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Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 3:06 am
by Sotiris
I don't usually post fanart, but since it's going to take quite some time until we get our first official look, I thought I'd post some. There are already tons of fanart and fan-edits of Halle Bailey as Ariel, but this is one of my favorites. If we get something that looks half as good as this, I'd be thrilled. At the moment, I'm keeping my expectations low.
Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-tTdYpFzKg/
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:34 am
by Disney's Divinity
Yes, I liked what they did with the bra and the tail, and the ornament in her hair. I don't think the hair will be that color though... I'm expecting Bailey will have her natural hair color in the film.
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:28 pm
by nomad2010
Disney's Divinity wrote:Yes, I liked what they did with the bra and the tail, and the ornament in her hair. I don't think the hair will be that color though... I'm expecting Bailey will have her natural hair color in the film.
Oh I definitely expect her to have red hair. I think Disney knows the casting backlash would be worse if she didn’t have red hair. Plus she has been hiding her hair in recent Instagram posts. However I wouldn’t be surprised if she has red dreadlocks instead of flowing red hair. I’m not sure visually how that would look underwater. It may be a little snake like. So I’m hoping they go with something like that art. Natural waves. I think it would visually be beautiful, especially since they’re CGI’ing the hair underwater
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:43 pm
by Disney's Divinity
I would like to believe that... I still think at most her hair will have a slightly orange tint to it, maybe superimposed digitally so she won't have to dye anything? Yeah, I definitely expect the look to be her natural hairstyle whatever the color, not flowing hair. Too bad.
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:36 am
by Disney Duster
nomad2010 wrote:Disney's Divinity wrote:Yes, I liked what they did with the bra and the tail, and the ornament in her hair. I don't think the hair will be that color though... I'm expecting Bailey will have her natural hair color in the film.
Oh I definitely expect her to have red hair. I think Disney knows the casting backlash would be worse if she didn’t have red hair. Plus she has been hiding her hair in recent Instagram posts. However I wouldn’t be surprised if she has red dreadlocks instead of flowing red hair. I’m not sure visually how that would look underwater. It may be a little snake like. So I’m hoping they go with something like that art. Natural waves. I think it would visually be beautiful, especially since they’re CGI’ing the hair underwater
Agreed with
Divinity about the picture and agreed with
nomad2010 about the hair.
Sotiris, damn, can this film
please look like that?!!!
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 6:14 am
by DisneyFan97
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:51 am
by Disney's Divinity
I agree that Ursula is a big selling point of this film, DisneyFan97. Over the years, even the handful of posters I've interacted with that hated Ariel all thought Ursula was fantastic.
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 3:32 pm
by Sotiris
Even though he's not currently on set, Hauer-King hasn't been sitting idle at home. After being cast as Prince Eric in Disney's upcoming live-action "The Little Mermaid," he's had plenty of time to study his part. "I know that script so well now. I've had so much time," he said. "I could do every part. I could do I could say everyone's lines."
Source:
https://www.salon.com/2020/05/17/world- ... -season-2/
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 5:26 am
by robster16
In celebration of Mermay, a little fan art I created for the live action version of The Little Mermaid. Hope you like it

I might try to do a visual of Melissa as Ursula as well
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXdwL0Jwjl/

Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 5:31 am
by UmbrellaFish
How pretty! Thank you for sharing!! I love the seashells in her hair.
So excited to get our first look at these characters in costume.
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 8:19 am
by Disney's Divinity
I'd love to see one of Melissa McCarthy for sure.
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 10:04 am
by blackcauldron85
Rob, that is beautiful. I also love what you did with her hair!
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:18 am
by nomad2010
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but in the Disney Sing Along event Halle Bailey had clearly cut a large portion of her dreadlocks off which leads me to believe they are going to wig her for the movie. So I would expect we probably won’t be seeing dreadlocks on Ariel. I’m still betting they go with loose waves, but I also wouldn’t be shocked if they tried replicating Ariel’s hair from the animated.
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 4:09 pm
by robster16
nomad2010 wrote:I don’t know if anyone noticed, but in the Disney Sing Along event Halle Bailey had clearly cut a large portion of her dreadlocks off which leads me to believe they are going to wig her for the movie. So I would expect we probably won’t be seeing dreadlocks on Ariel. I’m still betting they go with loose waves, but I also wouldn’t be shocked if they tried replicating Ariel’s hair from the animated.
I think I read somewhere that the hair will be done digitally, they might put Halle in a skullcap to hide her hair so they can put markers on her head in order to match the digital hair to her head. I wonder what that means for the above water shots, if she'll get a wig then or go with her natural hair and hair pieces. I personally think the solid shapes of dreads might look more interesting and beautiful under water then a lump of flowing hair. We'll have to wait and see I guess...
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 5:20 pm
by JeanGreyForever
@robster16 - that's stunning! You're so talented. I hope she looks like that in the film.
I wouldn't be surprised if they CGI her hair because in Marvel's Endgame, Brie Larson's hair for the first part of the film was completely CGI.

Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:08 pm
by Disney Duster
Robster16, that's beautiful!
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 3:13 am
by Farerb
JeanGreyForever wrote:@robster16 - that's stunning! You're so talented. I hope she looks like that in the film.
I wouldn't be surprised if they CGI her hair because in Marvel's Endgame, Brie Larson's hair for the first part of the film was completely CGI.
It makes sense that they would CGI her hair to get the underwater effect.
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 4:15 am
by DisneyFan97
I really hope we get casting for Flotsam and Jetsam soon !!
I asume they will speak !
I also wonder which actors are offically cast ?
Is Diggs really frimly set to voice Sebestian ?
Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 4:17 am
by robster16
As promised, Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. I used one of the previously posted wig tests they did for Ursula's hair in the movie. I hope you guys like it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAZ7XflJffF/

Re: The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 4:29 am
by UmbrellaFish
Oooh!!! Again, great job! Very clever to use the real wig tests we’ve seen already too!!! Also the tentacles look so much creepier with all that detail... Truly unsettling.
This is giving me Fairy Godmother from Shrek 2 vibes. I think it’s McCarthy’s face shape combined with the wig.