Disney's The Little Mermaid LIVE ACTION

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From Salon:

"Everything is changed": Star Jonah Hauer-King on the WWII drama "World on Fire" and Season 2 plans
The actor spoke with Salon about his flawed character, life-altering events, and how he's been spending quarantine

mprovise." That's the advice that English officer Harry Chase (Jonah Hauer-King) receives in the penultimate episode of PBS' World War II drama "World on Fire," created by Peter Bowker, who called the conflict "our foundation myth."

In the season finale airing Sunday, May 17, Harry will have to put that dubious advice to the test during his so-called suicide mission when he's dropped by air behind the Polish border in hopes that he'll meet his Resistance contact. The series follows the lives of various families and individuals like Harry, who are pushed to act in unforeseen ways as Hitler's forces move across Europe.

"This series doesn't really make heroes and villains in the story," Hauer-King told Salon. "Generally speaking, I think it shows the light and the dark of everyone and especially in such extreme circumstances. I think it's important for people to take a step back and consider what it's like for people without judging too quickly."

The actor conducted the interview by phone from his home where he's been sheltering in place during the global pandemic. Although our real-life health crisis cannot be compared to the atrocities and millions of lives lost in war, the actor does see certain thematic parallels in how people have reacted and often rallied.

"I wouldn't want to make a direct comparison, but certainly it seems pertinent, given that 'World on Fire' was studying the way in which societies around the world were coming together in the face of something very dangerous and disruptive and life-changing," the actor tells Salon. "Our show is about looking at normal people and and their extraordinary stories. And I think even through this crisis, there have been so many of those – during such a frightening and often challenging time and seeing acts of kindness and friendship and how people are so strong in the face of something that feels so massive and frightening. It feels quite resonant in that way."

Also, young people have been tested with more adult responsibilities and preoccupations than usual, much like what happens in wartime.

"What Peter Bowker did really interestingly was he looked at the way in which people and young people in particular tried to cope with not only the massive crisis that was happening around them, but also trying to make sense of who they were, and going through all the things that a normal teenager or a young adult goes through," said Hauer-King. "It is different, of course, but there are issues of how you navigate friendship and relationships and adapting to something that wouldn't usually experience. I imagine a lot of the younger generation now may well come through this more mature and have to grow up a lot faster than they would have done otherwise because they're having to face some quite extreme circumstances. That was certainly true of the characters and the stories that we were telling in 'World on Fire.'"

The life left behind

When viewers first met Harry, he seemed to be a golden boy, a good-looking and idealistic guy who had left his girlfriend Lois (Julia Brown) behind as he took a translator's job in Poland. There, he fell for and eventually married Kasia (Zofia Wichlacz), but she stayed behind when Harry returned to England. A brief reconciliation with Lois led to her getting pregnant, even as she declared that she'd not get back together with Harry.

"The love triangle, which obviously is at the heart of the story, was definitely the biggest challenge because . . . whenever someone is compassionate you want to defend them and rationalize their behavior and root for them and almost try to make Harry the hero that he really isn't," said the actor. "He's really flawed and showing that there was a lack of decisiveness and a lack of clarity led him to behave quite badly at times. But it's very liberating. If you just tell this story of the love triangle truthfully, it's a messy, difficult thing and shows his darkness. It gives him a bit more complexion."

Now, going into the finale, Harry is about to go on his mission back to Poland as Lois is poised to give birth with no intention of marrying him. Part of Harry's growth is accepting her decision.

"A lot of the growing up that Harry does through the course of the series leads him in two directions. It leads him first to a place of wanting to respect Lois and respect her wishes. And I think that shows a much more mature version of himself," said Hauer-King.

"But the growth he has throughout it also take them away from this boy and into a man. I'm fascinated to see what happens in the second series because . . . he has this newfound sense of duty towards his child and doesn't want to be the kind of selfish, reckless man who has no interest or input."

Mission impossible: A reunion with Kasia

Harry never had to agree to being recruited for his mission. He had already endured hardship in the military and returned home safely, and he couldn't know at the time that he was destined to go back to Poland, where he had left his bride Kasia behind. Hauer-King feels that something else is driving Harry other than a sense of duty to the Allied cause.

"It wasn't as simple as saying Harry is brave and courageous and stoic and dying for his country. I think it's a little bit more complex," he said. "He's someone who at the beginning of the story is, we meet him and he's very flawed. He has a lot of humanity I think and compassion. But he is also quite impulsive and narcissistic and and, and reckless. I think part of the reason for that is that he didn't have a purpose and he didn't have an outlet for a lot of that."

