Disney's The Little Mermaid LIVE ACTION

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From The DisInsider:

Disney To Shutdown Production on All Live-Action Projects Including ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Shrunk’

By Skyler Shuler On Mar 13, 2020

Disney is continuing to take pre-cautious measures in regards to the coronavirus when it comes to their films, as the company is now shutting down production on multiple films.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, among those films are Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid (which was to start production next week), Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, Home Alone, The Last Duel, and Nightmare Alley. Peter Pan and Wendy, and Shrunk, are both in pre-production but sadly are being shutdown as well.

Disney released a statement which points out that these films are not canceled and will start up again in the future:

“While there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on our productions, after considering the current environment and the best interests of our cast and crew, we have made the decision to pause production on some of our live-action films for a short time. We will continue to assess the situation and restart as soon as feasible.”

Yesterday, the company announced that it would be moving release dates for three of their upcoming film releases, Mulan, The New Mutants, and Antlers. It is unknown when these films will get released.

Shang-Chi direcror Destin Daniel Cretton made the choice to get tested for the virus yesterday and isolate himself but reports said that the second unit team was still going to move on with production while the first unit team halted production, now it’s all shutdown.

Marvel Studios is reportedly sticking to their early May for Black Widow release but will re-evaluate if needed.

The virus has also caused all Disney Parks to shutdown, with no exact timetable for all their re-openings.

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Yes and the Peter Rabbit movie premiere has been canceled due to Corona 9uh huh)     as well as Mulan's release

AND Congress is close do public as well AND back in 2007 The Broadway show WAS NOT effected by a union strike




Least Cindy is the most popular princess on who SURELY deserves it


MAY JUST be at Orlando this May ASSUMING it is not closed to the public


AND found this on line

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I hope this orrible coronavirus will be defeat very soon. I hope Disney start production of The Little Mermaid soon. I hope Disney not cancel The Little Mermaid remake! I hope isn't destined to be delayed indefinitely. Today The Little Mermaid is the movie I really care the most!

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From CBM:

Disney Has Now Paused Production On All Live-Action Projects Including THE LITTLE MERMAID

We found out that cameras had temporarily stopped rolling on Shang-Chi last night, but it's now been announced that Disney has paused production on the rest of its currently-shooting live-action projects.

Mark Cassidy | 3/13/2020

This was probably inevitable after last night's Shang-Chi announcement, but Disney has now paused production and pre-production on all of its currently and soon-to-begin shooting live-action projects.

These include: Home Alone, The Last Duel, Nightmare Alley and The Little Mermaid remake. Peter Pan & Wendy and Shrunk, which were in the pre-production phase, have also been shut-down.

"While there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on our productions, after considering the current environment and the best interests of our cast and crew, we have made the decision to pause production on some of our live-action films for a short time," Disney said in a statement.

"We will continue to assess the situation and restart as soon as feasible.”

Rob Marshall's live action take on the '80s animated classic was set to commence filming next week in London. The delay is not expected to be substantial, but there's been no timeframe given for cameras to begin rolling again on Mermaid or any of the above projects.

Will other major studios soon follow suit? Well, Deadline's report mentions that Sony Pictures is not expected to announce any delays, but it may just be a matter of time. Could Warner Bros.' The Batman be next? Let's hope not.

In related news, THR reports that multiple cinema chains across Europe (for now, Spain, Denmark, Norway and Greece) have closed their doors.

We'll keep you guys updated.

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From The Guardian:

#Notmymermaid: the Disney row is ridiculous – who knows what mermaids look like?
Hans Christian Andersen

The backlash against a black Little Mermaid was instantaneous and ugly. But dark-skinned water goddesses swam in our imaginations long before Ariel

Monique Roffey

Mon 16 Mar 2020 10.00 GMT

In July, 2019, Disney announced that R&B singer and actor Halle Bailey would play Ariel in the live action remake of their hugely successful 1989 film, The Little Mermaid. Sadly, and predictably, there was a backlash against this casting choice. Many fans of the original Disney film could see no other mermaid than a pale-skinned one with red hair. Much ugliness ensued, especially online, from the hashtag #notmymermaid to petitions claiming that a black mermaid was “a betrayal of Ariel’s original creator”. Bailey kept quiet, before eventually releasing a statement saying, “I am beginning to understand this film is something so much bigger than me.”

