliver & Company, produced after Disney began expanding its animated output following its successful live action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and became Disney's first animated major box office and critical hit since The Jungle Book (1967), 22 years earlier. [21]
The new Little Mermaid made a real splash with audiences with its sparkling live-action look, three new original songs and a total treasure trove of a cast. Starring Halle Bailey as the fiery ...
The two-minute trailer comes just a few weeks after Disney dropped its first teaser.And now, fans are getting a glimpse of several famous scenes, from Ariel's (Bailey) rescue of Prince Eric (Jonah ...
The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen influenced the story. Director Agnieszka Smoczyńska called the film a "coming-of-age story", echoing her own youth. She recalled that her mother ran a nightclub, where she had her "first shot of vodka, first cigarette, first sexual disappointment and first important feeling for a boy."
Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” is beginning its box office swim with $10.3 million in previews. It opens in 4,320 theaters on Friday. Thursday’s preview haul is the ...
Disney's 2023 live-action remake of The Little Mermaid was review bombed during the film's opening weekend, mainly targeting the casting of African American actress and singer Halle Bailey as Ariel. This resulted in IMDb and AlloCiné adding warnings to their rating pages for the film, with the former's reading "Our rating mechanism has ...