Ik this cant happen but the muses should be Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Jada Pinkett Smith, Beyoncé, and Janelle Monae. Those are my choices. I really like Pinkett as I love her metal band and I think it would be a cool different take
I hope so too. I want Hercules like Aladin live action movie, fun, entertaining, has his own thing but at the same time being the same as the original and the songs. Besides, Hercules being a musical will make it different from the other Hercules live action we seen before, even thought there were not from Disney but the general public not know that.
Out of all the remakes I've only really enjoyed Cinderella (which is probably due to the costume design) but I'm cautiously looking forward to The Little Mermaid bc I love Halle.
Now that they own Fox, I wish they would make an Anastasia live-action featuring the music from the animated movie. Once upon a december is such a classic.
@@rickybaker5579 it wasn't successful, it didn't get a return on its investment even after 3 years on Broadway and critics weren't too kind on the weirdly constructed show. Luckily the international company Stage Entertainment was involved with the production so the international distribution was assured.
@@jfkonlsd1364 Hollywood has always been a soulless money grabs factory, since its golden era. Even though, often they can come with well-made money grabs.
JFK on LSD the only ones I thought were soulless were Beauty and the Beast and The lion king I hated both of them but enjoyed all the other Disney live action films who doesn’t want to see beloved films made with real people I definitely do🙋♀️
Speaking as an Italian-- yes, we want an actor of Italian descent. Preferably from Italy. No mocking our accent and "over the top" hand gestures. The Pinocchio fairytale is ripped from the heart of the Northern Italian mountains, let's celebrate our beautiful land.
ahahah... hanno basato mulan 2020, un classico enorme famosissimo, di una cultura che prende1/7 della popolazione mondiale senza essere fedeli nemmeno un pò a tal punto che una ragazza con origini cinesi dice quanto quel film faccia cagare con al sua premessa di "fedeltà alla cultura".... secondo lei.. lo faranno davvero con pinocchio?
Again, the original filmmakers said TLM has a MEDITERRANEAN setting, not Italian. That could mean Greece, South of France, Spain, Croatia... any country around the Mediterranean Sea. And they were referring to the architecture. Only ONE character is Jamaican (Sebastian), and only his two songs have a caribbean influence. All other songs are in different styles.
Glad to see more people know this. It's honestly incredibly ridiculous that people think just because of Sebastian and his two songs (who was actually supposed to be British btw) that the movie is set in the Caribbean and discount EVERYTHING else that supports otherwise. King Triton is a Greek God ffs. Lol Why would he and his kingdom be just south of Florida. Lmao
@@ryanb.7482 Yeah, makes no sense. I also think people these days have a weird need to link fantasy locales to real places (so they can judge their veracity to that culture perhaps?)... all these fairy tales take place in an imaginary world, in a "faraway kingdom". Not in France, not in Germany, not in Norway.
What about Anastasia, yes it was/is a fox movie but Disney now own Fox and a lot of people think it was a Disney movie in the 1st place and Disney needs to start making money off them buying fox.
I feel like Disney making an Anastasia movie won’t happen for the same reasons they won’t do a live action Pocahontas. They were real people and the movies romanticize what actually happened to them. Just my two cents
@@jordanclayborn410 Anna is the best princess if they would've only done her right in the second movie. I did fear that it would be more about Elsa, but I at least hoped it'd still be a fun adventure with the sisters getting closer together, instead it was a borefest that had them get further and further apart. I actually wouldn't have responded except that it's hard to not see red when People call Mulan great considering that the people in her society cannot value her no matter how honor she brings with her, int heir society she is USELESS if she doesn't have a man.
Melanie Trader Mulan was a real person. Everyone knows that Pocahontas isn’t how it really went down. Anastasia is actually one of the most interesting stories made into a movie. I don’t see the problem
Girl, have you ever been in Italy ? No cuz I’m Italian, the film TOTALY LOOKS ITALIAN. We have Carlotta, Vanessa and Ursula, Italian names, Eric’s castle COMPLEATLY looks like Castello Boccale in Italy, locations looks like Sardinian coast and cities, Ursula spell and contract is in Latin, talked in Italy in past. The only right thing is that the music is pretty Caribbean So please, I’ve always supported you, in everything, but please please, say right things
The Little Mermaid was my absolute favorite movie growing up and still holds a special place in my heart so I’m more than excited to see the amazing job I know Halle Bailey is going to do as a more cast appropriate Ariel.
Cruella with its 70's punk rock energy sounds heavenly. I'm from the Caribbean and don't see those references in the little mermaid except for Sebastian's accent. After all, it's a European story with Greek gods.
Halle Bailey has been killing all her quarantine performances!! She’s proven she’s perfect for Ariel at this point I hope everyone else on the project can deliver
qdominik aa she’s been on tv before, she’s an actress, everyone calls her an unknown actress that they’ve never even heard. Well that’s because she on a black based tv show. If she were on a show were she was the comic relief as the only black girl she would’ve gotten all the attention, although she technically is the comic relief in the show but there’s more to her character then that
So far, Cinderella is the only movie that I feel translated well and expanded on the original story in its live action adaptation. The rest of them are either OK or bad. Nothing has been amazing. I'm really excited about Little Mermaid and I might end up watching Cruella but the rest I'm not that fussed.
