Dion Beebe, Rob Marshall's long-time cinematographer, will also be working on the film. He had to this to say about it.
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Are you already doing previs for The Little Mermaid?
Yeah, we’re already having those discussions, and it is a bit of a new animal. The very first conversations are about the underwater world and how we’re going to approach it, knowing that Rob is not going to want to be actually under water for six or seven months. That’s just not going to happen. We’re working through the techniques and method, then we’re heading into some early testing.
Shooting digitally?
Yes. But it’s not that big effects-heavy films can’t be shot on film. The last one I did that way was Edge of Tomorrow [2014]. It really all comes down to whether or not the team can take on the requirements of shooting.
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Mary Poppins Returns DP Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS, on Digitally Recapturing a Classic
I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with the underwater scenes after what the two of them did for one in
Mary Poppins Returns. Marshall also responded to Lohan's campaigning to get the role of Ariel. He thinks she's very special, but they really haven't started the process of casting yet or what direction they will take with it.
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