The Little Mermaid (Live-Action)

[Disney Duster]

The new poster is even more gorgeous than the first one. It's so moody. And I agree with UmbrellaFish's comment, too. Great job, Disney! I love it!

[Sotiris]

While I appreciate the more artistic take as well as the allusion to the original poster, the execution leaves something to be desired. Ariel's pose and expression don't give off feelings of yearning or longing. She looks like she's physically or emotionally exhausted. Like Disney's Divinity said, the whole landscape looks like the aftermath of war or some other catastrophe. The color pallet contributes to that. If I had to place this moment somewhere in the film, it would be just after the final battle with Ursula, but I doubt the people creating this poster were going for that.

[PatrickvD]

Why does the poster look like Ariel in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust? Maybe radiation exposure is why her tail looks so enormous and worm-like. No idea why they didn't make it come in narrower at the fins considering it's all CGI anyway.

I think the wild sky in the poster is a reference to romanticism, the dominant art style at the time Andersen wrote the story. In fact, his writing is in the romanticism tradition as well.

I also don’t think the poster is meant to depict a moment in the film’s narrative. Movie posters defy that type of logic.

I find it a very classy poster actually.

[Disney's Divinity]

Could be, PatrickvD.

It is very pretty in its way, if I were to separate it from the film it's supposed to be advertising as well as Ariel's design. It looks like it could be the cover for a rock band's album or something. I guess that random thought came because the mood feels like "The world is ending" or "People / society are so hollow" feeling, the kind of messages cynical and moody rock songs usually have. Compare with this image of the cover of Imagine Dragons' first album, for example. Or Del Toro (which is on that same stop-motion track, I suppose, something about the rock and the water). Perhaps it could be where he just won for Pinocchio recently or because The Shape of Water inspired them or something, I could see this as a poster for one of his films.

I thought the same thing, Sotiris, as far as it looks like it could be the morning after Ursula's death simply because of how all the water is swirling (and almost boiling?) around her, and that would fit with Ariel being on the rock watching Eric on the shore and looking defeated (if that's even a moment in this film at all )--basically a feeling of melancholy and sadness that she feels it's all over and she'll never see him again. But, like you, I don't think that was intentional OR what they wanted out of this at all. My guess is they wanted something light and upbeat that would market the film, not describe a particular moment in the film, and it's definitely not light or upbeat. Or colorful, for that matter.... (A similar criticism I've heard for the Peter Pan remake, something about the film has a sort of drab quality.)

And the thing about Ariel is that she's a very hopeful character, believing that the impossible could be possible even though she can't see how. That's what a lot of those posters of her for the original of her going to the surface or sitting on the rock in the moonlight sort of tap into, that curious, adventurous, and hopeful quality that "POYW (reprise)" embodies about the character, whereas this has a mood more in line with the sad reprise of "POYW" that they almost went with instead ("But I can see / I'll never be / POYW").

[D82]

Ariel transformation doll. Could the dress be inspired by the pink one in the movie? The "Kiss the Girl" outfit can also be seen on the back of the box.










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New trailer during the Oscars.

They're making the release of the trailer a big event after all. I guess it's also a way to get more people to watch the Oscars. The preview doesn't feature any new footage, but I hope the trailer does and it's not the same as the leaked one. By the way, both Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy are confirmed to present at the Oscars.

The new poster is way better than the first one, in my opinion. It's very inspired by the poster for the original, but Ariel's pose is more like the pose of The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen. It's true the sky is a bit too dramatic, but it also looks like a painting. Maybe PatrickvD is right it's a reference to Romanticism. Personally, it made me think of the storm scene.

[UmbrellaFish]

Ahh, of course there is a transformation doll!!

I’ve gotten into collecting Ariel dolls from the 1997 Mattel series and it makes so much sense why Ariel has been so popular with merchandise throughout the years. Yes, she’s a mermaid and that sets her apart from other Barbie dolls and Princess dolls. But there are so many inventive things to do with Ariel— dolls like this one that transform from fins into a dress, dolls that swim in water, dolls that change color in the water.

I think if TLM had premiered after the Princess line began, TLM would have stayed its own brand like Frozen is today.

[Disney's Divinity]

Personally, I think the choice to air the trailer had was driven by two things. The Oscars is on ABC this year, isn't it? At least, I'm assuming so since Kimmel is the host. That's one thing. The other, more cynical part of me thinks it's because they thought the Superbowl audience was less "safe" than an Oscars audience would be as far as the reaction to the trailer would be. But there probably were more full families who would be drawn to a family film's trailer in the former audience than the latter, and you'd think that demo would be their priority.

I don't think that dress resembles the pink dress (even as an "inspired by"). It's unfortunate that since they aren't beholden to re-creating the original film apparently, that they couldn't have at least come up with something that flatters Bailey herself. I think we also saw something of a purple dress recently. At least that was a good color choice for her (although maybe a darker shade), unlike the white / pink and bland turquoise, but I wasn't crazy about the shape of the outfit.

[Disney Duster]

I also thought the sky of the poster was from the aftermath of the storm that wrecked Eric's ship, too, D82. And yay, at the Oscars!

[MaQu]

I can't remember the last time I was this excited about the movie. The original animated one is one of my favourites, and so far I loved everything they revealed about the remake.

