The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)

[Disney Duster]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[Sotiris]

Disney is always looking to franchise their films, so it's not surprising they're contemplating a sequel. They had the same aspirations for Mulan before it underperformed. I think The Little Mermaid will be successful enough to warrant a sequel. However, the real question is whether the sequel will also be a musical and if it is, whether they'll allow Menken to come back. It's still a question mark whether Aladdin 2 will be a musical or not.

[singerguy04]

I don't think I fully trust the source, but it is a very logical guess to make that Disney is considering/already working on a sequel. Especially one like this where the animated one has such an extensive franchise on it's own. There's also work being done on Mufasa, a Gaston sequel (series on Disney+?), Aladdin 2... it's a good bet to make.

[Disney's Divinity]

They said the same about Mulan 2020. Mostly, I think that's just a PR response from Disney.

[Patricier21]

They already confirmed this like over a year ago or so that they are thinking about doing a sequel.And did Live action Mulan really not do that well? Wasn’t it like in the top six or more for streaming in 2020? I know it didn’t do that well financially, but would not be considered a success streaming wise?

[carolinakid]

Live action Mulan =

[Patricier21]

Live action Mulan =

Again,I’m not asking about financial or what do you even think about the movie, but how well it overall did in streaming, which means that it could’ve been successful At least in some kind of way.

Geez, why are we as a species becoming more and more immature and like our supposed devolutionized counterparts? It’s bad enough that we consume a substance that makes us stupid(er) then we already are, actually devolutionizing Ourselves back down to babies with our precious bottles that we can’t afford to not have.

[Sotiris]

Wasn’t it like in the top six or more for streaming in 2020? I know it didn’t do that well financially, but would not be considered a success streaming wise?

There are a lot of variables that go into determining streaming performance including budget, ranking, ratings, subscriber retention, and new subscribers gained, so it's always more difficult to ascertain whether a project is a success on streaming or not. Mulan was a premium access title, so the money it made from there was also a factor. In general, Mulan's performance both stateside and abroad was considered a disappointment by the industry. While it did rank #6 among streaming movies of the year, it earned only $90 million on premium access, failed to bring in new subscribers for Disney+, and debuted at #10 on Nielsen's streaming chart.

[Redadoodles]

Live action Mulan =

Again,I’m not asking about financial or what do you even think about the movie, but how well it overall did in streaming, which means that it could’ve been successful At least in some kind of way.

Geez, why are we as a species becoming more and more immature and like our supposed devolutionized counterparts? It’s bad enough that we consume a substance that makes us stupid(er) then we already are, actually devolutionizing Ourselves back down to babies with our precious bottles that we can’t afford to not have.

Amen ... It's sad how conversations are changing these days. That's why I don't even bother writing sometimes.

When it comes to the teaser poster, I don’t like it that much. Don’t get me wrong, it’s lovely to look at but when you consider how Disney is trying to push that strong female character trope, Ariel looks quite passive on that poster.
It wouldn’t bother me if it wasn’t for people criticizing the original character for being passive and irresponsible.

When you take the original posters for the film from 1989, Ariel is actively swimming to the surface to get what she wants.

There’s also one where she IS sitting in a resting position on a rock but one should consider that she is resting because she’s already above water and where she belongs.

There’s also the one from the VHS cover on which, she is seen smiling and sitting on a rock besides prince Eric which once again shows that she is yearning to live above water and that’s where she is.

When it comes to the poster of the remake, she is just sitting underwear on a rock, daydreaming, without doing anything.
It wouldn’t bother me at all because I love older princesses but it does annoy me a little because of how Ariel is treated by haters and this poster just shows how the Disney team doesn’t even do their homework.

[Disney's Divinity]

I think they put her in the same position as the character is on the Broadway poster. I never liked the Broadway show's poster either, mostly because of the dry, bland colors. Who knows why they went with those for a property as colorful as TLM, but nothing about the Broadway show made sense, and this remake that wants to be it is much the same.

But that's a good point about the gorgeous John Alvin poster (that utterly shreds this film's poster)--Ariel is active there, as she is in all of TLM. Ariel drove the plot of TLM in a way the Walt princesses did not.

[Patricier21]

As pointed out through set photos, As well as what was originally stated earlier on, Ariel is indeed going to be More active in this movie, including being more active in Defeating Ursula, so at the very least you can see her as not being passive or bland As a difference from the Broadway show

[carolinakid]

What’s she gonna feed Ursula? Shrimp?

And Sierra Boggess is anything but bland!

[Sotiris]

What’s she gonna feed Ursula? Shrimp?

Patricier obviously meant fending off Ursula.

[carolinakid]

Good one! Actually I interpreted it as
The feeding Ursula = defeating Ursula

but either one would work!

[rodrigo_ca]

The sequel is gonna come out right after Aladdin 2, isn't it?

[D82]

Sean Bailey, president of Walt Disney Studios, talked about Halle Bailey's casting at a recent event:

“Very often at the end of a casting search, a director will come and say ‘There’s two people I’d like you to see’ or ‘There is three people I would like you to see’. And Rob basically just called and said ‘I found her… There’s one person I’d like to present’… And we trusted Rob,” he told the audience at the APAC Disney Content Showcase 2022.

Everyone agreed, he said, that Marshall had made the right call.

“She just was the part. She won the part hands down. It was undeniable that she was Ariel… I won’t forget the day of the screening test. It was an exhilarating day. And I can’t wait for you to see her in the movie in its entirety. She’s unbelievable.”

Source: https://au.variety.com/2022/film/news/h ... maid-7597/

I guess the fifth song they wrote got cut

Hopefully it was the rap song and/or Scuttle's song.

Alan Menken mentioned who sings each of the new songs in the latest episode of the "For Scores" podcast and Scuttle's song is still in the movie, but if I understood it correctly, Sebastian also sings in it. He also said the score is 99% complete.

I wrote four new songs with Lin-Manuel Miranda: a new song for Ariel, a song for Scuttle and Sebastian, a song for Prince Eric, and a song for King Triton. I'm sure there'll be some adjustments made here and there and I hope all the songs stick, but what's there is so beautiful.

Source: https://www.ivoox.com/alan-menken-disen ... 349_1.html

[Disney Duster]

Thanks for the info, D82! I really don't know if I'm going to want any of the new songs in or not. I'll judge that when I see the movie.

[Disney's Divinity]

The nervous, desperate PR Disney keeps putting out for this film at every turn makes me laugh. As for the songs, I doubt a song by Scuttle or Triton would be very good if the musical was anything to go by. Hopefully whatshisname that's playing Triton won't sing like Norm Lewis at least, he was way OTT.

[Farerb]

Apparently there was a test screening and the reactions were good.

[Patricier21]

Apparently there was a test screening and the reactions were good.

So this would be the second one then because several months ago there already was one and likewise The reactions for that were quite good, stating that they improved over the live action lion king by having the CG characters more emotional expression And praising the scenery

Without getting into spoilers, and depicting as little about the movies as possible because I haven’t seen them yet, In contrast to the second hocus-pocus And disenchanted, the former of which had really good test screenings, and the latter of which had a mixed reactions that they had to re-film/Reshoot the third act, How much did the reaction to the test screenings indicate/Remain consistent with the overall quality of the movies for you? Like was Hocus Pocus satisfying enough for you, Do you think disenchanted benefitted from the reshoots as far as you can tell? Etc.