The Little Mermaid: Disney Revealed Teaser Trailer for the Live-Action Remake at D23 Expo

ByLukas Abramovich Published onSeptember 10, 2022June 29, 2023

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Disney company has found its golden cow in live-action remakes of their animated classics. The live-action remake of The Lion King grossed more than $1.6 billion worldwide, and remakes of Aladdin and The Beauty and the Beast also passed a billion dollars mark. Although most of the audience finds those remakes needless and a sole cash-grab, Disney’s formula apparently still works, so now they’re preparing for the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.

At the recent presentation at D23 Expo, Disney revealed the first teaser trailer, which you can watch down below:

“The Little Mermaid, visionary filmmaker Rob Marshall’s live-action reimagining of the studio’s Oscar®-winning animated musical classic, opens exclusively in theaters nationwide May 26, 2023. “The Little Mermaid” is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.” — The Little Mermaid, official synopsis

The original animated classic was released in 1989. The movie received critical acclaim and it became one of the most beloved animated movies of all time. The movie grossed $235 million against the production budget of $40 million.

The live-action remake will star Halle Bailey as Ariel, a titular mermaid, and the remake also stars Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Jonah Hauer-King, Art Malik, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula, the main villainess. The movie is directed by Rob Marshall, who directed the Disney movies Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Mary Poppins Returns.

The Little Mermaid live-action remake is set to be released on May 26, 2023.

Lukas Abramovich

Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.

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