Disney’s Live-Action Little Mermaid
Musician-actor Harry Styles has entered talks to play Prince Eric in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of its animated feature, The Little Mermaid. Assuming that he signs on, he will join a cast that includes his fellow singer-performer Halle Bailey as the mermaid Ariel.
A live-action retelling of Disney’s animated 1989 feature (itself, adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale), The Little Mermaid is being directed by Rob Marshall from a script by his Mary Poppins Returns writer David Magee and an earlier draft by Jane Goldman (Kingsman). Other roles filled so far include that of Ariel’s fish pal Flounder and the not-so-wise, but well-meaning seagull Scuttle.