Howard Ashman was a songwriter who gained notoriety for stage musicals such as Smile and Little Shop of Horrors. The first Disney movie he worked on was The Little Mermaid. He co-wrote the film’s most ...

The full trailer for “The Little Mermaid” has finally come up for air, premiering during the 95th Academy Awards where the film’s stars Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy presented during the Sunday ...

The Little Mermaid remake is doing a lot of new things including adding an extra hour, giving Eric a mom, and bringing in new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda (including one for Scuttle, because, sure!).

But then a leftover animated story from the 1930s that never got made popped up and was turned into a musical. Disney Studios chief Jeffrey Katzenberg took a chance on the movie. The result — “The ...