People don't look like cartoons at all. Emma Watson is nothing like Belle. Sure, Liu Yfei is asian, but she doesn't have Mulan's round face. Literally, every live action Disney princess is nothing like the animated counterparts. When it comes to Ariel, her skin is just a small detail.
Also want to point out.... the indigenous people of the caribbean are NOT black, they are the taino people. Black people were "brought" to the Caribbean the same way they were "imported" to the USA
Grace if they wanted someone region appropiate for the Little Mermaid, maybe they should've picked an actual actress from the Caribbean. Not an American. And it's not as if the Caribbean is not diverse... There's black people, white people, indigenous, people of Asian descent and so many mixed races. Moreover Spanish is spoken by the 64 % of the population and French by the 25 %, making them the most spoken languages in the area. Yet they went for an English-speaking (who just represent a 14 % of the Caribbean) Black American from Atlanta. Hmmmm. I have nothing against Halle, truly wish her the best, but wanting to use the representation card for someone who has nothing to do with that region... Not okay.
@@idaf3028 It'll be interesting to see how well the performers can pull off the swimming motion as if their bottom half was a tail, then merging the CGI
@@ejoshcoron that’s what actors are for, and when they do their interviews after the movie comes out they’ll tell us how they coped and how it was done and all of that. And production finishes in July and they’ll probably give us the date in late 2021 like December.
The little mermaid has got to deliver!!! Mulan has made us eager to see positive changes. I hope an alternative ending that goes with the original story. Obviously for the dvd release cause it’s too sad haha.
Disney would NEVER do the original story ending; as unfortunate as that is. Disney is too child oriented, especially it’s princess line and they wouldn’t want kids to think Ariel is dead.
Cuba is by far the largest country both geographically and population in the Caribbean. 2/3rds of Cubans self-identify as white, of which 90% were found to have European genetics. Puerto Rico has 76% that self-identify as white. Dominican Republic is at least 16% white. Even the islands that are undoubtedly thought of as 'black' like the Bahamas and Barbados often have white populations of approximately 5%. Trinidad and Tobago is 38% Indian (ancestors from India, not 'native Americans')! And 24% are mixed. The Caribbean nations are often very mixed - black, white, Indian, Chinese, indigenous, etc.
I have not spent a penny for these Disney live action remakes, and I wish Disney would STOP making these atrocities! The animated films are better, and should be treated with more respect.
Why should they stop making them? They aren't hurting your originals and like you said you have the choice to see them or not. They are there so it makes no sense for them to stop since they are making money so someone wants to see them.
You can’t really judge if you haven’t seen any of them. Yes not all of the live action movies make it, but some of them are just as great as Disney’s original animation.
I was upset about the casting at first, but now I'm most excited about The Little Mermaid. It's my favorite Disney movie, and after seeing Halle sing I think she can definitely pull off the songs
One thing on why I adore you, Grace, and why I always felt you deserve at least 10M subscribers is you're quite hilarious! It's informed hilarity. This like your own monologue. Your improv skills and fast wit is still in you naturally.
Rob marshal to me is the best choice for directing the little mermaid. He is behind three of the most successful movie musical from the 21st century Chicago, into the woods, and Mary Poppins returns.
When I heard they were making a Hunchback movie I'm really hoping they'd pull from the stage musical because it was so brilliant. I love the animated Hunchback, but love the musical even more.
The Little Mermaid was NOT set in the Caribbean! Prince Eric was NOT the prince of the Caribbean! This is my favorite Disney movie and have seen enough behind the scenes making of videos to know this was based in Europe. I had the hope I would see the cartoon come to life but since they decided to not give us that, I won’t be watching. It’s a shame they tried to be close to the original with the previous ones but decided to experiment with this one.
Right! Its just money grabbing and hype. The fact that ariel was the only race bending shows you how much of a cash grab it is. Since when are disney movies supposed to be based on historical accuracy? Because if thats the case we would not have Pocahontas since she much younger and was raped .Hercules wouldnt have black muses since all roman/greek gods were white.
I'm actually excited about all of them although I'm more excited about Cruella, the little mermaid, and Peter & Wendy. Infact what gets me most excited about the little mermaid is how the film is going to look visually because something to note about the films that Rob Marshall has made for Disney (pirates of the Caribbean 4, into the woods, and Mary Poppins Returns) is that the cinematography is just absolutely amazing and with the film having this European setting there is no doubt in my mind its going to look amazing. The only thing about the film that I'm curious to see what they do are the scenes underwater. Some might say oh well they'll do something similar as to what they did in one musical number in mary poppins returns as well what Warner Bros. and DC did in 2018's Aquaman; and while I can't I disagree however you never know what the director might decide. With that said what gets me excited about Peter & Wendy is how Lowery is going to approach it because when you look at his filmography he has this approach that not too many directors have and when he was announced as the director of disney's peter pan movie he was in fact a great choice and so with that said I wish him as well as Jude law (who honestly is a really good casting choice for captain hook who I am going to have to avoid comparing him to Dustin Hoffman because Hoffman in Hook actually does kinda look like Disney's version of the character the more you think about it) Good luck.
Just a little history lesson: Caribbean doesnt equal black. There were indegenous tribes there first and black ppl were brought there through slavery. Black ppl are as native to the Caribbean as white ppl are. Just saying...
THANK YOU!!! I´m Puerto Rican and I´m white. And just to give examples of famous white Puerto Ricans: Lana Parrilla/Evil Queen (Once Upon a Time), Benicio del Toro, Marc Anthony...
