Apparently they’re talking to her about it.
Continue reading Melissa McCarthy as Ursula for live-action Little Mermaid?Melissa McCarthy may be ready to help some poor unfortunate souls in Disney’s live-action version of “The Little Mermaid.”
Sources tell Variety that while the deal is not yet completed, McCarthy is in early talks to play the sea witch Ursula in the live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.”
Seriously. Disney has been looking at the recent and projected numbers for their recent and upcoming live-action stuff, and once they were done salviating they immediately started looking at suitable titles. And there is nothing more suitable, in this context, than The Little Mermaid. It is virtually impossible to contemplate that movie absent the shimmer of nostalgia that… sorry, no, it’s not a shimmer of nostalgia. That movie generates its own nostalgia field at this point. Anyway, Disney wants some of that.
Small problem: so does British film company Working Title, and they’re already at work on the film. And making Ariel a blonde, which should prove… interesting. Remember that nostalgia field thing? More people probably think that the Disney version of the story is the definitive one at this point; it’s certainly way different than Han Christian Andersen’s. …Which may be for the best, honestly.
All in all: we may see a bit of a movie tussle, next year. Should be entertaining!
There are a lot of good songs on this soundtrack. I don’t play favorites, but I do like this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Du48Nty_U
YOU CAN ALL JUST SHUT UP RIGHT NOW IT WAS ON THE PILE FOR THE IPOD TRANSFER AND IT IS STILL THE BEST DAMN DISNEY SOUNDTRACK EVER SO JUST SHUT THE HELL UP.
