‘The Little Mermaid’: The Full Trailer, Release Date & More You Need To Know

The Little Mermaid volition deed theaters connected May 26, 2023 The afloat trailer was released during the 2023 Oscars connected March 12. Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy prima successful the film.

The Little Mermaid is 1 of the astir highly-anticipated films of 2023. Halle Bailey is starring successful the live-action mentation of this fairytale, which volition beryllium released this Memorial Day weekend. On March 8, Disney unveiled the authoritative Little Mermaid poster, featuring Halle Bailey’s Ariel sitting connected a stone successful the ocean, conscionable similar the ocular from the archetypal film. Disney past released the full trailer during the 2023 Academy Awards connected March 12. On May 8, the formed came unneurotic for the Los Angeles satellite premiere of the film. Halle has been doing many interviews promoting her life-changing movie.

Words can’t picture however immensely honored I consciousness to play the mermaid of my dreams, Ariel successful Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Come nether the oversea with me, successful theaters May 26, 2023 🧜🏽‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/EEkxvLpt7q

— Halle (@HalleBailey) October 13, 2022

The archetypal mentation of The Little Mermaid made a immense splash erstwhile it was released successful 1989, and Ariel became 1 of the astir beloved Disney Princesses. The film’s occurrence initiated the Disney Renaissance, a play of animated Disney classics that besides included The Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast.

The original Little Mermaid won 2 Oscars: Best Original Song for “Under the Sea” and Best Original Score. The upcoming live-action movie is definite to marque waves successful Hollywood conscionable similar its predecessor. HollywoodLife has each the latest updates astir the live-action Little Mermaid.

The Little Mermaid Footage

Fans anxiously waited for the D23 EXPO, which unveiled the archetypal teaser trailer for the live-action movie connected September 9, 2022. The footage did not disappoint.

The 1-minute teaser trailer showed Halle Bailey’s Ariel swimming nether the sea. The live-action mentation of Ariel’s look is gorgeous. The last moments of the trailer diagnostic Halle singing the iconic “Part of Your World.” As of April 2023, the teaser trailer has implicit 28 cardinal views connected YouTube. The official trailer, which was released connected March 12, has implicit 12 cardinal views.

This Sunday, don't miss the satellite premiere of the all-new trailer for #TheLittleMermaid during the #Oscars astatine 8e/5p connected ABC! pic.twitter.com/hvDKi66dez

— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) March 8, 2023

In The Little Mermaid teaser that dropped successful February, fans got their archetypal look astatine Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula and Ariel’s stunning underwater world. “Words can’t picture however immensely honored I consciousness to play the mermaid of my dreams, Ariel successful Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Come nether the oversea with me, successful theaters May 26, 2023,” Halle tweeted past year.

A caller exclusive sneak peek of the movie was released during the MTV Movie & TV Awards connected May 7. In the clip, Halle and Jonah Hauer-King were pictured successful the celebrated vessel country wherever Ariel and Prince Eric person a romanticist evening and astir stock a buss earlier they onshore successful the water. Daveed Diggs‘ character, Sebastian, besides made a cameo successful the clip.

Look astatine this stuff, isn't it neat? 🧜‍♀️✨🐚 And by stuff, we mean a *sneak peek* astatine The @LittleMermaid! #TheLittleMermaid #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/ECm78GA4K1

— Movie & TV Awards (@MTVAwards) May 8, 2023

Release Date & Where To Watch

The Little Mermaid volition beryllium released successful theaters connected May 26, 2023. The movie has not been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to merchandise exclusively successful theaters.

Halle Bailey arsenic Ariel successful ‘The Little Mermaid.’ (Disney)

The Little Mermaid volition not premiere simultaneously connected Disney+ with Premier Access. As theaters retrieve successful the aftermath of the pandemic, Disney has stopped simultaneous releases. After its archetypal theatre run, The Little Mermaid volition apt go disposable connected Disney+ astatine a aboriginal date.

The Little Mermaid Live-Action Cast & Crew

Halle Bailey stars arsenic Ariel successful the live-action Little Mermaid. Director Rob Marshall released a statement successful July 2019 astir Halle aft her casting was announced: “After an extended search, it was abundantly wide that Halle possesses that uncommon operation of spirit, heart, youth, innocence, and substance — positive a glorious singing dependable — each intrinsic qualities indispensable to play this iconic role.”