After Harry had traversing the country to lead a group of shell-shocked men to Dunkirk, he had grown to be a leader, someone who is willing to put himself out to help others, a far cry from the privileged young man he was raised to be.

"It's a double-edged sword when he gets recruited for this new mission. On the one hand, it's a positive because I think part of the reason why we show him growing up is because he starts becoming more selfless. He looks after those soldiers in Episode 5, and I think that allows him to really to grow and to evolve. But at the same time, Harry is aware that he's caused a lot of pain. So I think part of signing up for a mission like that was still a little drop of that recklessness going, 'I've messed up and I've hurt people and I'm just going to throw myself into this in a kind of slightly self-destructive way.' So he's still not the whole way there."

Throughout Harry's experiences in England and France, Kasia has been enduring life under German occupation in Poland. After witnessing the murder of her mother by a soldier, Kasia lost her innocence quickly and soon began to pick off the the Nazis one by one by luring them in and having a partner dispatch them. Now that Harry is returning to Poland, it's possible that the couple will finally reunite. But it remains to be seen if he would be able to accept the woman she has become.

"I do think that there is a very sensitive and mature part of Harry that would completely understand, in the sense that he understands that there are gray areas," said Hauer-King. "He should know better than any that difficult decisions need to be made to survive and to protect you. You have to make questionable decisions. But I also think that what Kasia has been through is so extreme, and no matter how empathetic he is, that may well be something that no matter how hard he tries, he can't connect with her in the same way."

"If the two do come together, I think it's interesting to see whether or not that that spark and that connection and that bond is still there because they've both been through so much. They both changed so much. It definitely leaves it very open. Everything is changed, and everything is different."

Looking to Season 2 and the future

"World on Fire" was already renewed for a second season, which Hauer-King is eager to start. Unfortunately, because of the massive cast and crew necessary to depict the subject matter, production is on hold until it's safe to have people together for the undertaking.

"It's off the books right now, but I know that they remain fully committed to making it. I've spoken with the writer, with Peter [Bowker] in the last week and he's been giving me updates. The scripts are very much in the works. As to when we actually start shooting is anyone's guess. Unfortunately, I think you know, this this crisis has thrown up all kinds of issues. It's big crews, big sets, so yeah, we'll just have to wait and see when we get the green light."

Even though he's not currently on set, Hauer-King hasn't been sitting idle at home. After being cast as Prince Eric in Disney's upcoming live-action "The Little Mermaid," he's had plenty of time to study his part.

"I know that script so well now. I've had so much time," he said. "I could do every part. I could do I could say everyone's lines."

He's also been working on his own creative endeavor: a screenplay. "I feel like every actor is going to have their screenplay coming out of this, their corona screenplay. Mine's not about the virus, I can assure you," he said.

Although Hauer-King wouldn't divulge the specific subject matter, it does fall into the historical genre, of which he's had experience. Besides starring in "World on Fire," he's also been in plenty of other big period pieces including "Little Women" for Masterpiece and "Howards End" for Starz.

"What is it about these characters that we're connecting with 50 years or 100 years on? And how do they feel alive and vivid and contemporary?" he said. "So that's been really interesting to go over lots of period adaptations and trying to make sense of why they work. That's been a big part of it for sure."

Then again, he could always take a stab at updating "World on Fire" Season 2 with contemporary technology to overcome the self-isolation.

"It might just be one long Zoom meeting. The first episode might be Harry getting to grips with it, and and and by accident during a three-way Skype call with Lois and Kasia."

"World on Fire" airs its season finale on Sunday, May 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS.

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Could the ballroom scene be a nod to the Broadway show's Singing contest?

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I don't know, but I read this movie will does not follow the musical.

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From BBC:

Costume design: I designed the costumes for Fantastic Beasts

Meet Colleen Atwood, the multi-Oscar-award-winning costume designer behind iconic looks such as Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts film series and The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Part of our Making the Magic collection.

Hi, I'm Colleen Atwood, a costume designer. Well, in my career, I've been very lucky to make a few iconic costumes. Probably the first one I was able to make was Edward Scissorhands. It was early in my career – it was the first movie I did with Tim Burton so that was probably, you know, a standalone kind of iconic costume in somebody's career. I went on to design the first Alice In Wonderland and Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen and The Mad Hatter. Reinventing Alice was a great challenge and a fun thing. And then these Fantastic Beasts costumes – not only are you figuring out the wizard costumes for these modern, more 20th century wizards, but also creating the world that they lived in.