More so when there are plenty white Caribbean people and placing a random black actress that has no Caribbean heritage actually is making the statement of "cultural appropiation".
Grace, you're entitled to like Ariel's casting, of course. And if you want to find reasons to justify it, fine. You can say: "I think it makes sense for this version of Ariel to look Caribbean because the movie has Caribbean themes." But to claim that an iconic white character based in Danish culture should always have been black on moral grounds, because there's a singing Jamaican lobster in her animated movie, is too far. If Ariel were a character from, let's say, Hawaiian culture, and she had a very posh British crab as a sidekick in her animated movie, you would never, in a million years, suggest that Ariel should also be white and British. On the contrary: You'd defend Ariel's Hawaiian ethnicity with your life. So please treat white characters by the same standard as non-white characters.
The movie is set in the Caribbean. It´s established in Disney merchandise and even the live action movie will film in Puerto Rico. Having said that THERE´S NO REASON for casting a black actress in the role. On the one hand white Caribbean people exist. On the other, she´s not even Caribbean. That´s actually "cultural appropiation".
niki don there’s such thing as hair dye you know. Even if she was a natural red head because blacks can have red hair naturally, my aunt actually does. Then she’d still probably have to dye her hair a certain shade to help the look come to life more
Perfect example on how animated doesn't always translate well to live-action is The Lion King. Just something about 2D, hand-drawn animations that really can't be captured with CGI or real people.
Grace, the Little Mermaid is a Danish story, written by a Danish author. Going by your logic, the actress playing Ariel should be Danish, otherwise it is culturally appropriating a Scandinavian legend. Mermaids aren't even a Caribbean legend, they are a European legend (sirens and naiads from Greece, rusalkas from Eastern Europe, hafmeyjan from Scandinavia...)
This She's drink too much of the koolaid on cheap diversity than actual effort with no brand relevance to piggyback it Just more cheap marketing tactic by disney, same to mulan and aladdin
yes the original story is danish, the disney adaptation isn't set anywhere specific, so it doesnt matter. and the live action is doing the animated 1989 adaptation not the tale.
Biggest joke being that if Disney truly wanted a ''diverse princess'' they could had genuinely done Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters. That's the only story about a princess that I actually read as a kid. Knowing Disney, they'll likely ruin the story just like they have been doing with the cheap cash grabs they keep making (exception Cinderella).
If The Little Mermaid is a Caribbean story there should be Indian and Latin cast also since the Caribbean is mostly made up of mostly Africans Indians and Latinos
Ariel should have been a white red-head, in my opinion, for a *very* simple reason -- because her appearance is iconic, and it's what the majority of fans passionately wanted. (Just like Sonic the Hedgehog fans wanted Sonic to look like Sonic. No difference.) Halle's casting has pleased a lot of people, but I'd stake King Triton's crown on it that it's upset a hell of a lot more. I've said many times here that I support "occasional, intelligent" race-swapping to increase diversity, and that you can generally tell if a race change is intelligent or not by the amount of blacklash it generates from fans. A relatively small amount of blacklash indicates that a change is intelligent. A massive blacklash ... *well* ... You can guess which category this falls into. Let's say I'm interested to see how this movie does. I don't think it'll flop. It's too big. But I think if the movie is anything less than spectacular, it's going to under-perform, and disrespecting the hardcore fans is why. We've seen it again and again in recent years.
If I'm honest two characters that OUAT actually I have to admit did really well reimagining in a cool way were Cruella and Rumplestiltskin so I'm so pumped for Emma's movie cause I also like her as an actress
Grace as much as I respect you and your work I have to say I find it a little bit insensitive when you say that casting a white actor isn’t representative of the Caribbean because I have Several friends who are white and come from the Caribbean. I don’t think you should generalize the entirety of the Caribbean of being mostly black when in reality The majority population varies depending on which location with in the Caribbean you are referring to.
I knew someone would eventually bring this up. Yes, the place you're born doesn't make you belong to a race, but Ariel never made sense, she's a redhead and redheads freckle and turn red under the sun (they don't tan like others, but their skin burns and turns red)
@Jun Lenoir I think it's incredibly ignorant for you to tell people like Brim Ori to look up statistics on the Caribbean, when they themselves already know the statistics of the Caribbean because of their experience living there.
No where did it say the little mermaid was in the caribbean! sebastian the crab was from the Caribbean. You do know people or creatures can migrate. I think the idea of taking about where a Disney movie should take place is just stupid!
Josh Gad and Hunchback?? I am very for this but, I do hope it's a bit of a darker story. The Broadway version is amazing and I think putting Gad on Hunchback is a great idea.
HUGE PASS on the new little mermaid live action! 😑😑😑 The Little Mermaid is a Danish story, set in Denmark, created by our Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. So saying that it's Caribbean because of a crab song created in 1989 really comes off as ignorance towards the Danish culture.
Yeyyy, more cashcows for years to come. Thanks Disney! Btw, if Pinocchio has to be cast with italians because of it being an italian fairy tale then the little mermaid should be cast with scandinavian actors and actresses. Just sayin....
