“The Little Mermaid” is in for some big changes. In addition to casting Halle Bailey as a black Ariel, the new live-action remake of Disney’s 1989 animated classic will find the mermaid heroine having ...

Did you know that the original animated version of “The Little Mermaid” began production in 1986?! The movie was released in 1989, before many millennial moms were even in kindergarten. Now the ...

For 30 years, The Little Mermaid has endured as one of the most beloved animated Disney films. Much has been unpacked about the movie over time: how its debut in 1989 reinvigorated the structure and ...

In this op-ed, writer Leah Marilla Thomas discusses how The Little Mermaid gives Ariel legitimate, nuanced reasons to fall in love with Prince Eric — giving both characters nuance missing in previous ...

“She is a Black girl! They made Ariel into a Black girl!” On 15 September, Brut gathered video reactions of little American girls, filmed by their parents watching promotional excerpts from the new ...

This week, a live-action version of Disney’s "The Little Mermaid’ opens in theaters, more than 30 years after the original animated movie hit the big screen. It’s one of just a few times that a Disney ...

One way to beat the summer heat is to escape “Under the Sea.” The John Legend Theater won’t offer any water, but an air-conditioned auditorium to watch a classic musical. The Ohio Performing Arts ...

The novel (which you can read part of below) is inspired by the live action film and follows a 15-year-old Ariel as she prepares to celebrate a coming of age ceremony that will finally make her the ...

The original “Little Mermaid” story was written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1837. If we’re going to dignify this argument, according to the text, Ariel and the rest of her ...