The Little Mermaid: A modern-day version based on Ariel’s translator, Hallie Bailey

Disney released the first images of the live-action version of The Little Mermaid at D23 this weekend.

The trailer, which has its effect after that according to variety, the latter was viewed more than 104 million times worldwide (excluding the UK, Ireland and Australia) in the first 24 hours of broadcast. This is why Rob Marshall movie trailers are better than Disney movies alive Beauty and the Beast (98 million), Aladdin (74 million) and Cruella (68 million).

Based on Hans Christian Andersen and Disney’s 1989 animated classic, the feature film stars Holly Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, David Diggs, Melissa McCarthy and Javier Bardem.

For D23, AlloCiné was able to speak with singer and actress Halle Bailey, who plays Ariel.

The latter explains What to embody Ocean Princess was a dream come true: “The most gratifying thing for me is to honor the little girl that I was and who was a fan of this movie. When I found out that I was going to play The Little Mermaid, it was like a dream, I could be. It’s what I’ve always dreamed of being.

Ariel means a lot to me. She is passionate, strong and refuses to give up. She’s the kind of woman I want to be.”

The actor also told us that the film was not a simple live-action version of the John Musker and Ron Clements film, but that this new version was adapted for our time:

Our version is really special because it is adapted to our times. People are happy to see their reflection in it.

And audience response to the first trailer seems to prove the actor right. The latter tweeted a video of the reactions of little black girls who discover they are Ariel. Magical.

The first images released are faithful to the 1989 film as we see Ariel going into her secret cave and opening the title. A part of your world (He goes there.)

Let’s remind you, the famous composer Alan Menken, who won the Oscar for the best original song under the ocean and Best Picture for a Feature Film Animated, it is Come back for this version. The latter teamed up with Lin-Manuel Miranda to write 4 new songs for this new version.

She wore a mermaid It hits theaters on May 24, 2023.