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Rob Marshall
Life Is the Bubbles
How Alvin Ailey Dancers Helped Create a Live-Action ‘Under the Sea’ for ‘The Little Mermaid’
The show-stopping musical number is a triumph of photoreal animation. Director Rob Marshall explains how they pulled it off.
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Bill Desowitz
May 26, 2023 4:00 pm
Sorry, Sebastian
Why ‘Little Mermaid’ Director Rob Marshall Cut a Classic Animated Sequence from His Live-Action Version
"It'd be so silly," the filmmaker told IndieWire about trying to translate a particular animated sequence to his new film.
By
Kate Erbland
May 25, 2023 10:00 am
Fish Tales
‘The Little Mermaid’: Director Rob Marshall and Star Halle Bailey Break Down the Live-Action Film’s Surprising Changes
With co-star Jonah Hauer-King, the trio talk to IndieWire about songs, Scuttle, and a heartbreaker of a Hans Christian Andersen quote.
By
Kate Erbland
May 24, 2023 10:00 am
Features
The Best Mermaid Movies, from ‘Ponyo’ to ‘Little Mermaid’
"The Little Mermaid," "Aquamarine," "The Shape of Water," "Glass Bottom Boat," and "Luca" are among this school of swimming cinema.
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Alison Foreman
May 22, 2023 7:00 pm
Features
Disney’s Unending Live-Action Adaptations Ranked, from ‘Pinocchio’ to ‘Mulan’ to ‘The Little Mermaid’
Disney won't be slowing down its live-action remake train anytime soon, with the Halle Bailey-starring "The Little Mermaid" washing ashore soon.
By
Alison Foreman
May 22, 2023 5:00 pm
Film Review
‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: Disney’s Latest Live-Action Remake Desperately Wants to Be Part of Your World
Rob Marshall's update on the classic mermaid myth will make Halle Bailey a movie star, but the rest of it treads water.
By
Kate Erbland
May 22, 2023 9:00 am
News
Melissa McCarthy Reveals Her Ursula Inspirations: ‘It’s Like She’s Had Too Many Martinis Alone’
"There's a drag queen that lives in me," McCarthy said. "I'm always right on the verge of going full-time with her.”
By
Christian Zilko
April 8, 2023 5:35 pm
Features
Harry Styles Turned Down ‘The Little Mermaid’ to Pursue ‘Darker’ Roles, Says Director Rob Marshall
"He was really looking to do something not in the musical genre, to really stretch himself," director Marshall said.
By
Samantha Bergeson
April 4, 2023 1:32 pm
Features
Rob Marshall Almost Directed the ‘Rent’ Film Before Booking ‘Chicago’
Marshall also shared that he sang "Mister Cellophane" during a meeting while pitching the film.
By
Wilson Chapman
December 28, 2022 7:00 pm
Features
Rob Marshall Was Shocked by ‘Little Mermaid’ Racial Casting Conversation: ‘We’ve Moved So Far Past That’
"It was very moving to me to see how important this kind of casting is for the world," Marshall said.
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Samantha Bergeson
December 20, 2022 12:16 pm
Awards
‘Mary Poppins Returns’: Emily Blunt Explains Why ‘I Am Not Julie Andrews’
"There's an underbelly to Mary Poppins," said Blunt, who embraced the duality of the P.L. Travers character as she sang and danced and cried through Rob Marshall's musical sequel.
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Anne Thompson
January 11, 2019 3:52 pm
Features
‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Review: A Sweet But Imaginatively Bankrupt Sequel
Emily Blunt is spectacular, but the dull "Mary Poppins Returns" is too high on nostalgia, and too low on imagination.
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David Ehrlich
December 12, 2018 12:00 pm
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