Episode 2217
The Little Mermaid (2023 film)
Mon, 2023-May-29 01:25 UTC
Length - 2:52
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With 315,193 views on Sunday, 28 May 2023 our article of the day is The Little Mermaid (2023 film).
The Little Mermaid is a 2023 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by David Magee. Co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucamar Productions, and Marc Platt Productions, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1989 animated film of the same name, itself loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars Halle Bailey in the titular role, alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy. The Little Mermaid follows a mermaid princess Ariel who is fascinated with the human world and 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.
Plans for a remake of 1989's The Little Mermaid were confirmed in May 2016. In December 2017, Disney announced Marshall was being courted to direct the film. Bailey, Tremblay, Awkwafina and the rest of the cast signed on between July to November 2019. Production was expected to begin in London between late March and early April 2020 but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming ultimately took place primarily at Pinewood Studios in England and in the island of Sardinia, Italy, from January to July 2021. Composer Alan Menken, who worked on the original film's soundtrack, returned to compose the score and write new songs alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, who serves as a producer with Platt, John DeLuca and Marshall. The film is dedicated to the late Howard Ashman, who co-produced and co-wrote the songs from the original film.
The Little Mermaid premiered in Los Angeles on May 8, 2023, and was released in the United States on May 26 in RealD 3D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema and 4DX formats, as well as in conventional theaters. Critics praised the performances of the cast (particularly those of Bailey, McCarthy, and Diggs) and the musical sequences, but criticizing its visual effects and character designs.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:25 UTC on Monday, 29 May 2023.
For the full current version of the article, see The Little Mermaid (2023 film) on Wikipedia.
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