Indeed. We’ve been dreaming up and writing about mermaids – pre-Christian water goddesses – for thousands of years, but it is notable that one of the first of these folkloric creatures to be written about was a black mermaid. Atargatis was an Assyrian goddess who had a human lover called Hadad, a shepherd, whom she killed by accident. The legends vary on how this happened, but the one I like most is that she overwhelmed him with her powerful lovemaking. They had a child together but so bereft was Atargatis at the death of her lover that she tried to drown herself in a lake. The Gods saved her by turning her into a mermaid.

While mermaids are fantasy figures, a figment of our collective unconscious, there have been many hoaxes and claimed sightings. Columbus was said to have spotted mermaids on one of his voyages and complained they were ugly. Somehow, though, we are drawn to them as a kind of impossible lover, a figure of our own thwarted desires; an alien, unattainable creature.

They are figures of the male gaze, popularised by men from Homer to Hans Christian Andersen (The Little Mermaid) to Freidrich de la Motte Fouque (Undine). We have created mermaids as seductive nymphs, alluring but dangerous as they tempt sailors on to the rocks, as in the Odysseus myth. Often the source of blame, or the result of a curse, mermaids are also shamed and exiled. So the mermaid is in some ways powerful and divine but she is also a woman trapped and de-sexed.

In Andersen’s famous story, the little mermaid agrees to a terrible pact; to have her tongue cut out and surrender her charming voice to the sea witch in return for a reunion with the prince she loves. She will swap her fish tail for legs, but the transformation will cause her terrible pain. With every step, it will feel as though she is treading on glass. She goes ahead anyway, and the prince treats this mute damaged creature like a pet, and marries someone else.

Mami Wata, an ancient goddess who appears holding a mirror and with a snake wrapped around her, paradoxically represents both lust and fidelity

Andersen’s sinister fairytale has its critics. The little stone statue in Copenhagen harbour has been repeatedly vandalised – in 1964 her head was sawn off, an arm was removed in 1984 and she was decapitated again in 1998. Then, in 2003 she was blown off her base with heavy explosives. She has been daubed with paint on International Women’s Day and was once given a dildo to hold, so hostile are Denmark’s feminists to their national symbol.

And the Disney adaptation is hardly faithful to the source material. Ariel does make a pact with the sea witch, Ursula, but she suffers no pain as she walks and in the end her voice is restored and she marries her prince. Happy, easy, sweet. In the light of this rewrite, the #notmymermaid hashtag is ridiculous, as is the suggestion that Bailey is a corruption of the mermaid that fans know and love. In many ways the 1989 Ariel is far more of a corruption of the original Danish character, who sought not just love but immortality too. Bikini-clad, love-struck, naive Ariel is a doe-eyed, sugar-coated American teenager. Despite this, the Disney film does remain true to the outsider nature of the mermaid in one way: Ariel’s theme song, “Part of Your World” explores the idea of her otherness and her status as an outcast or exile.

There are many more non-white mermaid myths than there are mermaids who look like Ariel. Black and brown mermaids can be found in the Middle East, Africa and India, and mermaids are often found in Caribbean art and folklore. One of the best known mermaid artists is Canute Caliste from Carriacou in the Grenadines, who swore he’d seen the creatures. Mermaids are also found in China, Korea and Japan; there is an Indian mermaid princess called Suvannamaccha and the African water deity Mami Wata.

