You may recall during the week Ghostbusters: Answer The Call star Melissa McCarthy was all but confirmed as signed on as the villainous Sea Witch Ursula in the live-action remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (here).
Well now we can add Ariel, the mermaid herself to the list of confirmed stars as singer and actress Halle Bailey (not Halle Berry) has signed on as the lead.
The star is one half of R&B duo Chloe x Halle shared the news on Twitter (below).
On top of this, stars Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafinain are in talks to play CGI characters in the movie which is set to be directed by Mary Poppins Returns’ Rob Marshall who said: “After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence and substance — plus a glorious singing voice — all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role.”
The movie is expected to start filming earl next year and will have songs from the original movie as well as all-new numbers too.
Another live-action remake from Disney? Inspired…
Thoughts?
dream come true… 🧜🏽♀️🌊 pic.twitter.com/sndjYUS6wO
— chloe x halle (@chloexhalle) July 3, 2019
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