I don't understand the "cultural appropriation" of The Little Mermaid? I don't remember the cartoon only the orignal story, but it's a Danish fairytale, and in it she's described as "her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose petal, her eyes as blue as the deepest sea"
I actually have a wish list for future remakes: 1. Atlantis - Tom Holland as Milo Thatch has to happen 2. Treasure Planet 3. The Incredibles - Remaking a 2004 film with a recent sequel maybe to soon, but vFX capabilities are there and this would absolutely print money in our Superhero Era.. 4. The Emperor's New Groove -More opportunities for Hispanic and South American Representation
My list 📃: The Little Mermaid, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Frozen, & Entangled.. Doesn't have to be just Disney. I want a live-action for Akira. Thank you, Taika Waititi!
I would be more excited about the racebending of Ariel if they had cast actors of color for Triton, Ursula and Eric too. The Caribbean would have been a great approach, but it doesn't work if Ariel is the only character of color who isn't a CGI sea animal.
Just wondering, do you know that being Caribbean doesn´t mean that all people are black? Spain conquered those islands and settle there. So there´s that heritage there and reason why there are plenty of white people there.
There aren't any other than Sebastian-related ones... He's the only Caribbean reference in the film. Grace is really stuck on using this as an excuse for Ariel's casting.
@@no1wonderfan921 how does it not make sense? Can you not read? regardless of whether or not it "makes sense" to you, live action Ariel is black and you're just gonna have to deal lol
I'm fine with racebending Ariel because at this point "whatever", but not because the original one was cultural appropriation if it was established that only Sebastian is from Jamaica. Like that's what he says throughout the movie and the show: that he came from Jamaica.
Guillermo Del Toro making Pinocchio on his own and for Netflix is the best news I've heard in a long time!! I would love to see his vision of a live action The Little Mermaid but with the books story and ending that would be an amazing movie.
How can you feel any kind of empathy for a character like Cruella..? She has a factory that kills 100s of exotic animals so she can wear their skins for fashion.. I mean.. COME ON!!
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Hercules better have the right muses. That's all I care about.
Ik this cant happen but the muses should be Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Jada Pinkett Smith, Beyoncé, and Janelle Monae. Those are my choices. I really like Pinkett as I love her metal band and I think it would be a cool different take
The Mamas from Eurovision would be SO amazing as the Muses, though there’s only three of them.
Kyle Rohan You do realize that Aretha and Whitney are dead and Tina is retired and not in the best health, right??? 🙄
I hope so too. I want Hercules like Aladin live action movie, fun, entertaining, has his own thing but at the same time being the same as the original and the songs. Besides, Hercules being a musical will make it different from the other Hercules live action we seen before, even thought there were not from Disney but the general public not know that.
How about the girls from the Dream Girls movie? I think Beyonce and the one that voiced Tiana was part of that movie and they were good
Out of all the remakes I've only really enjoyed Cinderella (which is probably due to the costume design) but I'm cautiously looking forward to The Little Mermaid bc I love Halle.
And Richard Madden ;)
It seemed like a very sincere remake and I like that it focused on her instead of the mice. I really like the message behind it too.
Wish they would make a live-action adaption of lesser known Disney movies like Treasure Planet or Atlantis. Atlantis would be amazing.
not to mention there’s so much more room and action in these movies
tom holland said in an interview last year that he would LOVE to play milo and i think he would be PERFECT for the role
Or Taran
Atlantis would be incredible! I’m seeing people comment this various places more and more. Hopefully somebody at Disney is paying attention!
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Now that they own Fox, I wish they would make an Anastasia live-action featuring the music from the animated movie. Once upon a december is such a classic.
That's a little tricky movie since it was based on a real life people/story
there was a musical on Broadway that was pretty successful & also fixed the issues that the film had to make the story more realistic.
@@rickybaker5579 Yep, I was gonna say there's a Broadway show
@@rickybaker5579 it wasn't successful, it didn't get a return on its investment even after 3 years on Broadway and critics weren't too kind on the weirdly constructed show. Luckily the international company Stage Entertainment was involved with the production so the international distribution was assured.
The broadway show was really good and handled their story well.
If the live action sucks you have the original animated
So it's not to bad for all parties
@Ryan Stewart u really gonna act like the live action adoptions aren't soulless money grabs?
@@jfkonlsd1364 Hollywood has always been a soulless money grabs factory, since its golden era. Even though, often they can come with well-made money grabs.
JFK on LSD the only ones I thought were soulless were Beauty and the Beast and The lion king I hated both of them but enjoyed all the other Disney live action films who doesn’t want to see beloved films made with real people I definitely do🙋♀️
Speaking as an Italian-- yes, we want an actor of Italian descent. Preferably from Italy. No mocking our accent and "over the top" hand gestures. The Pinocchio fairytale is ripped from the heart of the Northern Italian mountains, let's celebrate our beautiful land.
Esattamente!🙌🏻
As an Italian I couldn't agree more!
ahahah... hanno basato mulan 2020, un classico enorme famosissimo, di una cultura che prende1/7 della popolazione mondiale senza essere fedeli nemmeno un pò a tal punto che una ragazza con origini cinesi dice quanto quel film faccia cagare con al sua premessa di "fedeltà alla cultura".... secondo lei.. lo faranno davvero con pinocchio?
Again, the original filmmakers said TLM has a MEDITERRANEAN setting, not Italian. That could mean Greece, South of France, Spain, Croatia... any country around the Mediterranean Sea. And they were referring to the architecture. Only ONE character is Jamaican (Sebastian), and only his two songs have a caribbean influence. All other songs are in different styles.
