Last month a report surfaced claiming that Walt Disney Pictures had offered Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Greatest Showman star Zendaya the title role in its planned live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, and now the singer and actress has weighed in on the rumours. Speaking to Variety at the premiere of her new film, the animated […]
Hasbro unveils the Disney Princess Comics Collection sets
This Fall, Hasbro is set to debut a whole new world of Disney collectibles with the Disney Princess Comics Collection line, a series of posable dolls based upon the Disney Princess comic strip series from Joe Books. The folks at Hasbro were kind enough to send us along two of these magical sets – the […]
Rumour: Zendaya wanted for Ariel role in The Little Mermaid
Over the past few years Disney has made a big push to revisit its animated back catalogue with a series of live-action movies, and in 2016 it was announced that The Little Mermaid would be one of the films to receive the remake treatment. Since, then, it has been announced that Alan Menken will be […]
Live-action The Little Mermaid adaptation gets a new trailer
A new trailer has arrived online for Blake Harris and Chris Bouchard’s upcoming reimagining of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale The Little Mermaid. The fantasy adventure features a cast that includes William Moseley, Poppy Drayton, Shirley MacLaine, Gina Gershon, and Loreto Peralta; take a look here… “A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they […]
LEGO unveils new City, Disney, Marvel, Ninjago and Star Wars polybags for 2018
LEGO has released a batch of promotional images for its 2018 polybags which includes a LEGO Robot/Vehicle free build (30499), LEGO City Hot Dog Stand (30356), LEGO City Road Worker (30357), LEGO City Dragster (30358), LEGO Creator Yellow Flyer (30540), LEGO Creator Cute Pug 3 in 1 (30542), LEGO Disney Ariel’s Underwater Symphony (30552), LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Royal Talon Fighter (30450), LEGO […]
LEGO’s 2018 Disney Princess and Frozen sets revealed
A batch of promotional images have arrived online for LEGO’s upcoming Disney Princess and Frozen 2018 sets which includes Mulan’s Training, Sleeping Beauty’s Fairytale Castle, Ariel’s Royal Celebration Boat, Cinderella’s Dream Castle, Elsa’s Market Adventure, and two Princess-themed accessory sets; take a look at this official images here… Mulan’s Training (41151) Sleeping Beauty’s Fairytale Castle (41152) […]
Disney eyeing Rob Marshall to direct The Little Mermaid
As Disney continues to adapt many of its classic animated films, Deadline reports that the studio is eyeing Rob Marshall to direct the live-action The Little Mermaid. Marshall has reportedly been offered the director’s chair and will decide after the holidays. This won’t be the first time Marshall will have worked for Disney if he accepts. He […]
Alan Menken: A Life in Disney
As Beauty and the Beast shatters box office records worldwide, Sean Wilson looks back at the illustrious Disney career of its celebrated composer Alan Menken… Disney’s in-vogue trend of rebooting their animated classics shows no signs of abating, as their live-action take on 1991 masterpiece Beauty and the Beast waltzes onto screens. Starring Emma Watson […]
Logan deleted scenes, X-Force update, R-rated DC movies, Wonder Woman teaser, live-action Little Mermaid and more – Daily News Roundup
Rounding up the big news from yesterday… LOGAN DELETED SCENES Doing the interview rounds for Logan, director James Mangold has been discussing a couple of deleted scenes from the X-Men spinoff – one of which namedropped Jean Grey, and the other featuring the ‘Westchester Incident’, which leads to the death of several members of the […]
Live-action The Little Mermaid movie gets a first trailer
Conglomerate Media and Kingsway Productions have debuted the first trailer for The Little Mermaid. Not to be confused with the upcoming live-action Disney remake (nor the upcoming Universal / Working Title movie starring Chloe Grace Moretz), the film reimagines the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale and follows a reporter and his niece who discover a beautiful […]