‘Little Mermaid’ Director Breaks Down Filming ‘Under the Sea’ in Live-Action

WARNING: MAJOR spoilers ahead for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”When you open up the entire Spider-Verse, you’re going to meet a lot of Spider-Men. But, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” brought the appearance of more than just Spider-men, -women, and -animals — it also brought a few major live-action characters.Once again, spoiler warning; this is where you turn back if you don’t want to know who we’re talking about just yet.OK, still here? Let’s get into it.

“The Righteous Gemstones” has added new members to its congregation for Season 3. Stephen Dorff, Shea Whigham, Iliza Shlesinger, Casey Wilson and four other actors are set to appear in this new season in recurring roles. The HBO comedy will premiere its first two episodes on Sunday, June 18 at 10/9c p.m.Dorff and Whigham appeared in the Season 3 teaser but were not formally introduced.

A lot of time — and money — went into Halle Bailey’s look as Ariel for The Little Mermaid. Camille Friend, the hairstylist who worked on the live-action film, opened up about creating Bailey’s under the sea ‘do and why it was important for the actress to wear her natural hair.   

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Refresh for latest…: Disney’s live-action take on The Little Mermaid is doing swimmingly at the domestic box office, with a three-day opening of $95.5M and a four-day projection of $117.5M. Factoring in the international box office bow of $68.3M, that makes for an estimated $163.8M global debut through Sunday. The offshore launch is lower than hoped for coming into the frame. But it bears noting there was something fishy going on in overseas markets with so-called review-bombing in such areas as France, Korea, Germany and beyond.

The Little Mermaid” is making quite the splash at the domestic box office this weekend, with an opening day total of $38 million. The fantasy, which is opening in 4,320 theaters, is expected to gross between $120 million and $130 million over the four-day Memorial Day weekend. The musical remake, starring Halle Bailey as the mermaid princess Ariel, took in $10.3 million in previews on Thursday, ranking as the seventh-highest haul for a movie rated G or PG. That puts the film on track to gross well over $100 million over the holiday weekend. With a $250 million production budget, “The Little Mermaid” must bait box office success in order to make a reasonable return.

Almost five years after “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” hit theaters, its sequel, “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” swings into them early next month. In fact, the premiere of that movie is just eight days away, on June 2, with the trilogy-capping “Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse” arriving next year on March 29, 2024.

came to an end with a bloody and violent series finale that also closed out the true-crime saga about accused axe murderer Candy Montgomery and the death of friend Betty Gore with an unexpected emotional touch. In an interview with ET, director and executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter breaks down the stunning episode and reflects on Elizabeth Olsen's award-worthy performance as Candy. Adapted from the book,, and a collection of articles by executive producer David E. Kelley, the limited Max series recounted the unbelievably true story about the infamous housewife and her neighbor who was left dead after the two got into an altercation over the fact that Candy had an affair with Betty's husband, Allan. In addition to Olsen, the star-studded cast includes Lily Rabe as Betty, Jesse Plemons as Allan and Patrick Fugit as Candy's husband, Pat. In the finale, audiences saw Candy take the stand after being arrested and tried for Betty's grisly death.

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died on Sunday in Italy of undisclosed causes.Back in April at Star Wars Celebration, he shared with TheWrap his physical conditioning to play Baylan Skoll, a Force user who wields an orange lightsaber. The “Ahsoka” trailer shows Baylan dueling with Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson) as well as taking on Rebel Forces.When asked about when he became one with his character physically, the Irish actor replied: “I like to think that characters have a center of gravity. Some are lower, so they’re more rooted.

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latest flesh-and-blood cash grab that’s more lifeless than far better two-dimensional painted drawings.The magic and soul of the studio’s animated classics never, ever translate to this colder, realistic context, and still they keep churning them out.   Why learn their lesson? “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast” both grossed over $1 billion. The movies don’t need to be high-quality because the titles and logos do the heavy-lifting for them. While director Rob Marshall (“Chicago”) and writer David Magee make enough prudent changes to ensure their musical film functions efficiently, many alterations seem to exist only to achieve a bloated two-hour runtime or to wedge Lin-Manuel Miranda’s name into the end credits.For instance, when a smitten Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King) takes speechless Ariel (Halle Bailey) around his island kingdom, the Caribbean carriage ride is more of the “Gilligan’s Island” length — a three-hour tour.  That’s one of many middling efforts to deepen the prince’s character from just a smile on legs.

Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy are joined by director Rob Marshall as they walk the red carpet for the the Australian premiere of The Little Mermaid on Monday (May 22) in Sydney, Australia.

Disney’s attempts to reinvent their animated classics as live action versions has proven to be largely a smart boxoffice play, but one with a mixed creative result. Certainly some were huge hits likeBill Condon’s Beauty And The Beast and Guy Ritchie’s less enchanting Aladdin. Others effectively created photo real animals in The Lion King and The Jungle Book . Older Disney staples have gotten the treatment by focusing on the villains in Cruella and Maleficent and their sequels, even an unforunate Disney + attempt on the untouchable (if you ask me) Lady And The Tramp. But even approaching an animated masterpiece, 1989’s The Little Mermaid and essentially trying to make a splashy (sorry) big screen live action musical that works above and under the water seems dicey on paper. So what do you do? Bring in Rob Marshall , and as it turns out that is all the new live action The Little Mermaid needed.

If you have not yet binged through all of season 6, save this link for later.Chrishell Stause is still searching for answers about what exactly she lived through last year while filming season 6 of, largely thanks to new cast member Nicole Young. A staple of The Oppenheim Group since before the series launched on Netflix back in 2019, Nicole makes her official debut as a member of the reality TV ensemble in the just-dropped episodes, and instantly sparks drama with Chrishell. «I think I had expected a little bit of respect with someone coming new into the group, and she had reached out --  and we were great friends before this!» Chrishell tells ET.

Yikes! This fairytale couple is stirring up some very real drama!

EXCLUSIVE: After a herniated disc during a Cats performance prompted Rob Marshall to switch from dancer to director, his first feature, Chicago, won Best Picture. It has been a charmed run for Marshall since, with hits from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to Memoirs of a Geisha, Nine, Annie, Into the Woods and Mary Poppins Returns. Rarely has Marshall been as charged up as he is after coming through a four-year ordeal to turn Disney’s 1989 2-D animated classic musical The Little Mermaid into a live action feature. Beyond the logistical complexities of staging a musical set half undersea and the other half on land where the title character sacrifices her voice for a chance at life as a human, the film is the most color blind major studio adaptation of a classic property you’ve ever seen.

casting Halle Bailey as a black Ariel, the new live-action remake of Disney’s 1989 animated classic will find the mermaid heroine having a “more grown-up and mature” relationship with Prince Eric, according to his portrayer Jonah Hauer-King.That includes an update of Alan Menken’s “Kiss the Girl” lyrics so that it wouldn’t seem as if Eric was forcing himself on Ariel.“My understanding is that there were some feelings around consent and asking to kiss someone, which makes total sense to me,” Hauer-King, 27, told the Hollywood Reporter.Having witnessed the racist backlash that Bailey faced for playing Ariel, the London native said he does “not really understand what to make of it.”“Rob [Marshall, the director] and the producers and Disney didn’t approach this film and this casting with any kind of agenda — they just wanted to cast the person who was best for the role,” said Hauer-King.“Ultimately, you want someone who has the best voice and the best spirit and the most charisma, charm and humor and best acting talent, and that’s Halle,” he concluded.Hauer-King — whose credits include the 2019 film “A Dog’s Way Home” and the BBC drama “World on Fire” — initially auditioned for “The Little Mermaid” as just a “fun experience.” But after seven months of auditions, he scored his own casting coup, beating out none other than Harry Styles for the coveted role.“He’s pretty cool and amazingly talented, so yeah, it was cool to be mentioned in the same breath,” he said of the “As It Was” singer, who talked with Marshall about playing Eric.But it was Hauer-King who ended up going through three months of rehearsals for the part, learning to ride horses, work with dogs, scuba dive, row and operate a horse carriage“I’ve never done so

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McKinley Franklin editor Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) executive director Tom Mara has announced the company’s acquisition of the Seattle Cinerama Theater from the estate of late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. Mara revealed the news at the opening night celebration of the 49th annual SIFF on May 11. The festival runs through May 21. “We are honored to take on stewardship of this historic theater. It’s a film venue adored by the community and speaks to the critical role SIFF plays in bringing the power and art of film to diverse audiences across our region,” Mara said. “So many of us have experienced the magic of this theater, and we are excited to carry on the vision and impact that Paul Allen started so many years ago.”