@EdwardSpagedward89 EXACTLY!!!!
Glad to see more people know this. It's honestly incredibly ridiculous that people think just because of Sebastian and his two songs (who was actually supposed to be British btw) that the movie is set in the Caribbean and discount EVERYTHING else that supports otherwise. King Triton is a Greek God ffs. Lol Why would he and his kingdom be just south of Florida. Lmao
@@ryanb.7482 Yeah, makes no sense. I also think people these days have a weird need to link fantasy locales to real places (so they can judge their veracity to that culture perhaps?)... all these fairy tales take place in an imaginary world, in a "faraway kingdom". Not in France, not in Germany, not in Norway.
Totally agree, Ariel should be Asian
@@RecoveringChristian Why asian??
What about Anastasia, yes it was/is a fox movie but Disney now own Fox and a lot of people think it was a Disney movie in the 1st place and Disney needs to start making money off them buying fox.
I feel like Disney making an Anastasia movie won’t happen for the same reasons they won’t do a live action Pocahontas. They were real people and the movies romanticize what actually happened to them. Just my two cents
@@melanietrader ohhh this is a great point
Anastasia is the best princess along with Mulan.
@@jordanclayborn410 Anna is the best princess if they would've only done her right in the second movie. I did fear that it would be more about Elsa, but I at least hoped it'd still be a fun adventure with the sisters getting closer together, instead it was a borefest that had them get further and further apart.
I actually wouldn't have responded except that it's hard to not see red when People call Mulan great considering that the people in her society cannot value her no matter how honor she brings with her, int heir society she is USELESS if she doesn't have a man.
Melanie Trader Mulan was a real person. Everyone knows that Pocahontas isn’t how it really went down. Anastasia is actually one of the most interesting stories made into a movie. I don’t see the problem
Girl, have you ever been in Italy ? No cuz I’m Italian, the film TOTALY LOOKS ITALIAN. We have Carlotta, Vanessa and Ursula, Italian names, Eric’s castle COMPLEATLY looks like Castello Boccale in Italy, locations looks like Sardinian coast and cities, Ursula spell and contract is in Latin, talked in Italy in past. The only right thing is that the music is pretty Caribbean
So please, I’ve always supported you, in everything, but please please, say right things
Little Mermaid and Hercules are my highest anticipated upcoming releases 🙌🏾
BoneStudios15 same!!! My favorite childhood movies!!!
I am looking forward to see Emma Stone's Cruella
But please tell me why. Because I for one am tired of Badguys all being made into antiheros now.
Halle Bailey is so talented she is gonna wash us all away with her musical numbers! Hopefully they give her an original song for the adaptation
The Little Mermaid was my absolute favorite movie growing up and still holds a special place in my heart so I’m more than excited to see the amazing job I know Halle Bailey is going to do as a more cast appropriate Ariel.
Cruella with its 70's punk rock energy sounds heavenly.
I'm from the Caribbean and don't see those references in the little mermaid except for Sebastian's accent. After all, it's a European story with Greek gods.
The Little Mermaid was set in Denmark not the Caribbean... the only Caribbean reference was Sebastian. Ariel is Danish
Lies Denmark music doesn’t sound like that🙄 and nowhere in the film was Denmark reference
Sahara Safari look it up
TheEastEnder just stop talking 🤦🏽♀️ if you knew what you were talking about you would’ve just given the info on where you found it.
Ariel is not danish! That’s the original little mermaid story, NOT the disney version.
Exactly. Both Ron Clements and John Musker have said Disney’s little mermaid is from Denmark’s original story.
Halle Bailey has been killing all her quarantine performances!! She’s proven she’s perfect for Ariel at this point I hope everyone else on the project can deliver
Performance is not movie acting really.
qdominik aa well it proves she can sing, plus with her sweet personality she would embody ariels characteristics
@@TheRealMael it's not all it takes.
qdominik aa i mean she can sing, she act, what more do you want 😂
qdominik aa she’s been on tv before, she’s an actress, everyone calls her an unknown actress that they’ve never even heard. Well that’s because she on a black based tv show. If she were on a show were she was the comic relief as the only black girl she would’ve gotten all the attention, although she technically is the comic relief in the show but there’s more to her character then that
So far, Cinderella is the only movie that I feel translated well and expanded on the original story in its live action adaptation. The rest of them are either OK or bad. Nothing has been amazing. I'm really excited about Little Mermaid and I might end up watching Cruella but the rest I'm not that fussed.
maleficent is typing.........
how about casting people who can actually sing for singing roles?
Rice MenaRQ the did with the little mermaid atleast
With the little mermaid, they did
@@Avr23 AKA you want a white mermaid. Alot of people are in love with Halle as Ariel. You should listen to Ungodly Hour;)
@@Bxyxox Not really... just halle. The rest of the cast are either rappers or not singers at all.
People don't look like cartoons at all. Emma Watson is nothing like Belle. Sure, Liu Yfei is asian, but she doesn't have Mulan's round face. Literally, every live action Disney princess is nothing like the animated counterparts. When it comes to Ariel, her skin is just a small detail.
I seriously cannot wait for the Little Mermaid. I know it’s gong to be stunning
Yaaay so Excited!!! The Little Mermaid was my childhood ♥️🎉
Same.
Also want to point out.... the indigenous people of the caribbean are NOT black, they are the taino people. Black people were "brought" to the Caribbean the same way they were "imported" to the USA
My immediate response is screaming into a pillow.
