Live Action Little Mermaid film

[Raph's Girl]

Yep...a LA Little Mermaid is coming but don't fret. It's not being done by Disney. Universal got their grubby little hands on it. Sounds like it'll be more in tune with the original story. Which means every kid hoping for a happy ending..yeah aint gonna happen here!

Chloe Grace Moretz has been cast as the titular character (no word on if they'll be calling her Ariel tho. In the original story her name was Serena)

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/11/06/chloe-grace-moretz-dives-into-universals-live-action-the-little-mermaid/

[Allio]

I need a good despair flick once in awhile, so long as she is a cutie.

[PangolinFeets]

My Dad is English so he made sure I read every horrific, traumatizing fairy-tail known to man. I think I was eight or so when I read the original Little Mermaid.

It'll be interesting to see how it makes its way to the big screen.

[MikeandRaph87]

The original story was published in 1837 predating Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by 22 years, 1859. It still feels like Andersen was using The Little Mermaid as commentary on evolution. Note how mermaids had a defined 300 year lifespan then they turn into sea foam. In the 3 case ofAriel or (whatever her original name was) she evolved into a human albeit temporarily. She had the stipluation to make it permanent and evolve into seafoam before the normal time. She instead became an Air Being forv what would have been the time she would have lived as a mermaid and after that become a humsn soul. So she took the form of a mermaid then human rhen air being and finally human soul avoidinf thebsea foam form she could have taken. How is that not commentary on a tipic not widely discussed 22 years before?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I'm a big fan of Chloe, so bring it on. I wonder, seashells or something less stereotypical?

Loved the mermaids in Pirates of the Caribbean, but I'm getting off track...

[Leo656]

I'm a big fan of Chloe, so bring it on. I wonder, seashells or something less stereotypical?


If they wanna be "legit", it'd be Nothing. :tgrin:

I'd be fine with that.

[drgon78]

I like Chloe, she is a good actress, I wonder if this version will be true to the book or another variation.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

If they wanna be "legit", it'd be Nothing. :tgrin:

I'd be fine with that.

I think most of us would be just fine with that. :tlol:

[Leofan26]

I have no idea how they are going to do this. I loved the Animated flick, it was one of my absolute favorite films. You have a talking crab, talking fish, talking segle. They have a musical right? I remember along time ago back in the 80s they had this musical live action Mermaid series, had guest stars I think and a scary live characters, scared the crap out of me :cry:

[Leo656]

It's based on the original story, not the Disney version. It's almost an entirely different thing.

It's been stated in several posts directly above yours, also.

[Leofan26]

It's based on the original story, not the Disney version. It's almost an entirely different thing.

It's been stated in several posts directly above yours, also.

Ok thanks, we had a really old live action Little Mermaid film with Tom Hanks playing the lead role and I forget who played the Mermaid. Splash I think it was. I never actually really knew what the original story was, I take it they had no talking animals?

[pennydreadful]

If they wanna be "legit", it'd be Nothing. :tgrin:

I'd be fine with that.

I think most of us would be just fine with that. :tlol:

If you haven't seen She-Creature, you totally need to. There is nary a seashell bra to be seen - and no strategically placed tendrils of hair either. :D Also, flesh-eating mermaids! There's literally nothing to not love about that film.

[ssjup81]

Ok thanks, we had a really old live action Little Mermaid film with Tom Hanks playing the lead role and I forget who played the Mermaid. Splash I think it was. I never actually really knew what the original story was, I take it they had no talking animals?Nope. Also, when getting legs from the sea witch, she felt pain every time she walked. If I recall correctly, it was as if her legs were being stabbed. Also, the sea witch wasn't really a bad guy. The ending is way different. No happy ending.

[Leo656]

If you haven't seen She-Creature, you totally need to. There is nary a seashell bra to be seen - and no strategically placed tendrils of hair either. :D Also, flesh-eating mermaids! There's literally nothing to not love about that film.

I swear I did see that, like 15 years ago or so. Definitely rings a bell.

I'unno if the world can handle Topless Chloe Moretz, though. I mean, we hope, but I'unno if we're ready. :lol:

[MsMarvelDuckie]

You have a talking crab, talking fish, talking segle.


What's a segle? I assume you meant sea gull. Or do you mean Sea Eagle? Well, Scuttle was the former, at any rate....


Ok thanks, we had a really old live action Little Mermaid film with Tom Hanks playing the lead role and I forget who played the Mermaid. Splash I think it was. I never actually really knew what the original story was, I take it they had no talking animals?


Uhhh.... Splash wasn't exactly The Little Mermaid. No witch, no spells (Though there was some sort of moon involvement- possibly a very limited and one-time form of shape-shifting to find a mate?), no talking animals, it was modern times (in New York, no less! I swear I need to write up my dissertation on why the Big Apple is some kind of multiversal nexus....) and her name was unpronounceable in human language. Also, she got outted and stuck in a giant aquarium at the Museum of Natural History to be studied by a scientist. And Tom Hanks's character had a brother who was a fat perverted bum. A long way from the fairy tale..... And Madison (the mermaid) was played by Daryl Hannah. John Candy was the brother, and Eugene Levy was the scientist. One of my favorite 80's rom-coms.