It’s official – The Little Mermaid cast has been confirmed!
Up until now, the only confirmed stars were Halle Bailey starring as Ariel, and Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric.
Now, Disney has officially solidified that Jacob Tremblay has taken on the role of Flounder, Melissa McCarthy will play Ursula, Awkwafina as Scuttle, Daveed Diggs as Sebastian and Javier Bardem as King Triton.
The live action remake of the movie will feature original music from the animated version from Alan Menken, as well new music by Alan and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
“Halle Bailey is going to be such an incredible Ariel,†Lin-Manuel told ET back in July. “And getting to write music for these characters that are probably the reason I started writing musicals in the first place, it was actually easier than I thought.â€
No release date has been set yet, but given that they had to shut down production earlier this year due to Coronavirus, we may not see it until 2022.
There was so much Disney news announced at the studio’s D23 event and the voice cast for the upcoming Pixar movie Soul was among the highlights.
It was revealed that Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey will lead the cast and they were joined by co-stars Phylicia Rashad, Questlove, and Daveed Diggs at the event on Saturday (August 24) in Anaheim, Calif.
The film journeys from the streets of New York City to the never-before-seen cosmic realms and “The You Seminar,†the fantastical place where we all discover our unique personalities.
Jamie lends his voice to Joe Gardner, a middle-school band teacher whose true passion is playing jazz. Tina plays 22, a soul-in-training who has an unexpected encounter with Joe when he accidentally finds his way to the “You Seminar.†Together, the two are going to find a way to get Joe back to Earth, making him think again about what it truly means to have soul.
The movie will feature original jazz music by Jon Batiste and an original score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, which will drift between the real and soul worlds. The film hits theaters on June 19, 2020.
Gina Rodriguez is a floral beauty while hitting the red carpet at the premiere of her new movie Ferdinand on Sunday (December 10) in Los Angeles.
The Jane The Virgin actress was joined by Nick Jonas, who wrote an original song for the film, and her co-stars John Cena, Anthony Anderson, Daveed Diggs, Juanes, Bobby Cannavale, and Gabriel Iglesias.
Also in attendance was Modern Family actress Aubrey Anderson-Emmons.
Ferdinand, based off the beloved children’s book, follows a giant but gentle bull who must find a way to break free from his captors and return home to his family. It hits theaters THIS Friday (December 15)!
Also pictured: Nick catching a flight out of Sao Paulo the night before.
FYI: Gina is wearing a Georges Chakra dress, Jimmy Choo shoes, Hearts on Fire rings, and Swarovski earrings.
Jaden Smith and the rest of the stars of The Get Down take over the red carpet at the show’s premiere at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday night (August 11) in New York City.
The 19-year-old actor was accompanied at the premiere by his cast mates Justice Smith, Herizen F. Guardiola, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Shameik Moore, Skylan Brooks, Tremaine Brown Jr, Jimmy Smits, Giancarlo Esposito, Mamoudou Athie, Zabryna Guevara and Daveed Diggs as well as director Baz Luhrmann.
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Jaden recently opened up about how he got into hip-hope, saying, “I liked hip-hop before I saw You Got Served, but You Got Served is what got me into the culture of the dancing and the B-Boy steez of everything,” he told BET.
Jaden added, “Kids nowadays, they need to know where all this got started. They need to know how this all came about.”
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