The Little Mermaid US Date: May 26 UK/AU Date: May 26 (UK), TBA (AU) Rob Marshall directs this live-action remake of Disney's 1989 animated musical classic, The Little Mermaid. Starring Halle Bailey as Ariel, the film will once more tell the story of the youngest daughter of King...
The Little Mermaidtopped out with just under $300M domestically, compared toAladdin’s eventual $355.5M take. One thing inMermaid’s corner was the relative lack of films geared toward young female audiences between its late May release and the July 21 bow ofBarbie; Mermaid’s main competition...
With its enchanting visuals and whimsical charm, Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo offers a delightful reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale, The Little Mermaid. Set in a vibrant, magical world beneath the waves, the film follows the adventures of a young fish named Ponyo who longs...
Back toThe Little Mermaid, though. It now has the distinction of having the highest opening ever for a film with a black female lead, besting Jordan Peele’sUswith Lupita N’yongo, which opened to $71.1 million in 2019. There have been nine films that cracked $...
8.The Little Mermaid Halle Bailey’s soaring voice and Melissa McCarthy’s sinister slithering couldn’t save this live-action remake from sinking to the bottom of an uncanny trench of weirdly unnatural CGI fish, fins, and hair. (Why did the hair look so weird?!?) In a world where th...
Directed by Rob Marshall with a reported budget of $250 million before marketing, “The Little Mermaid” tells the story of a yearning, wayward daughter who cuts a devil’s deal to swap her fins for a pair of legs. It features the songs from Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, includ...
That might work for the LITTLE MERMAID, but it doesn’t cut it here. Director Jamie Bailey does a commendable job of it for a while. As I said, in spite of its low budget look, the scenes of submarine melodrama are actually pretty good, but the longer this one goes on, and when ...
8.The Little Mermaid Halle Bailey’s soaring voice and Melissa McCarthy’s sinister slithering couldn’t save this live-action remake from sinking to the bottom of an uncanny trench of weirdly unnatural CGI fish, fins, and hair. (Why did the hair look so weird?!?) In a world where th...
8.The Little Mermaid Halle Bailey’s soaring voice and Melissa McCarthy’s sinister slithering couldn’t save this live-action remake from sinking to the bottom of an uncanny trench of weirdly unnatural CGI fish, fins, and hair. (Why did the hair look so weird?!?) In a world where th...
May 5, 2023 Clockwise from left: 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,' 'Barbie,' 'Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning,' 'Joy Ride,' 'Fast X' and 'Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse.'Photo Illustration by Joe Rodriguez. Photos in Illo from left: Disney, 2...