Halle Bailey connected her caller #LittleMermaid role: "I don't wage attraction to the negativity; I conscionable consciousness similar this relation is thing bigger than me" https://t.co/pidgYYQ0lw pic.twitter.com/rmUxbFSuYY

— Variety (@Variety) August 7, 2019

Halle opened up astir her audition process successful a May 2023 interrogation with Glamour. “I was astir conscionable paralyzed with fear,” Halle said, revealing that her sister Chloe Bailey helped her with the process. “We’d tally it and we’d tally it and we’d tally it, implicit and over,” she said. Speaking astir the infinitesimal she learned she got the part, Halle said, “I freaked out, I was screaming I was like, Is this existent life? I was catapulted into this caller world.”

Halle’s casting sparked immoderate cruel online backlash implicit a Black histrion playing the role, and the singer/actress broke her soundlessness astir playing Ariel successful August 2019. “I consciousness similar I’m dreaming and I’m conscionable grateful and I don’t wage attraction to the negativity,” Halle told Variety. “I conscionable consciousness similar this relation was thing bigger than maine and greater and it’s going to beryllium beautiful. I’m conscionable truthful excited to beryllium a portion of it.”

In an August 2022 interrogation with Variety for their yearly Power of Young Hollywood issue, Halle revealed that she got words of contented from her grandparents erstwhile dealing with casting criticism. “It was an inspiring and beauteous happening to perceive their words of encouragement, telling me, ‘You don’t recognize what this is doing for us, for our community, for each the small Black and brownish girls who are going to spot themselves successful you,’” Halle said.

Check retired the caller poster for Disney's #TheLittleMermaid and spot the authoritative trailer debut during the #Oscars this Sunday connected ABC! pic.twitter.com/u94dSqqfod

— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) March 8, 2023

Halle again addressed the backlash towards her casting successful an April 2023 interrogation with Entertainment Weekly. She noted that there’s “been a batch of antithetic opinions and comments” astir her relation successful the film. “I conscionable person to artifact retired the noise,” Halle said. “I don’t truly spot a batch of the comments. I take to not work them, oregon delete Twitter, things similar that, and conscionable judge this infinitesimal for maine what it is, which is simply a big, beauteous blessing and accidental for me.”

Halle has shared what it means to beryllium the archetypal Black histrion to play Ariel. “I truly anticipation that I enactment my ain stamp connected her quality by showing much of her vulnerability,” Halle told Glamour. “I felt similar I could subordinate to her increasing up successful a large household and having older sisters to usher you, and having a begetter that’s precise protective and overbearing astatine times but loves truthful hard.”

When filming wrapped successful July 2021, Halle posted a agelong connection astir however “grateful” she was to beryllium a portion of this movie. She besides shared a photograph of herself arsenic Ariel connected the water shore.

“And conscionable similar that..that’s a wrapper aft auditioning for this movie erstwhile one was 18 conscionable astir to crook 19 , to present finishing filming done a pandemic erstwhile one turned 21 ..we person yet made it… one consciousness truthful grateful to person experienced this movie successful each of its glory..it has been the toughest acquisition being distant from everything and everyone i’ve ever known, to feeling aforesaid doubt/ loneliness, but besides feeling specified state and perseverance arsenic i’ve reached the end,” Halle wrote. “This acquisition has made maine truthful overmuch stronger than one ever thought one could be. i’m truthful grateful to person specified beauteous and talented radical successful the formed similar @jonahhauerking that volition beryllium my person for infinite lifetimes, @jacobtremblay who i’m truthful arrogant of and legends similar @bardemantarctic @melissamccarthy @awkwafina @daveeddiggs who are masters of their trade but are truthful welcoming and unfastened to small aged me..as good arsenic to the remainder of the beauteous formed and crew. one cannot hold for clip to velocity up truthful you each tin ticker this movie due to the fact that it was made with truthful overmuch emotion (plus humor sweat and tears) lol convey you sardinia for a fantastic ending!!!”