Grace if they wanted someone region appropiate for the Little Mermaid, maybe they should've picked an actual actress from the Caribbean. Not an American. And it's not as if the Caribbean is not diverse... There's black people, white people, indigenous, people of Asian descent and so many mixed races. Moreover Spanish is spoken by the 64 % of the population and French by the 25 %, making them the most spoken languages in the area. Yet they went for an English-speaking (who just represent a 14 % of the Caribbean) Black American from Atlanta. Hmmmm. I have nothing against Halle, truly wish her the best, but wanting to use the representation card for someone who has nothing to do with that region... Not okay.
Margot Robbie would better as the Blue Fairy in Pinoccio!!!
You mentioned the Pinocchio Italian fairytale connection, but I’m pretty sure The Little Mermaid is a Danish fairytale. So why doesn’t that apply?
I'm really curious how they pull off live action mermaids underwater
The same way they did in pirates of the caribbean on stranger tides
The underwater scenes will greatly take inspiration from all of the ones in Aquaman; just with mermaid tails CGI-ed on.
mostly cgi and a big swimming pool, and halle said when she started production she took lessons to stay underwater.
@@idaf3028 It'll be interesting to see how well the performers can pull off the swimming motion as if their bottom half was a tail, then merging the CGI
@@ejoshcoron that’s what actors are for, and when they do their interviews after the movie comes out they’ll tell us how they coped and how it was done and all of that. And production finishes in July and they’ll probably give us the date in late 2021 like December.
With the way Disney is operating, I feel like it’s only a matter of time before we get a live action Mickey Mouse film.
Can't wait to see Halle eat Ariel UP!
The little mermaid has got to deliver!!! Mulan has made us eager to see positive changes. I hope an alternative ending that goes with the original story. Obviously for the dvd release cause it’s too sad haha.
"has made us eager to see positive changes."
a nice way of saying Mulan turned out to be a giant pile of dog sht
Disney would NEVER do the original story ending; as unfortunate as that is. Disney is too child oriented, especially it’s princess line and they wouldn’t want kids to think Ariel is dead.
hi lol we know that. But as a bonus. It would be cool. As an alternative ending. One could wish. ❤️😅
@Ryan Stewart Just shut the fuck up. The film is shit..
@@ricemenarq6230 oh, MULAN SUE?
Cuba is by far the largest country both geographically and population in the Caribbean. 2/3rds of Cubans self-identify as white, of which 90% were found to have European genetics. Puerto Rico has 76% that self-identify as white. Dominican Republic is at least 16% white. Even the islands that are undoubtedly thought of as 'black' like the Bahamas and Barbados often have white populations of approximately 5%. Trinidad and Tobago is 38% Indian (ancestors from India, not 'native Americans')! And 24% are mixed. The Caribbean nations are often very mixed - black, white, Indian, Chinese, indigenous, etc.
I can’t wait to see Halle Bailey as Ariel ❤️❤️❤️
I have not spent a penny for these Disney live action remakes, and I wish Disney would STOP making these atrocities! The animated films are better, and should be treated with more respect.
I feel ya...but as long as these keep making $1 Billion per movie they'll never stop making them. 😞
Why should they stop making them? They aren't hurting your originals and like you said you have the choice to see them or not. They are there so it makes no sense for them to stop since they are making money so someone wants to see them.
Angel Arch I agree but unfortunately if these live action remakes keep making money they’ll never stop
You can’t really judge if you haven’t seen any of them. Yes not all of the live action movies make it, but some of them are just as great as Disney’s original animation.
@@buffysummers5828 Which ones? In my opinion, they've all been subpar compared to their original counterparts.
Most excited for The Little Mermaid!
I was upset about the casting at first, but now I'm most excited about The Little Mermaid. It's my favorite Disney movie, and after seeing Halle sing I think she can definitely pull off the songs
Tim Curry: it's not easy having a good time
I hope they have cruella say that!
Joker: all it takes is just one bad day
One thing on why I adore you, Grace, and why I always felt you deserve at least 10M subscribers is you're quite hilarious! It's informed hilarity. This like your own monologue. Your improv skills and fast wit is still in you naturally.
If Lizzo isn't a muse in Hercules then I'm not interested
I’m the most interested in Hunchback, since it’s my favorite Disney movie of all time. But with Gad involved, I’m nervous at best.
So....when is Johnny Depp getting his name redeemed and come back to Pirates series?
Not soon enough..
sadly....i don’t think anytime soon
Rob marshal to me is the best choice for directing the little mermaid.
He is behind three of the most successful movie musical from the 21st century
Chicago, into the woods, and Mary Poppins returns.
I’m pretty excited for Milla’s daughter as Wendy.
When I heard they were making a Hunchback movie I'm really hoping they'd pull from the stage musical because it was so brilliant. I love the animated Hunchback, but love the musical even more.
I agree!
O’Snap Productions really?
Don't like the race swap for mermaid Disney is saying black people aren't good enough to make our own characters and stories smh.
The Little Mermaid was NOT set in the Caribbean!
Prince Eric was NOT the prince of the Caribbean!
This is my favorite Disney movie and have seen enough behind the scenes making of videos to know this was based in Europe.
I had the hope I would see the cartoon come to life but since they decided to not give us that, I won’t be watching. It’s a shame they tried to be close to the original with the previous ones but decided to experiment with this one.