Mami Wata, who also appears in Caribbean folk lore, is an ancient goddess who often appears with a mirror in her hand and a large snake wrapped around her; paradoxically she represents both lust and fidelity. She appears to travellers, and often seduces them into her world under the sea. Should she allow them to leave, the travellers return to land with dry clothes and a new spiritual understanding; they grow wealthier, more attractive and successful. In Benin, Togo and Ghana, Mami Wata is revered and there is a complex priesthood associated with her.

The remake of The Little Mermaid goes into production next month. Bailey, a woman of colour, will give Ariel a much-needed update as to who she really is, the quintessential symbol of otherness. She will also signify a meaningful reclamation of the truth, that there are an awful lot more black mermaids in the world’s oceans and rivers than there are white.

• The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey is published by Peepal Tree on 2 April.

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Other Red headed Mermaids The Classics Illustrated features artwork from the artist Ramona Fradon



                               Then there is Louis Solboken                   



And I do NOT KNOW what Norman Rockwelll was thinking

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AND Heres one for the ages If you TRUELY know your Disney


Gummi Bears TV SHOW That show demonstrated that the Black Cauldron COULD HAVE worked but this be reason why I  POST THESE



EP      Water way to go season 3                             note              MADE IN 1987

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                                                  another pic                               I like to think it was an unused Ariel concept

The mermaid is named Aquarianne voiced b Patricia Paris   She also has a sea monster friend named Fin Whipet she controls with a sea whistle       no she is NOT evil And gummi Bears is a VASTLY underrated show

Still trying to find image of the "goofy" mermaid

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I have a novel which has an interesting subversion of the mermaid appearance, they are dual toned, for oceanic camouflage purposes.
It's a plot point later in the book where the sailor who befriended the merboy recognises the mercy's long lost sister from a distance because she has the same tonal patterns.

Fathom had a few varieties of merpeople, some of which couldn't pass as surface dwellers because of their unique appearances.
The Urchin faction was one of the more obvious ones, having sea urchin spines instead of hair and glowing red eyes.

The Voyage of the Dawntreader had another unique variation, in one chapter, there's merpeople who are green.

So given the above examples, we can't always assume merpeople conform to what we expect them to be.
But given the dangers of some skin dyes, I wouldn't recommend any live acting cast member accept a role which requires them to take on this coloration effect.

In Mako Mermaids, they eventually show an Eastern mermaid, who resembles the Chinese population.
Which could suggest that mermaids in the H20 universe always resemble the population of the country they are closest too, since it was established that Eastern Mermaids live near China (or in China, as the plot established they had to flee to land to avoid a savage sea monster attacking every mermaid it could find.)

So I don't think it really matters what a merperson looks like, we're watching/reading it for the story really.

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The working title of The Little Mermaid live-action was Scallop.

From Production Weekly:

THE LITTLE MERMAID (w/t SCALLOP)

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From The DisInsider:

Alan Menken Confirms All The Music For The Live-Action Adaptation of ‘The Little Mermaid’ Have Been Recorded
Some good news during this rough time!

By Skyler Shuler On Mar 23, 2020

Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid was set to start production last Monday. Sadly, the COVID-19 outbreak halted the production. Well, there is still some good news.

During a live stream on YouTube, the films composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast) confirmed that he and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) have completed the recording for all the songs, including four brand new songs special for the remake (one we hear is a solo piece for Prince Eric).

Our friend Patrick Douglas, shared the news via his Twitter in a post you can see below:

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Alan Menken just dropped so much news on this livestream!

– All the new “Little Mermaid” Live Action songs have been recorded – including 4 brand NEW ones!

– He’s working on the music for DISENCHANTED

– Hercules is coming to Broadway!

😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/UOOW6AZHVD

— Patrick Dougall (@patrickadougall) March 23, 2020

Disney hopes to get the production back in high gear this Summer. Though, that is dependent on the current fight with COVID-19. The little mermaid was not the only film for Disney affected as the remake of Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy also was put on hold, along with Shrunk, Marvel Studios Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, amongst others.

