The live-action musical film is a remake of Disney’s 1989 animated fairytale production that starred Jodi Benson as the voice of Ariel. “The Little Mermaid” premieres in theaters on May 26.

The 2023 Little Mermaid feels like it’s close to being self-aware about how funny it looks when an actual human talks to a crab or a fish and expects an answer.

This post was updated May 29 at 9:27 p.m. “The Little Mermaid” has at last reached land – and has frankly flopped like a fish out of water. Released on May 26, the live-action remake of the ...

In this “more realistic” iteration of “The Little Mermaid,” Ariel’s friends Sebastian, a crab (Daveed Diggs), Flounder, a fish (Jacob Tremblay) and Scuttle, a seagull-turned-gannet ...

And you see that with Ariel in The Little Mermaid, she is innocent. She’s also trying to navigate beyond the romance, which is the hallmark of so much of Disney.

The magic of a Disney animated movie, from "The Little Mermaid" to "The Lion King," simply doesn't translate to live action. Animation is the key.

To bring Disney’s iconic mermaid princess Ariel to life in “The Little Mermaid,” costume designer Colleen Atwood constructed a life-sized tail that went from star Halle Bailey’s chest all ...