Prior to The Little Mermaid, Halle starred successful the Freeform bid grown-ish alongside her sister, Chloe Bailey. The sisters are besides a philharmonic duo called Chloe x Halle. They person 5 Grammy nominations nether their loop since 2018.

Jodi Benson tells america wherefore Halle Bailey is the perfect histrion to play Ariel astatine todays #TheLittleMermaid premiere pic.twitter.com/xnfJYmpcDS

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 9, 2023

Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel successful the 1989 Disney movie, praised Halle and revealed to The Hollywood Reporter wherefore she’s the cleanable histrion to play Ariel: “Her axenic spirit, her joy, the love. Her unbelievable vulnerability, her authenticity, her bravery, her courage. It’s conscionable a beautiful, beauteous telling of the Ariel story. I’m truthful arrogant of her.”

Jonah Hauer-King plays Prince Eric, the quality prince whom Ariel falls successful emotion with aft she makes a woody with Ursula to go human. Jonah is simply a British histrion known for his roles successful films similar The Last Photograph and A Dog’s Way Home, arsenic good arsenic the TV miniseries Howards End and Little Women.

Jonah Hauer-King talks what sets his Prince Eric isolated from different Disney princes astatine todays #TheLittleMermaid premiere pic.twitter.com/L3jKUB2HnU

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 9, 2023

“For me, this acquisition and playing this quality was astir bringing arsenic overmuch three-dimensionality to this arsenic I could and making him arsenic well-rounded a idiosyncratic arsenic possible,” helium told The Hollywood Reporter astatine the May 8 premiere. “I wanted to beryllium capable to link with him connected a deeper level, careless of anyone else. I wanted to recognize who helium was and springiness him much of a backstory, recognize what helium wants successful the world, recognize what troubled him. I deliberation yet what was peculiar astir that is successful getting to cognize him amended we got to cognize him and Ariel’s narration better.”

Melissa McCarthy volition play Ursula, the evil oversea witch. Melissa roseate to fame connected Gilmore Girls and earned Oscar nominations for Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Bridesmaids. “I play Ursula, the oversea witch. It is truthful fun, we’re conscionable successful rehearsals. It’s been an implicit blast,” Melissa said connected The Ellen DeGeneres Show successful 2020. “Stepping into the satellite of Rob Marshall, it’s similar a fever dream, I conscionable went to London for a week, I was like, ‘I don’t get to spell to creation campy for a week.’ All time he’s like, ‘Do you privation to descent down this 40-foot clam shell?’ I’m like, ‘Yes! Of people I do. What are you, crazy?’ It’s been wildly creative.”

Melissa McCarthy arsenic Ursula. (Disney)

Melissa told Entertainment Weekly that she “100 percent” utilized resistance arsenic an power for her relation in The Little Mermaid. “There’s a resistance queen that lives successful me,” Melissa said. “I’m ever close connected the verge of going full-time with her. Melissa besides said that “there’s specified an edge” to her mentation of Ursula.

Javier Bardem is starring arsenic King Triton, Ariel’s begetter and the King of Atlantica. Javier was precocious nominated for his relation arsenic Desi Arnaz successful Being the Ricardos.

Daveed Diggs volition dependable Sebastian, the worrisome crab who watches implicit Ariel. Daveed spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife astir Halle’s portrayal of Ariel. “I conscionable deliberation that Halle is conscionable the cleanable prime for Ariel…everyone is going to autumn successful emotion with her immediately,” the histrion said. “She is so, truthful good. Her dependable is not of this world. The things she tin bash vocally is thing — I person ne'er heard thing similar it.”

Room prima Jacob Tremblay voices the relation of Flounder, Ariel’s champion person who is simply a tropical fish. Awkwafina volition dependable Scuttle, the diving vertebrate who is simply a person to Ariel. For the live-action Little Mermaid, Scuttle volition beryllium a pistillate diving vertebrate alternatively of a antheral seagull. 

There’s been immoderate contention implicit Flounder’s look successful the film. Some fans deliberation the food could beryllium bigger and much akin to the animated version. “I couldn’t truly ideate it a antithetic way, if that makes sense. I deliberation it worked perfectly; they were truly astute astir it,” Jacob told The Hollywood Reporter astir Flounder’s look successful the live-action movie.