Whether it's the BAFTA, the Costume Designers Guild Award or the Oscar, it's, you know, it's a huge rush and honour when you win the award. Well when you're someone that works behind the camera and you're in an environment where you have to go in front of the camera, it's really horrifying because... it's just not where you want to be. You'd rather be in the back, fixing people's clothes. So it's a kind of huge, terrifying explosion and then, the next day, is like a little bit of a rush and then it just kind of goes OK well back to normal.

Well I got into costume and film a little bit later in my life. I wanted to be a painter when I was young and then I had a child when I was 17 and so I had to, you know, do other things. And, when she was in high school, I started this career through getting jobs in the fashion industry. I basically moved to New York when I was 29-years-old and started being a costume designer and it was not easy.

I come from a certain time of films and I love a lot of the great Italian films of the 70s, like, you know, that people don't even know about any more, shockingly, but if you just love movies just watch anything that's good. The Godfather I've watched at least 20 times and it's not always because of the costumes, but the costumes are really good and they're iconic because of the movie.

I think what I love most about being a costume designer is the amount of people that I get to work with, the amazing craftsmanship I surround myself with and the idea that I never know what the next challenge is.

What does your role involve?

I visualise and design costumes for characters in films. I start by reading the screenplay and looking at images. I have some old books I look at for inspiration. If I know who will be playing the part, I think about the actor and I think about the whole story and how they are as real people inside, before they become like a fantasy character. Every great character is built from within, by asking: who is this person?

If it's a big film, like the Fantastic Beasts series, we will make the costumes for the principal characters and the featured characters (like aurors) and then rent some of the costumes for extras from different costume houses around the world. A character may also have a stunt double and a photo double so you need more versions of costumes than you might think!

What have you worked on?

As well as the Fantastic Beasts film series, I've worked on a lot of projects with director Tim Burton, like Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I recently worked on Disney's live-action adaptation of Lady and the Tramp and am involved in the upcoming The Little Mermaid film too.

How did you get your job?

I had a child at 17, so my path wasn't direct to this world. Before getting into costume design, I studied painting and worked in all sorts of jobs including farm work, restaurant work, factory work and then fashion retail. I had a child to support so I waited until she was at high school and then pursued my design career in my 30s.

I started in costume design after moving New York and I got my first job in film because I met someone by chance in the street whose mother was a production designer. One of her team didn't show up for work so I stepped in making props for the movie, Ragtime. The team were impressed with the prop hats I made so I continued working with them on different projects for about a year and my career built from there.

What's the biggest challenge you've faced?

The first few years, when you are building relationships, it's very difficult to get work.

Sometimes I did jobs I didn't love but they led to other things and I built work relationships that have lasted a long time.

What's your career highlight?

I've had many exciting jobs, learning so much from each – there isn't just one project that rules for me.

What do you look for when hiring people?

Strong work ethic
Willingness to learn
Discretion
Knowledge of design or desire to expand knowledge


Colleen's recent projects
Year Project
Present The Little Mermaid
2019 The Lady and the Tramp
2019 Dumbo
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018 Tomb Raider
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 Into the Woods
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass

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From Inside The Magic:

Will Disney Films Resume Production Soon? What We Know From Around the World

Ever since Walt Disney Studios postponed production on all of their upcoming films (live action and animated), movie buffs have been wondering when production will resume on highly anticipated new Disney movies, such as the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid and Shrunk, a new Honey, I Shrunk the Kids sequel.

Now, we have some information about when popular filming locations, such as Pinewood Studios just outside of London, may allow production companies, such as the Walt Disney Company, to resume filming.

Here, we break down when popular upcoming Disney films might be allowed to start shooting again by location.

New Zealand
As we recently reported, Avatar franchise director James Cameron did not believe Avatar 2’s scheduled release would be negatively impacted by the recent production shutdown.

Two days ago, producer Jon Landau confirmed on his Instagram that the Avatar 2 cast and crew will be returning to New Zealand for shooting next week.

Landau said, “Our Avatar sets are ready — and we couldn’t be more excited to be headed back to New Zealand next week. Check out the Matador, a high speed forward command vessel (bottom) and the Picador jetboat (top) — can’t wait to share more.”

