Today at D23, Disney offered a first look at its live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall, which is slated to hit theaters May 26.
Watch the teaser above.Bailey said today that it’s the first time she has seen footage of the film from Walt Disney Pictures.Disney D23 Expo 2022 Photo Gallery: Marvel, Star Wars, and More“I’m sure all of you in here can relate to Ariel and how special she is to all of us,” she said from the stage. “Being a little girl swimming in the pool, imagining I was a mermaid, I never imagined that would come to life [like this]. … The three days filming ‘Part of Your World’ was the most beautiful experience of my life — feeling all the feelings she feels, her passion, discomfort, everything she’s experiencing.
It was so exciting for me to play those emotions and to have Rob directing me and being such a moving force on this film was really an honor.”Said Marshall, an Oscar nominee for Mary Poppins Returns: ” I have a special connection to this film.
In 1989, I don’t know if you remember the excitement to hear a musical again. It was sort of dead — musicals were gone. Even though it was animated, we could hear people singing again and again. … When Disney asked me to do this, it felt like this incredible moment.
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