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Official Portraits Of The Little Mermaid Live! Cast Have Finally Surfaced
Many of us grew up with Disney cartoons like DuckTales, Aladdin, Toy Story, and heaps more! So, whenever there’s something new in the works at Disney, it’s always an exciting blast from the past!
Back in May of 2017, ABC (in collaboration with Disney) announced “The Little Mermaid Live!”, a live adaptation of the 1989 musical film “The Little Mermaid”. The 2-hour special will finally be aired on November 5, 2019 as part of The Wonderful World of Disney brand. ABC has unveiled the first official photographs of the cast in character.
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Auliʻi Cravalho as Ariel
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“The Little Mermaid Live!” stars Auliʻi Cravalho as Ariel, the young mermaid princess of Atlantica with a keen interest in humans. She is joined by Graham Phillips as Prince Eric, the traveling prince saved by Ariel, Queen Latifah as Ursula, the sea witch antagonist who steals Ariel’s voice, Shaggy as Sebastian, the advisor crab of King Triton, Ariel’s father, and John Stamos as Chef Louis, Prince Eric’s chef who tries to cook Sebastian as he loves seafood.
Graham Phillips as Prince Eric
Image credits: ABC
Queen Latifah as Ursula
Image credits: ABC
The new musical adaptation will mark the 30th anniversary of the original animated movie. Serving as a celebration, the live broadcast of the animated Disney tale will include music from the film and the musical and will jump between live musical performances and the animated movie itself.
Shaggy as Sebastian
Image credits: ABC
John Stamos as Chef Louis
Image credits: ABC
The musical production is done by Done and Dusted, a television production and event staging company, best known for their work with various world-wide awards ceremonies. The team will include the talented Hamish Hamilton, Katy Mullan, David Jammy, Raj Kapoor, Ian Stewart, and Richard Kraft.
“The Little Mermaid Live!” will feature fascinating sets and costumes by award-winning designer Zaldy. Choreography is done by Nick Florez and RJ Durell who also directed and choreographed P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma world tour, Katy Perry’s Superbowl performance, and Ariana Grande’s and John Legend’s Beauty and the Beast.
Behind the scenes of the recording session from September
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
Image credits: ABC
Image credits: ABC
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
Image credits: ABC/Christopher Willard
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Ursula was originally based on Divine - a drag queen that the animators caught perfectly. She's an over the top, voluptuous, cheerfully evil charactor. Queen Latifah is the only person that I think could capture that live.
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FABULOUS1 6 years ago
But Queen Latifah is not purple. Why change the characters who i grew up with, i demand a purple Ursula or I will not see this movie.
Dream Wolf 6 years ago
People do realise that Fabulous was making a joke right? It's a joke about how people can get offended when characters are represented differently from what is expected.
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Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch 6 years ago
Is Bored Panda a subsidiary of Disney? There are a lot of promo tie-ins to all things Disney on here.
Elizabeth Schuyler 6 years ago
On this topic... who's excited for Daveed Diggs as Sebastian in The Little Mermaid live-action? Ok so it's rumored... but I WANT IT TO HAPPEN
PyroarRanger 6 years ago
Hold up... he's Sebastian? What (else) did I miss?
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Morgan Rathjen 5 years ago
i thought halle bailey was playing ariel? can someone please explain?
Katinka Min 6 years ago
Wait - was that the cast where so much fuss was made about her skin colour??
Aria Whitaker 6 years ago
No, that was the live-action movie....a Black Ariel was cast for that one...
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Elizabeth Schuyler 6 years ago
This is the Broadway. But there will be a live action movie too.
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Bianca Sgammini 6 years ago
A young John Stamos would've made the PERFECT Prince Eric! Although he doesn't really look like he's aged much anyway.
David Butler 6 years ago
I was worried when I first heard of the live-action remake in the fear that would be just another "live-action remake". While "Maleficent" was the one that started it off, that version was looking at the background of the fairy tale itself, especially the uncomfortable parts concerning archaic sexual dynamics. Two things concerning the original Disney movie need to be addressed. (cont.)