Directed by Rob Marshall (Mary Poppins Returns), The Little Mermaid is set to star Halle Bailey (Grown-ish) as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King (A Dog’s Way Home) as Prince Eric, Jacob Tremblay (Good Boys) as Ariels best friend Flounder, Awkwafina (Jumanji: The Next Level) will play the diving bird (seagull in the animated film) Scuttle, Javier Bardem (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) will play Ariel’s father King Triton, and Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) as Sebastian.

At this time it is unknown who will be playing the characters Vanessa, Grimsby, Chef Louis, and the rest of Ariel’s family, including her mother and sisters, but can confirm that these characters will appear in the film, and yes, Eric’s best friend Max will also make an appearance.

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From ComicBook:

The Little Mermaid Composer Confirms the Music for Live-Action Movie Has Been Recorded

By Adam Barnhardt - March 22, 2020 09:51 pm EDT

Principal photography on Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid might be delayed, but that's not stopping composer Alan Menken from getting his work done. On a recent live stream with Rosie O'Donnell, Menken revealed he and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) had completed recording the songs for the upcoming remake. That includes four entirely new songs original to the production, Menken says.

"It's been a great time for writing, yeah," Menken says. "Production stopped on The Little Mermaid movie. We recorded all the songs and I did four new songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda." The composer then reveals he's been tapped to score Disenchanted, the long-awaited sequel for Disney's Enchanted.

HELLO?!

Alan Menken just dropped so much news on this livestream!

- All the new “Little Mermaid” Live Action songs have been recorded - including 4 brand NEW ones!

- He’s working on the music for DISENCHANTED

- Hercules is coming to Broadway!

😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/UOOW6AZHVD
— Patrick Dougall (@patrickadougall) March 23, 2020

It's unclear when exactly production on the flick will pick back up or, for that matter, when the movie will hit theaters. A certain section of the internet initially had a problem with Disney race-bending the new Ariel though Julie Benson — the voice actor behind the original actor — quickly came to Halle Bailey's defense.

“The most important thing is to tell the story. And we have, as a family, we have raised our children, and for ourselves, that we don’t see anything that’s different on the outside,” Benson said at Florida Supercon convention last year.
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“I think that the spirit of a character is what really matters. What you bring to the table in a character as far as their heart, and their spirit, is what really counts. And the outside package — cause let’s face it, I’m really, really old — and so when I’m singing ‘Part of Your World,’ if you were to judge me on the way that I look on the outside, it might change the way that you interpret the song. But if you close your eyes, you can still hear the spirit of Ariel.”

The Little Mermaid live-action reboot has yet to set a release date.

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From Inside The Magic:

Alan Menken Confirms Live-Action Little Mermaid Score Is FINISHED!
IN DISNEY, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Rebekah Barton

Alan Menken performs at Disneyland

Last night’s special-edition livestream of The Rosie O’Donnell Show ultimately raised over $500,000 for The Actors Fund. The show featured numerous Broadway celebrities, including Neil Patrick Harris, Alan Menken, and Lin-Manual Miranda.


Alan Menken spent much of his time on the livestream talking about Disney-related projects, including his score for the live action Little Mermaid movie. He stated, “Production stopped on The Little Mermaid movie. We recorded all the songs and I did four new songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda.” Rumor has it that one of the new musical numbers is a Prince Eric (Jacob Tremblay) solo.

Halle Bailey, who will be portraying Ariel in The Little Mermaid remake, has confirmed that famous numbers like “Under the Sea” and “Part of Your World” will be in the live-action movie. This is exciting news for classic Disney animation fans, especially those who were disappointed by the removal of songs from the live-action Mulan, which has been pushed back from it’s original March 27 release date.

