The Little Mermaid

'Little Mermaid' actress Halle Bailey announces birth of son

Halle Bailey, known for her role in "The Little Mermaid," took to Instagram to share her joyous news of welcoming her baby boy, Halo, born in 2023.
8 January 2024, 09:49 AM

Universal tops Disney, becomes 2023 highest-grossing studio

Universal Pictures claimed the top spot at the 2023 box office, surpassing Disney, propelled by the success of films like “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”, “Oppenheimer”, and “M3GAN”, collectively accumulating USD 4.907 billion in global ticket sales.
3 January 2024, 13:01 PM

‘The Little Mermaid’ –a better real-life adaptation than hoped for?

Much thought has gone into capturing the reality in each scene, starting from the way Ariel’s hair and Ursula’s tentacles move, to the way Flounder’s nose twitches and Sebastian’s legs float or scurry.
27 May 2023, 12:00 PM

Disney unveils new poster of ‘The Little Mermaid’

Disney India unveiled the new poster for “The Little Mermaid," helmed by Rob Marshall, yesterday. The film's trailer will be unveiled during the 95th Academy Awards.
10 March 2023, 05:47 AM

Mermaids aren’t real, and neither is race

Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
11 October 2022, 12:00 PM

The Little Mermaid: Has Disney sanitised our expectations from fairytales?

Thanks to 2023's The Little Mermaid, Black and brown girls can finally see themselves as princesses in a film where the protagonist's skin colour is not as instrumental to the story as the princesses' heritage was in Aladdin, Mulan, and The Princess and the Frog.
14 September 2022, 13:24 PM