David Butler 6 years ago
[2] "Vanessa": While a relationship was established between the Transformed Mermaid and the Prince, he still married the Princess. We do not necessarily need Ursula involved in this as such politics was the norm, where both "Sleeping Beauty" and "Rapunzel" had the titular Disney Princesses as the "other women" kept by the men who eventually lived "happily ever after" with them in the original fairy tales. The difficulty of middle-class (let alone lower-class) women marrying upper-class men is still present with just Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle recently. Besides, having Jodi Benson ("Ariel" AND "Vanessa") as the mother of Eric's betrothed MANIPULATED by Ursula would be interesting.
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Elizabeth Schuyler 6 years ago
Why? We have Moana and Queen Latifah. HOW CAN IT SUCK?
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Bettina Jansen 6 years ago
I thought there was a whole thing about the main charactr being played by a black girl; did they change the actress or was it just much ado abut nothing ? Also, then why is no one complaining about Ursula ?
glowworm2 6 years ago
This isn't for the upcoming movie. This is a live performance on ABC television.
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 6 years ago
Ursula was originally based on Divine - a drag queen that the animators caught perfectly. She's an over the top, voluptuous, cheerfully evil charactor. Queen Latifah is the only person that I think could capture that live.
Load More Replies... FABULOUS1 6 years ago
But Queen Latifah is not purple. Why change the characters who i grew up with, i demand a purple Ursula or I will not see this movie.
Dream Wolf 6 years ago
People do realise that Fabulous was making a joke right? It's a joke about how people can get offended when characters are represented differently from what is expected.
Load More Replies... Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch 6 years ago
Is Bored Panda a subsidiary of Disney? There are a lot of promo tie-ins to all things Disney on here.
Elizabeth Schuyler 6 years ago
On this topic... who's excited for Daveed Diggs as Sebastian in The Little Mermaid live-action? Ok so it's rumored... but I WANT IT TO HAPPEN
PyroarRanger 6 years ago
Hold up... he's Sebastian? What (else) did I miss?
Load More Replies... Morgan Rathjen 5 years ago
i thought halle bailey was playing ariel? can someone please explain?
Katinka Min 6 years ago
Wait - was that the cast where so much fuss was made about her skin colour??
Aria Whitaker 6 years ago
No, that was the live-action movie....a Black Ariel was cast for that one...
Load More Replies... Elizabeth Schuyler 6 years ago
This is the Broadway. But there will be a live action movie too.
Load More Replies... Bianca Sgammini 6 years ago
A young John Stamos would've made the PERFECT Prince Eric! Although he doesn't really look like he's aged much anyway.
David Butler 6 years ago
I was worried when I first heard of the live-action remake in the fear that would be just another "live-action remake". While "Maleficent" was the one that started it off, that version was looking at the background of the fairy tale itself, especially the uncomfortable parts concerning archaic sexual dynamics. Two things concerning the original Disney movie need to be addressed. (cont.)
David Butler 6 years ago
[2] "Vanessa": While a relationship was established between the Transformed Mermaid and the Prince, he still married the Princess. We do not necessarily need Ursula involved in this as such politics was the norm, where both "Sleeping Beauty" and "Rapunzel" had the titular Disney Princesses as the "other women" kept by the men who eventually lived "happily ever after" with them in the original fairy tales. The difficulty of middle-class (let alone lower-class) women marrying upper-class men is still present with just Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle recently. Besides, having Jodi Benson ("Ariel" AND "Vanessa") as the mother of Eric's betrothed MANIPULATED by Ursula would be interesting.
Load More Replies... Elizabeth Schuyler 6 years ago
Why? We have Moana and Queen Latifah. HOW CAN IT SUCK?
Load More Replies... Bettina Jansen 6 years ago
I thought there was a whole thing about the main charactr being played by a black girl; did they change the actress or was it just much ado abut nothing ? Also, then why is no one complaining about Ursula ?
glowworm2 6 years ago
This isn't for the upcoming movie. This is a live performance on ABC television.
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