
Javier Bardem is in talks to play King Triton in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. Halle Bailey will portray the Ariel, a mermaid princess who dreams of being a human, while Melissa McCarthy is playing her evil aunt Ursula. Harry Styles is also in early talks to play Prince Eric. The Little Mermaid […]

R&B Singer Halle Bailey of Chloe x Halle has been cast as Ariel in the live-action version of The Little Mermaid. Filmmaker Rob Marshall has spent the last couple of months meeting with talent, but Bailey has reportedly been a clear front runner from the beginning. Bailey joins a cast that includes Jacob Tremblay and […]

Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios have announced details for what D23 Expo 2019 attendees can expect. Before we get into that news, There will be a Simpson panel. Welcome to the house of mouse Bart and family. The Simpsons panel at D23 will happen on August 24, and it will feature appearances from Matt […]

Lady Gaga has reportedly been approached by about taking on the role of the villainess Ursula in their live-action adaptation of their 1989 animated feature The Little Mermaid. Gaga is coming off rave reviews for her performance in Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born which is now in theaters and she has been sought for several […]

Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming) has reportedly been offered the lead role of Ariel in The Little Mermaid, the upcoming live-action remake of the animated Disney Pictures feature. That Hashtag Show broke the news about the film which will boast songs from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda, along with Rob Marshall slated to be director from a […]

A new trailer is out for the upcoming live-action film The Little Mermaid based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale from 1837 . This version stars Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment), Poppy Drayton (Downton Abbey), William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia), Loreto Peralta (Instructions Not Included) and Gina Gershon (Empire). The film is directed by […]

Although Sofia Coppola was previously attached to direct Universal Pictures and Working Title Films’ upcoming adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Little Mermaid, Deadline today reports that the Lost in Translation helmer has exited the project due to creative differences. Meanwhile, there’s another shakeup happening in Hollywood as the Paramount Pictures comedy Bad […]

Sofia Coppola is negotiating to direct The Little Mermaid, a live-action version of the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale for Universal Pictures and Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, reports Deadline. Caroline Thompson of Edward Scissorhands fame is rewriting the script, about the mermaid willing to make a Faustian bargain to live […]

Her latest film, Endless Love, hitting theaters on February 14, director Shana Feste has revealed to ComingSoon.net that she hopes to next move forward with her big screen adaptation of Carolyn Turgeon’s Mermaid. The project first announced in 2011, Feste has been attached to both write and direct for years. “I love working in the YA […]

With the success of The Lion King 3D, Disney and Disney•Pixar have announced the 3D re-releases of Beauty and the Beast, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and The Little Mermaid for 2012 and 2013: On the heels of the phenomenal success of The Lion King 3D – which will cross the $80 million mark at the […]