Jonah Hauer-King arsenic Prince Eric. (Disney)

Additional formed members see Jude Akuwudike arsenic Grimsby, Lorena Andrea arsenic Perla, and Kajsa Mohammar arsenic Karina, on with Noma Dumezweni, Jessica Alexander, Russell Balogh, Adrian Christopher, Emily Coates, and Bridgerton breakout Simone Ashley successful undisclosed roles.

Rob Marshall is directing The Little Mermaid. Rob had thing but praise for Halle arsenic soon arsenic helium saw her audition. “Halle had this unthinkable installation to beryllium capable to excavation deep, find the information of Ariel’s passionateness and her heart,” helium told Variety. “It was similar watching a large movie histrion being born.”

Rob is besides producing the movie with John DeLuca, Marc Platt, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Lin-Manuel is the lyricist for the movie and co-wrote archetypal songs for The Little Mermaid remake. Alan Menken, who was the composer of the archetypal Little Mermaid, is returning for the live-action movie arsenic the composer for the people and songs. The screenplay was penned by Jane Goldman and David Magee.

Will There Be Changes From The Original?

The new Little Mermaid is loosely based connected the Hans Christian Andersen fairy communicative of the aforesaid name. The movie is simply a remake of the animated Disney classical which follows Ariel, a mermaid princess who strikes a woody with a oversea witch to go quality truthful she tin beryllium with the quality prince she’s fallen successful emotion with.

Ariel successful the animated ‘Little Mermaid.’ (Disney/Everett Collection)

Many of your favourite Little Mermaid songs from the archetypal movie volition beryllium a portion of the remake. Halle admitted during an Oscars pre-show that “Part of Your World” was her “number one” song.

Rob revealed that the live-action mentation of “Part of Your World” won’t beryllium an nonstop recreation of the original. “[Halle] sings that infinitesimal up an octave from the original,” Rob revealed to Variety. “It’s the astir chilling, and the astir thrilling, movie infinitesimal due to the fact that it crystallizes not conscionable her unthinkable vocal quality but the affectional passionateness she has successful singing it.”

The manager besides noted that Halle’s Ariel volition person reddish hair. Halle volition person her signature locs with immoderate looser tresses. “She looks stunning successful reddish hair; not everybody does,” helium said. 

However, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken are teaming up to besides constitute caller songs for the film’s soundtrack. “I really didn’t constitute immoderate caller songs for Sebastian the Crab due to the fact that I emotion his songs truthful much. I was like, ‘I can’t. Nope, not me. I can’t bash it.’ I did get to constitute for immoderate of the different characters successful that movie. Every opus you emotion successful The Little Mermaid is inactive in The Little Mermaid, we conscionable recovered immoderate caller moments to musicalize,” Lin-Manuel told Collider.

Production Trivia

Director Rob Marshall made his diagnostic directorial debut with Chicago successful 2002. He’s nary alien to the Disney universe. Rob has directed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Into The Woods, and Mary Poppins Returns.

Development connected the live-action Little Mermaid goes backmost each the mode to 2016. Filming was expected to statesman successful aboriginal 2020 but was delayed owed to the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal photography astatine Pinewood Studios successful England began successful January 2021.

The movie was besides filmed successful Sardinia, Italy, for astir 3 months. Production was halted successful June 2021 aft unit members tested affirmative for COVID-19. Filming yet resumed and wrapped connected July 11, 2021.

Harry Styles turned down the relation of Prince Eric. (Shutterstock)

There were respective notable names successful talks for roles in The Little Mermaid. Harry Styles was successful discussions for the relation of Prince Eric, but helium yet turned down the role. “I privation to enactment euphony retired and absorption connected that for a while,” helium told The Face. “But everyone progressive successful it was amazing. So I deliberation it’s going to beryllium great… I’ll bask watching it, I’m sure.” Director Rob Marshall confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that helium spoke to Harry astir the relation of Prince Eric, but the “As It Was” vocalist “really felt similar helium wanted to spell disconnected and bash the movies that helium ended up doing which were benignant of darker.”

Singer Kacey Musgraves was reportedly successful talks for the relation of Vanessa, Ursula successful her quality form. However, the casting ne'er came to fruition.

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