Halle Berry sings her heart out in Little Mermaid live-action trailer
13.03.2023 - 14:01
/ ok.co.uk
The first official trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid has gripped fans online after it was shown at the Oscars on Sunday.The long-awaited remake is set for a May 26 release after a string of successful reenvisionings from Disney, including Cruella, starring Emma Stone; Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson and Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent franchise. During Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony, which also saw Michelle Yeoh walk away with the best actress award, the film’s leading stars, Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy took to the stage to introduce the trailer.
Halle plays the red-haired singing mermaid who dreams of a life on the land, while Melissa steps into the shoes, or tentacles in this case, of sea witch Ursula. The trailer plays out like the 1989 animated original, with Jonah Hauer-King’s Prince Eric falling into the sea during a storm.
He is rescued and returned to land by Ariel, as he catches a glimpse of her on the sand before she flees into the water.The following shots show Ariel returning to her home, where she is joined by Flounder, played by Jacob Tremblay, and reprimanded by her father, Javier Bardem’s King Triton, for “breaking the rules” by “going to the above world.” “Your obsession with humans has to stop,” he tells her, to which Ariel replies: “I just want to know more about them.” Like the original, Ariel turns to the sea witch Ursula for assistance and asks whether it’s possible to be turned into a human. “That's what I live for,” Ursula replies with a smirk before trapping Ariel with her glowing tentacles.
As a human, Ariel is joined by seagull friend Scuttle, played by Awkwafina, and her Jamaican-inspired Crab pal, Sebastian, played by Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs. In
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