Right! Its just money grabbing and hype. The fact that ariel was the only race bending shows you how much of a cash grab it is. Since when are disney movies supposed to be based on historical accuracy? Because if thats the case we would not have Pocahontas since she much younger and was raped .Hercules wouldnt have black muses since all roman/greek gods were white.
get over it
I'm actually excited about all of them although I'm more excited about Cruella, the little mermaid, and Peter & Wendy. Infact what gets me most excited about the little mermaid is how the film is going to look visually because something to note about the films that Rob Marshall has made for Disney (pirates of the Caribbean 4, into the woods, and Mary Poppins Returns) is that the cinematography is just absolutely amazing and with the film having this European setting there is no doubt in my mind its going to look amazing. The only thing about the film that I'm curious to see what they do are the scenes underwater. Some might say oh well they'll do something similar as to what they did in one musical number in mary poppins returns as well what Warner Bros. and DC did in 2018's Aquaman; and while I can't I disagree however you never know what the director might decide.
With that said what gets me excited about Peter & Wendy is how Lowery is going to approach it because when you look at his filmography he has this approach that not too many directors have and when he was announced as the director of disney's peter pan movie he was in fact a great choice and so with that said I wish him as well as Jude law (who honestly is a really good casting choice for captain hook who I am going to have to avoid comparing him to Dustin Hoffman because Hoffman in Hook actually does kinda look like Disney's version of the character the more you think about it) Good luck.
Maybe they should try to make a good film next that would be a nice change
Just a little history lesson: Caribbean doesnt equal black. There were indegenous tribes there first and black ppl were brought there through slavery. Black ppl are as native to the Caribbean as white ppl are. Just saying...
THANK YOU!!! I´m Puerto Rican and I´m white.
And just to give examples of famous white Puerto Ricans: Lana Parrilla/Evil Queen (Once Upon a Time), Benicio del Toro, Marc Anthony...
most of them are, as a carribean myself. and the carribean were og considered africa as well.
Imagine the concept a movie can culturally appropriate a kingdom under the sea.
"So making Ariel black, I feel quite strongly, fixes the cultural appropriation of the 1989 animated film."
VOMIT
Yes it's going to be sickening and you're going to be nauseated from the excellence.
Artistically Inclined 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Yeah that's so cringe of her
More redheads dismissed
Tragic
gbdeck200 oh pls a red head to play in a movie that appropriates black culture😂 funny how our things are good enough for your screen but not us
More so when there are plenty white Caribbean people and placing a random black actress that has no Caribbean heritage actually is making the statement of "cultural appropiation".
Look forward to the Little Mermaid! I'm excited to see what they do with it. 😀
I can’t wait to see Halle in the Little Mermaid!!! She’s gonna kill it, her singing is amazing, especially on her new album Ungodly Hour
No one wants to see her in the role.
Hibbs4Prez who’s no one?? Everyone online is excited and she’s super talented too.
@@Hibbs4Prez a lot of people do actually but okay .
Grace, you're entitled to like Ariel's casting, of course. And if you want to find reasons to justify it, fine. You can say: "I think it makes sense for this version of Ariel to look Caribbean because the movie has Caribbean themes."
But to claim that an iconic white character based in Danish culture should always have been black on moral grounds, because there's a singing Jamaican lobster in her animated movie, is too far.
If Ariel were a character from, let's say, Hawaiian culture, and she had a very posh British crab as a sidekick in her animated movie, you would never, in a million years, suggest that Ariel should also be white and British. On the contrary: You'd defend Ariel's Hawaiian ethnicity with your life.
So please treat white characters by the same standard as non-white characters.
You're right. Ariel should've been redhead. Maybe Emma stone or Ariana Grande
The movie is set in the Caribbean. It´s established in Disney merchandise and even the live action movie will film in Puerto Rico.
Having said that THERE´S NO REASON for casting a black actress in the role. On the one hand white Caribbean people exist. On the other, she´s not even Caribbean. That´s actually "cultural appropiation".
Lester Medina are you saying that a black actress shouldn’t play Ariel because the movie is set in the Caribbean?
niki don there’s such thing as hair dye you know. Even if she was a natural red head because blacks can have red hair naturally, my aunt actually does. Then she’d still probably have to dye her hair a certain shade to help the look come to life more
Perfect example on how animated doesn't always translate well to live-action is The Lion King. Just something about 2D, hand-drawn animations that really can't be captured with CGI or real people.
You forgot about “Lilo and Stitch” Live Action
It's not theatrical, its Disney+
Ugh why is everything Disney+??
@@rmbouwens because streaming services are the future and Disney is investing alot into it.
as a Lilo and Stitch Fan I want to forget the renake . AS for Pinioich I'd love Tom Hanks or RDJ
This is actually the only remake I’m scared about
Grace, the Little Mermaid is a Danish story, written by a Danish author. Going by your logic, the actress playing Ariel should be Danish, otherwise it is culturally appropriating a Scandinavian legend. Mermaids aren't even a Caribbean legend, they are a European legend (sirens and naiads from Greece, rusalkas from Eastern Europe, hafmeyjan from Scandinavia...)
This
She's drink too much of the koolaid on cheap diversity than actual effort with no brand relevance to piggyback it
Just more cheap marketing tactic by disney, same to mulan and aladdin
yes the original story is danish, the disney adaptation isn't set anywhere specific, so it doesnt matter. and the live action is doing the animated 1989 adaptation not the tale.