From Landau’s social media post, it appears that the Avatar sequel will be the first of Disney’s major motion pictures to resume production.

Georgia
Georgia is a movie and television show production hotbed in the United States. The Walt Disney Company frequently films in Georgia, most recently shooting the upcoming 2021 Jungle Cruise movie featuring Dwayne Johnson in the Southern state.

Numerous Marvel films have also been shot at production studios in Georgia.

As per ProjectCasting.com, Disney currently has two different shows in-production in Georgia: Big Red, a Disney+ feature film, and Tag Team, a Disney+ TV series.

The Disney+ Marvel series all about Loki is also rumored to be filming at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios location.

Just yesterday, May 22, Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp set forth the state’s guidelines for safely resuming TV and film production.

All cast and crew members will be encouraged to follow “best practices,” including wearing masks off-camera, social distancing, regularly hand washing, daily temperature checks, and virus testing. Furthermore, the Governor is asking that Disney and other production companies limit the number of cast and crew members on set at any given time.

Movies and TV are a major part of Georgia’s economy, providing $6.5 billion to local economies in 2019 alone.

Disney has not officially announced when they will begin shooting in Georgia studios again.

London

Many of Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming movies and Disney+ projects are set to film at the Pinewood Studios location near London.

Feature films The Little Mermaid and Peter & Wendy, along with upcoming Disney+ show Pilgrim, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, were all just days away from officially beginning production when the shutdown occurred.

As per the Evening Standard, the BBC’s Director of Content Charlotte Moore recently shared in The Telegraph, “We’ve been looking carefully at how we can safely put some of our shows back into production, and I’m pleased to announce that we plan to begin filming again on both EastEnders [popular British soap opera] and Top Gear by the end of June.”

Moore continued, “We’re also exploring ways to restart shooting on dramas and other major BBC shows.”

This update, although not directly related to Pinewood Studios where most of Disney’s cast and crew members will be gathering, could certainly impact Walt Disney Studios productions.

If London’s reopening protocols are allowing the BBC to restart production on various series, it serves to reason that the same on-set restrictions and precautions could allow Walt Disney Studios to resume filming again soon too.

What has Disney said about film production?
Remember, Disney has not made any official announcements about full-scale film production resuming, excepting Avatar 2, which was formerly a 20th Century Fox property.

On May 5, Disney CEO Bob Chapek stated, “In terms of large-scale production, we’re gonna go through the same process as we do our theme parks… we’re going to be responsible in terms of how we put our own employees and other filmmakers that are partners with us.”

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Now I am curious, are they introducing the live action version of Gabriella to this movie?

But it doesn't sound like her, since Gabriella had no voice at all, being completely unable to speak.
No, she didn't make that deal with Ursula, she is a deaf-mute, so can't hear or speak.

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WELL if we're gonna put TV series characters in this how bout the Evil Manta or the Lobster Mobster

I waited to see if this would get a reply Gabrella is the classic olive skinned Mediterranean and as stated deaf so...…………………………………………

When those born after 1995 discover Ariel they do or do not know about the TV series some one thought Gabrellia was an animated Selana Gomez

PERSONALLY I AM more "angry" cause I found this out Apparently Comic Con 2019 in NY had a panel with Jodi Benson




HOW IN HOLY HECK DID I MISS THAT ONE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ONE REASON Disney company's love /HATE  RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FILM

there is a you tube video I believe 


AND HERE IS A TIDBIT HEARD ON AM RADIO SO IT'S GOTTA BE TRUE


Broadway version Frozen               CLOSED  INDEFINETLY

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The new Ariel's mermaid friend isn't Gabriella from the tvseries, but a totally new character.

Here a video about Jonah Hauer King:

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Lobster. Mobster was more a comic relief character, so I don't expect to see him in the live action series at all.

Evil Manta though, he was genuinely dangerous, so he could realistically added to the live action movie.
Probably through CGI though, given his extremely large size.
If they use him at all, they'll probably save him for the second movie (if there is a sequel).

But generally speaking, I don't think Disney acknowledges the animated series at all, I've certainly never seen any references to it is as such?
For example, has anyone seen Ariel's stepbrother Urchin?
Outside of the animated series that is.

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I remember Urchin was in love to Ariel and he is considered by King Triton like a son and by Ariel like a brother, but I remeber he was in love to Ariel.

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