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Rumour: Lady Gaga wanted for Ursula role in The Little Mermaid

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Fresh from earning rave reviews alongside Bradley Cooper in the acclaimed A Star Is Born, The DisInsider is claiming that Lady Gaga is wanted for the role of the villainous sea witch Ursula in Walt Disney Pictures’ The Little Mermaid. The live-action remake of the 1989 animated classic is being directed by Rob Marshall (Mary […]

Zendaya keen on Ariel role in The Little Mermaid

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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

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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 […]

Live-action The Little Mermaid adaptation gets a new trailer

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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 […]

Lindsay Lohan lobbying to star in a live-action The Little Mermaid

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Everyone loves a good comeback story (exhibit A: that crazy Super Bowl game) so it doesn’t really come as a surprise that once upon a time Hollywood darling Lindsay Lohan is presenting options that would insert her presence back into the limelight. Outside of writing the script for a potential Mean Girls sequel, Lindsay Lohan […]

Alan Menken: A Life in Disney

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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 […]

Exclusive Interview: Moana directors Ron Clements and Jon Musker talk film’s origins, Dwayne Johnson and Disney remakes

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Disney have this weekend continued their unprecedented run of success with their latest animated film, Moana, storming to the top of the US charts with $81.1 million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Now the film is bound for the UK this Friday and to celebrate the release, Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis sat down […]

Chloe Grace Moretz drops out of The Little Mermaid and all upcoming projects

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Universal and Working Title have already had to replace their director on the planned live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, with Rebecca Thomas (Electrick Children) taking over from Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation), and now they will need to find a new star. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, actress Chloe Grace Moretz has revealed that […]

Disney sets Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken for live-action The Little Mermaid

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Deadline is reporting that Disney has tapped Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Oscar-winning songwriter and composer Alan Menken to write the songs for a live-action adaptation of the animated classic The Little Mermaid. The new film will feature a blend of pre-existing songs from the 1989 animated feature (for which Menken won two Oscars for Best […]