Menken also shared that he will be composing the musical score to Disney’s upcoming Disenchanted, the much-anticipated Enchanted sequel. Since production has been halted on all Disney films for the moment, we have no official word on when we’ll see Andalasia again.

For fans of live action stage shows, Menken mentioned that there are plans to bring back the same Hercules production that “we did in Central Park last summer.” Although he didn’t go into detail about the upcoming show, this is the first confirmation that the popular performance will be revived.

To end his segment (around the 1 hour mark in the video), Menken performed an incredible medley of iconic Disney songs he’s written. He began with The Little Mermaid’s “Under the Sea,” then performed the title track from Beauty and the Beast. Menken concluded with Aladdin’s “A Whole New World” and “Go the Distance” from the animated Hercules film.

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From Screenrant:

Disney's Little Mermaid Live-Action Remake Includes 4 New Songs

Composer Alan Menken says the songs for Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid remake have all been recorded, including four new ones.

by Sandy Schaefer
Mar 23, 2020

Composer Alan Menken says the songs for Disney's The Little Mermaid remake have all been recorded, including four new ones. A live-action retelling of the studio's animated 1989 hit (itself based on Hans Christian Andersen's story), The Little Mermaid was among the films that halted production earlier this month in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Although shooting hadn't started just yet, it was scheduled to begin in April at Pinewood Studios in London for a potential release in 2021. For now, as with life in Hollywood in general, it's not clear when things will begin moving forward again.

In the meantime, the legendary Disney songwriter and music conductor Menken is keeping plenty busy. On top of adapting more of the studio's Disney Renaissance films into Broadway stage musicals, Menken has been collaborating with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on brand-new songs for the live-action The Little Mermaid. In fact, according to his latest update, the music for the movie is already done.

During a live stream with Rosie O'Donnell, Menken said he and Miranda have "recorded all the songs" for The Little Mermaid remake, including "four new songs". He also confirmed he's still working on the music for the long-awaited Enchanted sequel, Disenchanted, and briefly mentioned Disney's animated Hercules is being adapted into a Broadway stage show. You can watch the relevant clip from the live stream below (via Brian Saeger).

Disney Legend/Composer, Alan Menken just dropped some handful of news during @theactorsfund hosted by @rosie

• 4 brand new songs will be part of the live action “The Little Mermaid” 🧜🏻‍♀️
• Music for Disenchanted
• Hercules is heading to broadway pic.twitter.com/yBWtmGJjXZ
— Brian Saeger (@skywalkerbrian) March 23, 2020

This isn't the first time Menken has worked on one of Disney's live-action remakes. The eight-time Oscar winner previously helped craft a handful of new songs for the studio's Beauty and the Beast retelling in 2017 and co-wrote the original tune "Speechless" with Pasek & Paul for last year's Aladdin. Many would argue these movies have had mixed success integrating those additional musical numbers into their narratives. That goes double for the remakes and their attempts to "fix" Menken's songs from the original animated films by removing any racist or otherwise insensitive lyrics. Still, those changes are typically for the best and one imagines the live-action The Little Mermaid will make similar tweaks (like cutting the infamous "blackfish" line from "Under the Sea").

The Little Mermaid has already made waves (no pun intended) by casting Halle Bailey as Ariel, resulting in the sadly typical racist backlash. Fortunately, there's also been a whole lot of support for the decision, including from Diana Huey (the first non-white actress to play Ariel in the Broadway version of the animated film). For those who've grown tired of Disney's live-action remake formula, it's surely equally encouraging to hear The Little Mermaid remake is changing things up more, between Bailey playing Ariel, new songs co-written by Miranda, and a promising supporting cast featuring Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Awkwafina, and Daveed Diggs. With a little luck, that will be enough to elevate the retelling into a memorable experience in its own right.

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From BlackHollywoodLive:

Young Black Hollywood Live Artists of the Week Chloe x Halle, Stars of Grown-ish.

