Awkwafina & Jacob Tremblay in talks for Disney's live-action LittleMermaid
Awkwafina attends the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations announcement at the Pacific Design Center on Dec. 12, 2018 in West Hollywood, Calif.The Little Mermaid.
The feature project, with Rob Marshall sitting in the director’s chair, is casting up on several fronts, with Melissa McCarthy already The animated movie loosely retold the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of a mermaid named Ariel who yearns to be human after she falls in love with a prince. Ariel makes a deal with Ursula, who grants her wish but takes her voice.
If deals make, Tremblay would give life to Flounder, Ariel’s best friend, who is a fish. Jason Marin voiced him in the 1989 original, and the character had singing duties in the Broadway adaptation. Awkwafina would play Scuttle, the seagull friend of the red-headed princess. Buddy Hackett voiced the character in the animated movie.
The feature will showcase all the well-known songs and will also have new material. Original composer Alan Menken is teaming with Lin-Manuel Miranda, with Menken composing and co-writing new lyrics with Miranda.
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