New Cast Announcement

Javier Bardem In Talks To Play "King Triton" In 'The Little Mermaid' Live-Action Remake

Every day we become closer to a full cast for the live-action remake of Disney's The Little Mermaid. Today's announcement is for the role of "King Triton", "Ariel's" father! The character is a fit long white bearded man in the animated original but let's find out who they're considering for the part...

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Disney's Freeform Defends Halle Bailey's 'Little Mermaid' Casting

Javier Bardem is in the works to play "King Triton" in Disney's upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. He would join the cast of Halle Bailey as "Ariel", Harry Styles as "Prince Eric" and it was reported that Melissa McCarthy might be playing the role of sea villain "Ursula". Awkwafina and Jacob Tremblay are also cast as "Ariel's" sidekicks, "Flounder" and "Sebastian".

Big Year for Disney Live-Action

The announcement of this new live-action remake comes after a big year for Disney in terms of live-action reboots of classic tales. Already this year, three live-action movies have hit theatres including Dumbo, Aladdin and most recently, The Lion King. A trailer for the upcoming Mulan reboot was officially dropped last week and that movie is expected to release in March 2020.

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Upcoming Disney Live-Action Movies

Some other Disney live-action movies in the works include Maleficent 2, Cruella, Peter Pan, Tink and The Sword in the Stone. We are loving all of these classics turned real-life and can't wait to get more details about the upcoming The Little Mermaid movie. Stay tuned...