Written by: Chelsie Overocker – March 18th 2020, 11:30am pst

R&B artists Chloe and Halle Bailey (professionally known as Chloe x Halle) are successful music artists and actresses who keep thriving out in Hollywood.

They first launched their music career by posting covers of pop songs and uploading the videos onto their Youtube channel.

They drew the attention of (Queen B) Beyonce when they did a cover of her song, Pretty Hurts, when it went viral. Beyonce saw Chloe and Halle as Queens themselves when she signed them to her management company, Parkwood Entertainment.

Chloe and Halle received a call from Beyonce who was gushing over their skills, letting the duo know they are heading in the right direction.

Beyonce believed in the sisters so much that they both made an appearance in Beyonce’s music video Lemonade alongside pop-culture legends; Serena Williams, Zendaya, and Amanda Stenberg. According to Rolling Stone, Halle called the experience humbling and considered herself and her sister lucky to be a part of Beyonce’s big project.

“What a time to be alive. Just to even witness somebody like Beyonce make such a statement and invite us…how lucky are we?”

Chloe x Halle went on to produce more music and released a hit single, The Two of Us, which was featured in Rolling Stone’s magazine Best R&B Albums of 2017 list.
The talented duo continued to rise with their music career when they were nominated in 2018 for two Grammy Awards; Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best New Artists.

Aside from the success they have gained with their music the sisters support each other. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Chloe says she loves seeing her sister grow as an artist.

“In rehearsals I’ll just see her freestyling and doing all of these incredible acrobatics on the guitar, and I’m like, whoa that’s my sister.” Chloe adds, “I’m so proud of her.”

Whoa Chloe! You are an awesome big sister and we are proud of both of you. No matter how successful these two sisters are they will always stick by one another and lift each other up.

Not only are the Bailey sisters talented music artists but they are actresses. In 2017, Chloe x Halle released the theme song for the TV Series Grown-ish (the spinoff of ABC’s Black-ish). They were soon added to the cast as regulars and starred as twin sisters (Sky and Jazz) on the series.

The sisters continue to grow with their acting careers. Recently, Halle has been cast to play Ariel in Disney’s live action film The Little Mermaid.

Halle did receive racist backlash from critics about her being cast for the role. The 19 year old opened up to Variety that she does not pay attention to negative comments.

“I feel like I’m dreaming and I’m just grateful and I don’t pay attention to negativity. I just feel like this role was something bigger than me and greater and it’s going to be beautiful. I’m just so excited to be a part of it.”

Well said, Halle. Keep on dreaming and let the haters keep on hating. We are on your side.

Another person who is on Halle’s side is Serria Boggess who played the role of Ariel on Broadway. At a pop culture event someone addressed the controversy about Halle being cast and Boggess didn’t hold back.

“I think the most important thing is to tell the story,”she states, “We have, as a family, raised our children and…ourselves…(in such a way) that we don’t see anything that’s different on the outside. I think that the spirit of the character is what really matters. What you bring to the table in a character as far as their heart and their spirit is what really counts.”

We couldn’t agree more, Sierra! What a great valuable statement that we can all share with our families and use for ourselves.

We can’t wait to see the live action film when it’s released and let’s be honest: we all can’t wait to hear Halle sing the iconic song Part of Your World.

Halle isn’t the only one preparing for a big role. Chloe got cast to be in a new thriller, The Georgetown Project. The storyline is about an actor who might be slipping back into his past addictions while shooting a horror film.

Looks like Chloe is going to have us sitting on the edge of our seats with this new role.

We are excited to see the sisters taking on new projects, but, hopefully, Chloe x Halle can start producing some new music soon! They will always make the most dynamic duo.

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From Heroic Hollywood:

‘The Little Mermaid’ Composer Confirms 4 New Songs For Disney’s Remake
by Sebastian Peris on March 23, 2020

Composer and songwriter Alan Menken revealed he wrote four new songs for Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

Disney’s slate of live-action remakes includes a retelling of The Little Mermaid, a story the company previously adapted for the screen in 1989. While production on the remake was scheduled to begin this month, the coronavirus pandemic prompted Disney to postpone filming for an undetermined amount of time.

