Rob Marshall is set to direct, after helming the studio's sequel to"After an extensive search, it was abundantly clear that Halle possesses that rare combination of spirit, heart, youth, innocence and substance — plus a glorious singing voice — all intrinsic qualities necessary to play this iconic role,” said Marshall in a statement.Ron Clements and John Musker were behind the animated 1989 original, which won best original song and score Oscars for Alan Menken.
Bailey, 19, is best known as one-half of Chloe x Halle, who signed to Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment label after gaining popularity with YouTube covers.would be a breakout role for Bailey, whose only other screen credit is as a supporting player on Freeform's Yara Shahidi seriesThe Chloe x Halle Twitter account posted the below tweet shortly after the news went out.
Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)
She's beautiful and light- skinned. Just have her hair red and let see how she does. If she sucks, at least there's a reboot.
Well she does look like a fish
No .plz
This makes me so happy! She will make a beautiful Ariel. Thanks Disney for putting light and joy into the world
Is she a cartoon?
please watch this...
She’s so beautiful.
Just imagine the backlash if they made Tiana white.... 🤔
This article fails to mention she’s a Grammy nominated singer, not just a singer. ♥️
As long as she can sing and act... I am happy as a clam!
Gorgeous! So excited she’s doing this! 🙌🏼
Welcome.
The resemblance is uncanny. Yeah, that orange shirt matches her red hair perfectly. 👍
No judgement from me I will be looking forward to watching this movie and only then will I judge if they have done a good job with it. Till then congrats to her for getting the part and hopefully she does a great job with it.
Imagine if Ariel was originally black, there would be so much outrage if they made her white. That’s why we don’t like this.
As an avid LittleMermaid fan I am excited about this casting! Her eyes, nose, mouth, and high cheek bones look exactly like the animation. I love her!! Why should her skin color matter? She’s a mermaid! MyAriel beautiful
So many LITTLE MERMAID lovers are flat out Racist. It's the LITTLE MERMAID.
Mermaids had to be dark skinned anyways cuz they would burn in the sun :^)
Im not racist at all but I’m a little disappointed Ariel isn’t going to be a ginger. Has nothing to do with the actress or the color of her skin, simply has to do with the classics being stuck to and that there isn’t many ginger princesses ;(
She ain't gonna sing she's gonna Rap
um
RIP
Stop trying to affiliate yourselves with me. Thanks
More excited about her pec poppin dad!!! Powerrrrr
Something’s different. Her eyes are too far apart.
Ew
Were the racist at
Should’ve been VanessaMorgan
Zendaya made more sense
GOOD ONE
This is WRONG ! Stop PC Culture & keep tradition ! Another SJWs tell violent Andersen tale: To gain a soul mermaid has to receive love Must stab / kill the prince Cuts her tongue as payment to sorceress Be tortured by her feet Has to die and dissolve fake Ariel racism kids
True.. but black Ariel can sang sang and she is heckkkaa fine 😍😍😍 I just podcasted about this below Btw I have the GREATEST SPEAKING VOICE on YouTube! Just press play to see! 👇🏿 podcast
um thanks but i’ll pass
Why redo something that was done already? That's Hollywood,rehash the movies and cartoons of Disney-dizzy wave the holly-wood wand to be under THE SPELL!
If you are going to complain because of the color of this young lady’s skin...go f$&k yourself. She also doesn’t have a mermaid’s tail..she has legs. ...because, and I can’t believe I need to point this out, it is a fictional character.
😂😂👍🏾👍🏾
Wait a minute, why couldn’t they cast a real mermaid?
Can't wait to take my granddaughter. She's so beautiful!
Beautiful
Yeah. Thank you, but NO. 🙄🙄🙄
This is awful. Shameful that they passed over real mermaids this way. Such discrimination. Sad.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: Newsweek - 🏆 468. / 52 Read more »
disney has cast its 'little mermaid'Halle Bailey will play the iconic half-fish teen, meanwhile Lizzo is yet to be locked down for the role of Ursula.
Source: i_D - 🏆 32. / 68 Read more »
Source: harpersbazaarus - 🏆 467. / 52 Read more »
Source: Todaysparent - 🏆 313. / 61 Read more »
Source: BuzzFeed - 🏆 730. / 51 Read more »
Source: NBCNews - 🏆 10. / 86 Read more »