What is The Little Mermaid (2023 movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''The Little Mermaid''''' is an American musical fantasy movie directed by Rob Marshall from a screenplay written by [[Jane Goldman]] and David Magee. It is produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, Marc Platt and [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]], the latter whom co-wrote new songs for the remake as the lyricist, [[Alan Menken]] is set to return as the composer for both the score and the songs. It is a [[live-action]] adaptation of the [[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|1989 animated film of the same name]], which itself is loosely based on [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s [[The Little Mermaid|tale of the same name]]. The film stars [[Halle Bailey]] as Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King as Eric, [[Javier Bardem]] as King Triton and [[Melissa McCarthy]] as Ursula, with [[Daveed Diggs]], [[Jacob Tremblay]] as Flounder and [[Awkwafina]] in a voice role. The Little Mermaid was the final Disney remake released on home video by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment before Disney switched it's home video business to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. ==Schedule== ''The Little Mermaid'' was released in the United States on May 26, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Cameron Bonomolo|date=2021-09-10|title=Disney's Live-Action The Little Mermaid Swims to 2023 Release Date|url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/disney-the-little-mermaid-live-action-movie-may-2023-release-date-theaters/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Comicbook.com|language=en-US}}</ref> == Premise == A young [[mermaid]] makes a deal with a sea witch: trading her beautiful voice to get human legs so she can discover the world above water. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Little Mermaid, The}} [[Category:2023 adventure movies]] [[Category:2023 fantasy movies]] [[Category:2023 musical movies]] [[Category:American musical fantasy movies]] [[Category:Disney movie remakes]] [[Category:Movies directed by Rob Marshall]] [[Category:Movies composed by Alan Menken]] [[Category:Movies set in the 19th century]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1830s]] [[C