Halle Bailey has one of the prettiest voices on Earth. And her Ariel is so beautiful! The hair looks very nice, and the tail is amazing, I love how it is resemblant of a fish tail now, it reminds me of how the mermaid would be depicted on the illustrations of the classic Andersen's story from my childhood. The mermaid doll from Mattel is a must have for me.

I think the book covers are gorgeous, Ariel looks amazing in drawn form, I hope to see a lot of merch with illustrations like that.

[Farerb]

The trailer will be 2 minutes and 22 seconds:

[Thumper_93]

Some people are saying on IG that a scene has been leaked. I don't know which scene it is

[Disney's Divinity]

9/3/23? I wonder why it's dated that far. This film will be long dead and firmly buried by then.

[blackcauldron85]

^ It's March 9th; I think that is from England.

[D82]

The trailer will be 2 minutes and 22 seconds:

I'm glad it's a full trailer this time.

Some people are saying on IG that a scene has been leaked. I don't know which scene it is

Thanks for the heads up! This must be the leaked clip: https://www.tiktok.com/@xd_sation/video ... 8341972229

It's quite short and most of the footage was already featured in the leaked trailer, but the quality is better and now we can see, for example, that Flotsam and Jetsam are indeed in the movie:

[D82]

Ariel and sisters mini dolls set:

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[Disney's Divinity]

The purple and pink hair--this movie is the stupidest mess, I swear. /sigh

[D82]

Personally, I think the choice to air the trailer had was driven by two things. The Oscars is on ABC this year, isn't it? At least, I'm assuming so since Kimmel is the host. That's one thing. The other, more cynical part of me thinks it's because they thought the Superbowl audience was less "safe" than an Oscars audience would be as far as the reaction to the trailer would be. But there probably were more full families who would be drawn to a family film's trailer in the former audience than the latter, and you'd think that demo would be their priority.

Yes, the Oscars are always on ABC, but I believe they have also aired on NBC in the past. I guess since Disney owns the network they can run their trailers for free during the ceremony; that's indeed a big advantage for them compared to events like the Super Bowl. As for the audience, since most of the trailers released during the Super Bowl are for action movies (like most of this year's trailers), I thought the audience was more male than that of the Oscars and perhaps The Little Mermaid was a better fit for the latter, but I don't know much about the Super Bowl. If more families watch it, then perhaps it was a more suitable event for it. Also, I guess more people watch it than the Oscars, at least domestically, so perhaps they would've reached a bigger audience had it debuted there.

I don't think that dress resembles the pink dress (even as an "inspired by"). It's unfortunate that since they aren't beholden to re-creating the original film apparently, that they couldn't have at least come up with something that flatters Bailey herself. I think we also saw something of a purple dress recently. At least that was a good color choice for her (although maybe a darker shade), unlike the white / pink and bland turquoise, but I wasn't crazy about the shape of the outfit.

I've now seen most people online think it's probably the dress she wears when Triton transforms her into a human at the end. They could be right, since it's also purple (at least part of it is), and it's a transformation doll, so perhaps it's meant to recreate that moment from the film. But I guess it could also be a new design created just for the doll. Anyway, even if it's based on one from the movie, most likely it'll look quite differently in the film itself.

The purple and pink hair--this movie is the stupidest mess, I swear. /sigh

What doesn't make much sense to me is that some mermaids have hair of natural colors and some don't. And if you notice, the sisters with pink and purple hair are the ones who are White, the others have natural hair colors.

I also thought the sky of the poster was from the aftermath of the storm that wrecked Eric's ship, too, D82.

I saw this comparison someone posted on Twitter. It's still quite cloudy after Ariel leaves Eric on the shore in the original film. Perhaps the poster is meant to take place at that moment.

[Disney's Divinity]

That sounds more likely, considering she's wearing a shell necklace. At least the necklace makes it look more ocean-y, ha. TBH, Ariel's "wardrobe" of outfits in the original film are not the strongest as far as the princesses go (I think Tiana, Anna, Elsa, Cinderella, Mulan, etc. have better gowns)--and yet this remake managed to come up with even worse somehow, but I digress--but the sea foam dress was the one I liked the most after the wedding dress.* And, well... That new dress is not it. The pink/white one and the teal one are uglier though.

I don't think the sky from that scene looks like the poster. Anyway, I still don't think they intended the poster to be any one moment in the film, it only reminded me of the ending because she's sitting fully on top of the rock (as the Denmark statue) in that scene at the end. The ocean being tempestuous and the sky looking like a meteor just hit the earth isn't like any moment in the original, the climax was simply the closest to that I could imagine.

* Probably the nightgown and sails "dress" would be next (if we're simply leaving out her mermaid design, which I've always thought had a very nice color combination).

[Disney Duster]

It seems Ursula goes to Ariel's grotto. That's cool. And Ariel gets like thrown around by Ursula's magic. That's cool too.

I bet the dress of the transformation doll is just for the doll, with inspiration taken from the many tiered dresses Colleen Atwood has designed for Ariel. I really like the dress the transformation doll has, actually, but if it is based on one in the film, I bet the film's will be even better.

Thanks D82, I feel that "after the storm" scene even more from the side by side. But like Divinity says, maybe it's not meant to be a particular scene. I say the sky is a mix of hopeful and somber. Like day's light surrounded by sorrowful clouds.

[Jules]

It reminded me of a Turner painting, especially the background.