'The Little Mermaid' cast revealed by Walt Disney Studios; Halle Bailey to play 'Ariel'

Walt Disney Studios has finally anunced star cast of its upcoming musical fantasy film titled Little Mermaid, which is going to be a live-action aptation of 1989's cult animated film of  same title. highly-anticipated Disney film has  Primetime Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Rob Marshall at its helm while he along with John DeLuca, Marc Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda will be serving as producers of Little Mermaid. Today, Walt Disney Studios introduced fans with star cast of upcoming film and it boasts of Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy with Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina. 

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Little Mermaid cast revealed!

Earlier today, i.e. December 11, 2020, Little Mermaid's cast was officially anunced on Walt Disney Studios' Instagram handle. Although film was slated to go on floors in April this year, its shoot schedule got halted due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, shooting of Disney film is all set to commence in January 2021 "if things are hunky-dory", stated actor Melissa McCarthy in a recent interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. 

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w, although Walt Disney Studios hasn't officially revealed when y're going to start filming of  Little Mermaid,  production house has revealed which actor will play which iconic character in live-action aptation of 1989 film. While Halle Bailey in Little Mermaid will be playing titular character of Ariel, Jonah Hauer-King will essay role Eric, Javier Bardem will play King Triton and Melissa McCarthy will be seen playing Ursula. Furrmore, actors Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina have been roped in to play Sebastian, Flounder and Scuttle respectively.

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Sharing a coll of its star cast of Instagram, Walt Disney Studios wrote, "Go under sea and meet cast of Disney’s Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Awkwafina, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Melissa McCarthy and Javier Bardem. Directed by Rob Marshall, film will feature music from animated original as well as all-new music by Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda". However, Little Mermaid's release date has been kept under wraps by makers.

Check out Instagram post below:

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