“The Little Mermaid” made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day
weekend.Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition,
bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Prepare to be captivated by the powerful sisterhood of three extraordinary women in the highly anticipated film, “The Color Purple.”
With visionary director Blitz Bazawule, renowned for his remarkable work on “Black Is King” and “The Burial of Kojo,” at the helm, and a stellar production team including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones, this bold reinterpretation of the beloved classic is poised to leave a lasting impact.
A Disney-owned cable network has taken aim at critics who disagreed with the decision to cast Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming adaption of “The Little Mermaid.”
Freeform posted an open letter on Sunday in support of Bailey after some on social media used the hashtag (hash) NotMyAriel to object to a black woman portraying the red-headed mermaid princess of the animated film. But the network says “Danish mermaids can be black because Danish (asterisk)people(asterisk) can be black.”