{"id":29694,"date":"2023-02-17T10:10:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29694"},"modified":"2023-02-17T10:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:10:26","slug":"the-little-mermaid-trailer-teases-first-look-at-melissa-mccarthys-cackling-ursula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=29694","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Little Mermaid\u2019 Trailer Teases First Look at Melissa McCarthy\u2019s Cackling Ursula"},"content":{"rendered":"
The latest trailer for Disney’s live-action remake, starring Halle Bailey and out in theaters May 26, also features a glimpse at Ariel’s iconic boat kiss with Jonah Hauer-King’s Prince Eric. Disney is taking The Little Mermaid fans under the sea for a first glimpse at Melissa McCarthy\u2019s Ursula in its live-action remake. In a 30-second teaser trailer of the film that dropped Wednesday, star Halle Bailey is seen performing her rendition of \u201cPart of Your World,\u201d as she twirls through underwater reefs and peeks out from behind ship wreckage.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the trailer\u2019s biggest moment \u2014 outside of a glimpse of Bailey and co-star Jonah Hauer-King\u2019s Prince Eric\u2019s near kiss on a boat \u2014 is its tease of McCarthy as the story\u2019s beloved villain, Ursula. Toward the end of the spot, McCarthy\u2019s bright eyes can be seen peeking out from behind a tentacle as the actress delivers her rendition of the character\u2019s iconic laugh. The reimagining of the animated 1989 Disney hit is directed by Rob Marshall, with a screenplay by Jane Goldman and David Magee from a story by Marshall. Also starring is Javier Bardem as King Triton and the voices of Awkwafina as Scuttle, Jacob Tremblay as Flounder and Daveed Diggs as Sebastian. Other notable names attached to the cast include Lin-Manuel Miranda and Simone Ashley.<\/p>\n

Disney favorite and Broadway legend Miranda has teamed with the original animated film\u2019s composer, Alan Menken, on the music. Miranda, Marshall, Russell Allen, John DeLuca, Marc Platt and Michael Zimmer serve as producers alongside Allison Erlikhman, who is an executive producer. The film was previously teased as part of a D23 presentation in September alongside Barry Jenkins\u2019 Lion King prequel Mufasa and the Rachel Zegler-led Snow White. That tease also featured a look at Bailey\u2019s performance of the classic \u201cPart of Your World,\u201d with the actress and singer sharing that filming the sequence \u201cwas the most beautiful experience of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Little Mermaid releases in theaters May 26.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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