New trailer for The Little Mermaid Swimming

Though it had a head start at the start of the Super Bowl era, Disney was clearly keeping its dust dry (or, uh, wet?) for the Oscars, as the live-action version’s first big major trailer. The little Mermaid it fell on Sunday evening. To take a look at…

While Chloe Bailey’s Ariel was obviously in the spotlight, now let’s get a good look at the rest of the cast, including Melissa McCarthy as sea witch Ursula, Javier Bardem as King Triton (Javier Bardem), and Jonah Hauer. -King like Prince Eric. (Plus CG art of Flounder, voiced by Jacob Tremblay, Sebastian, voiced by Daveed Diggs, and Scuttle, voiced by Awkwafina.)

The plot here is likely to closely resemble the animated original (and, to a lesser extent, Han Christian Andersen’s story), with the mermaid Ariel rescuing Eric from a shipwreck and falling in love with him and his world, exchanging her heading for a chance. to walk the earth, and the script this time comes from David Magee, with Lin-Manuel Miranda helping on new lyrics with music guru Alan Menken.

Rob Marshall directs and The little Mermaid It will be out on May 26th.