Trailer for “The Little Mermaid” remake premieres during the Oscars

The trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” premiered through the Academy Awards on Sunday night time. Halle Bailey, who performs Ariel within the movie, revealed the information on Instagram final week, sharing a picture of a brand new film poster.

Bailey has been tapped as one of many presenters on the ceremony, which is being broadcast dwell from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. She and Melissa McCarthy, who stars as Ursula within the movie, presented the trailer, which reveals Bailey as Ariel singing “A part of That World.”

“The Little Mermaid” will premiere on Might 26, Disney introduced in September, because it gave followers a short teaser of the movie. 

The sneak peek was sufficient to encourage followers. Many mother and father shared movies of their younger daughters reacting to the clip, which confirmed Bailey, one of many solely Black ladies to play a Disney princess, as Ariel. 

Despite the fact that the clip solely confirmed a number of seconds of Bailey because the mermaid, many ladies felt the facility of the illustration on display. Bailey mentioned she noticed among the movies and that she was, “actually in awe.”

“This implies the world to me,” she tweeted, sharing a compilation video of younger ladies reacting to the clip. 

“okay i simply sobbed watching this thanks,” she wrote in one other tweet with a video of a response. “she’s so candy.”

The movie, directed Rob Marshall, will characteristic music by Lin-Manuel Miranda  and Alan Menken, who’s behind the music of a number of different Disney movies. Howard Ashman’s rating for the 1989 animated film will stay featured, Marshall mentioned in September on the D23 expo, a Disney fan conference, Selection reported.

The movie additionally stars Javier Bardem as King Triton, Daveed Diggs because the voice of Sebastian and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula.