disney is bringing the underwater world of the little mermaid to liveaction with the upcoming film which will star halle bailey as ariel jonah hauerking costars as prince eric and as he tells total film magazine in the latest issue which features fast x on the cover the adaptation will build on what we already know and love about the original movie the objective was trying to honour and respect the film that we loved 30 years ago and bring everything that we fell in love with in the first place while also trying to breathe some new life into it he explains i think that was true of prince eric trying to understand who he is and trying to bring some fourdimensionality to him was the challenge the actor also opened up on the audition process it starts as an email it starts as a selftape request most of the time you gladly do them and send them off into the abyss he says but another email came in saying they want another tape and then another eventually it culminated in meeting rob marshall director and at that point it starts to feel a bit more realalong with hauerking and bailey the film will star melissa mccarthy as ursula javier bardem as king triton jacob tremblay as flounder daveed diggs as sebastian and awkwafina as scuttle order the april 2023 issue of total film featuring fast x online herelove total film subscribe through this link to save money and never miss an issue againthe little mermaid releases this may 26 and you can check out all the other upcoming disney movies through the link for more grab a copy of the new issue of total film magazine which is on sale now check out the covers belowimage credit total filmuniversalif youre a fan of total film why not subscribe so that you never miss an issue youll get the magazine before its in shops with exclusive subscriberonly covers like the one pictured above and with our latest offer you can get a free pair of noisecancelling true wireless earbuds worth 7999 head to magazinesdirect to find out more ts and cs applyimage credit total filmuniversal