Halle Baileycouldn’t contain her excitement after it was revealedshe will be playing Arielin Disney’s live-actionThe Little Mermaid.
“Dream come true…,” Bailey tweeted alongside the image of Ariel singing “Part of Your World” while waves crashed behind her.
The story of the image goes back to Valentine’s Day 2015, when a man, Brian Flynn, commissionedBonner to create illustrations of every Disney princessin the image of his girlfriend Manini Gupta.
In a blog post at the time, Flynn explained he and Gupta “LOVE Disney movies” and that he wanted their “relationship to be as epic and timeless as the animations we grew up on.”
“So, I decided to have us painted into some famous Disney scenes and surprise her for Valentine’s Day,” Flynn wrote. “I had my incredibly talented friend Dylan Bonner help me with the artwork.”
Bonner drew Flynn and Gupta into some of Disney’s most classic films such asAladdin, Beauty and the Beast, MulanandTangled.
Melissa McCarthyis also in talks to star as the sea witch Ursula.
“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,” the film’s director, Rob Marshall (Chicago), said in a statement.
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Alan Menken, who wrote the score to the original 1989 animated film, will return to create new music alongside Tony Award winnerLin-Manuel Miranda, who worked with Marshall onMary Poppins Returns.
Bailey first rose to fame after she and her sister, Chloe, caught the attention ofBeyoncéafter their rendition of “Pretty Hurts” in 2015.
Since then, the duo has joined Beyoncé on tour as her opening act for the European leg ofThe Formation World Tour.Beyoncé is also starring in a Disney live-action film withThe Lion King, out later this month.
The sisters were also cast as series regulars inGrown-ishand wrote the theme song for the show.
Production forThe Little Mermaidis anticipated to begin in early 2020.
source: people.com