During an interview for The Actors Fund with host Rosie O’Donnell, The Little Mermaid composer Alan Menken commented on what he has been doing with his free time in the midst of this pandemic. At one point, Menken, who composed the score and co-wrote the songs for the animated version of The Little Mermaid with Howard Ashman, revealed that the songs for Disney’s remake were recorded before the shutdown, including the four new ones he co-wrote with Lin-Manuel Miranda:

“It’s been a great time for writing. Yeah, we had production stop on The Little Mermaid movie. We recorded all the songs. I wrote four new songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda.”

Are you excited to hear what Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda have in store for the remake? Let us know in the comments section below.

Disney’s original The Little Mermaid centered on princess Ariel, who longed to explore the world beyond the sea. After saving Prince Eric from drowning, Ariel turns to the sea witch Ursula and trades in her voice in order to become a human for the chance to meet the man she rescued.

Directed by Rob Marshall from a script written by David Magee, Disney’s The Little Mermaid stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Melissa McCarthy as the villainous sea witch Ursula, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, Jacob Tremblay as the voice of Flounder, Awkwafina as the voice of Scuttle, Daveed Diggs as the voice of Sebastian the Crab. Academy Award winner Javier Bardem was last reported to be eyed for the role of King Triton.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken will write new songs for the remake to be included alongside the classic tunes the latter penned for the animated version of The Little Mermaid. In addition to his duties as a songwriter, Lin-Manuel Miranda will serve as an executive producer alongside Rob Marshall, Marc Platt, and John DeLuca.

Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for the latest news on Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

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From LRMOnline:

The Little Mermaid To Boast Four New Songs — They’re Going All-In On The Musical Angle
Joseph Jammer Medina March 23, 2020

I’ve been feeling for some time that The Little Mermaid was going to be different from the other adaptations. Yes, many of the Disney ones have already embraced the musical identity, but there have been hints that The Little Mermaid would be taking things to a whole different level. With each of the other movies, I got the impression they were going for acting talent over musical talent in most cases — even with Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. Not quite the case with The Little Mermaid.

Yes, the film still has acting talents like Melissa McCarthy and Jacob Tremblay, but they also seem to have talent that skews more musical. Playing Ariel is singer Halley Bailey. Initially, Harry Styles of One Direction fame was offered the role of Prince Eric. The role eventually went ot actor Jonah Hauer-King, but Styles’ involvement did seem to hint at a more musical-focused movie. And let’s not forget Daveed Diggs being in talks to join. That’s one he** of a clincher.

As such, it makes perfect sense that this story would be more music-focused than the others. So much so, in fact, that it will include four brand-new songs. This reveal came from composer Alan Menken, who stated that he worked on four new songs with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Menken didn’t state explicitly whether or not these four songs would be in addition to the entire batch of songs from the original or not. Given the way Disney has done things in the past, however, I’d assume at least 90% of those original songs would be present and accounted for one some level. Yes, previous productions like Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast have had some extra songs, but four more is quite the increase. Given that the music was the highlights of most of these adaptations, I’m quite hopeful these new ones could be a real highlight of the movie.

Of course, at this point, it’s all one big waiting game. The Little Mermaid’s production was recently put on hold thanks to the COVID-19 virus, so it’ll be some time before it’s all realized. That being said, it’ll definitely be something to look forward to. What do you think of this? Are you happy to hear we’ll be getting four new songs? Let us know your thoughts down below!

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Halle Bailey talking about The Little Mermaid:

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Halle said that she just got reunited with her sister because she was in London since January doing rehearsals for The Little Mermaid with the entire cast. She says she loves the cast of The Little Mermaid and they have all become a family.