The Little Mermaid premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on May 8, 2023, and is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on May 26, 2023, in RealD 3D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema and 4DX formats, as well as in conventional theaters.Īriel, the youngest daughter of the kingdom Atlantica's ruler King Triton, is fascinated with the human world but mermaids are forbidden to explore it. Composer Alan Menken, who worked on the original animated film's soundtrack, returned to compose the score and write new songs alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, who co-produced the film with Marc Platt, John DeLuca, and Marshall.
Filming ultimately took place primarily at Pinewood Studios in England and in the island of Sardinia, Italy, from January to July 2021. Production was expected to begin in London between late March and early April 2020 but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Marshall joined the film as director in December 2017, and much of the main cast signed on from June to November 2019. Plans for a remake of 1989's The Little Mermaid were confirmed in May 2016. The Little Mermaid follows a mermaid princess Ariel who makes a deal with a treacherous sea witch Ursula to trade her voice to human legs in order to impress Prince Eric, who is saved from a shipwreck, before the time runs out. The film stars Halle Bailey in the titular role, alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy.
Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, DeLuca Marshall, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid is a 2023 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee.
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