If all you care about is “cultural appropriation” and not authenticity to the original source material you’re just asking for another bad Disney.
she doesn't care, it's the woke agenda she's in it for.
I hope they get Ursula right. I was let down by jafar.
Totally. Jafar sucked. He had about 1/10th of the charisma of animated Jafar (and that's probably being generous).
@@DavidM_10 he should have been older and his personality more snake like. He was one note for me in the movie.
I'm excited for Hunchback, The Little Mermaid, and Bambi!
I rather they do new animated classic stories or new original animated stories than a retelling of the love action.
Biggest joke being that if Disney truly wanted a ''diverse princess'' they could had genuinely done Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters. That's the only story about a princess that I actually read as a kid. Knowing Disney, they'll likely ruin the story just like they have been doing with the cheap cash grabs they keep making (exception Cinderella).
If The Little Mermaid is a Caribbean story there should be Indian and Latin cast also since the Caribbean is mostly made up of mostly Africans Indians and Latinos
Having just finished Mulan I'm most excited for a sequel to that. I loved it! Beyond that maybe the Little Mermaid.
Ariel should have been a white red-head, in my opinion, for a *very* simple reason -- because her appearance is iconic, and it's what the majority of fans passionately wanted. (Just like Sonic the Hedgehog fans wanted Sonic to look like Sonic. No difference.) Halle's casting has pleased a lot of people, but I'd stake King Triton's crown on it that it's upset a hell of a lot more.
I've said many times here that I support "occasional, intelligent" race-swapping to increase diversity, and that you can generally tell if a race change is intelligent or not by the amount of blacklash it generates from fans. A relatively small amount of blacklash indicates that a change is intelligent. A massive blacklash ... *well* ...
You can guess which category this falls into. Let's say I'm interested to see how this movie does.
I don't think it'll flop. It's too big. But I think if the movie is anything less than spectacular, it's going to under-perform, and disrespecting the hardcore fans is why. We've seen it again and again in recent years.
I think Tim Curry is not doing well, even so, I'd rather him rest and enjoy his life as is.
I can't wait to see The little Mermaid! Really hope Rob Marshall make it right.
"Oh... the Anti- ci- pa_tion"
Haha can't help but smile on that Rocky Horror style delivery.
(Btw I came to know it from TPerkofBaW lol)
Little Mermaid is my favourite Disney movie. Halle is the PERFECT Ariel. I absolutely cannot wait for this movie.
If I'm honest two characters that OUAT actually I have to admit did really well reimagining in a cool way were Cruella and Rumplestiltskin so I'm so pumped for Emma's movie cause I also like her as an actress
Grace as much as I respect you and your work I have to say I find it a little bit insensitive when you say that casting a white actor isn’t representative of the Caribbean because I have Several friends who are white and come from the Caribbean. I don’t think you should generalize the entirety of the Caribbean of being mostly black when in reality The majority population varies depending on which location with in the Caribbean you are referring to.
I knew someone would eventually bring this up. Yes, the place you're born doesn't make you belong to a race, but Ariel never made sense, she's a redhead and redheads freckle and turn red under the sun (they don't tan like others, but their skin burns and turns red)
@Brim Ori thank you
@Jun Lenoir I think it's incredibly ignorant for you to tell people like Brim Ori to look up statistics on the Caribbean, when they themselves already know the statistics of the Caribbean because of their experience living there.
Cruella & Hercules💜🖤
Good to see them going with unknowns for Peter Pan .
No where did it say the little mermaid was in the caribbean! sebastian the crab was from the Caribbean. You do know people or creatures can migrate. I think the idea of taking about where a Disney movie should take place is just stupid!
I mean the animated film was clearly influenced by the caribbean, sure the original story was danish but the animated film not so much
Wouldn’t u prefer to see something different then legit something the exact same ?
3:01 I totally agree
Roberto Bengini(who once played Pinocchio in that god awful Pinocchio film from 2002) is playing Geppetto in a upcoming Pinocchio feature
Petition to have WES ANDERSON to direct Peter Pan remake. He's perfect.
Woah woah woah there Grace. Don't be talking down on Hook 😂. That film was such a big part of my childhood haha. Love it still.
Josh Gad and Hunchback?? I am very for this but, I do hope it's a bit of a darker story. The Broadway version is amazing and I think putting Gad on Hunchback is a great idea.
Excited for Cruella, Hercules, and the Little Mermaid!
Rob Marshall also directed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides which happened to have Mermaids in it.
Im so excited for Hercules . I really enjoy the live actions even though theyre never as good as the originals theyre still entertaining
HUGE PASS on the new little mermaid live action! 😑😑😑 The Little Mermaid is a Danish story, set in Denmark, created by our Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. So saying that it's Caribbean because of a crab song created in 1989 really comes off as ignorance towards the Danish culture.
I was surprised that Grace didn't know that already! Anyways, a lot of people are not happy with this movie as well.
Grace addressed these issues in an earlier video...
@@elsaelsa4632 I think I speak on behalf of all Danish people when I tell you that we WON'T be supporting this movie!
@@BSMART18 She seems pretty convinced that there is "no other way" this movie would've worked without race-bending Ariel. 😑🤦♂️
@@peteramberg1691 I think it's disgusting that they're erasing something part of Danish history with this movie.
Live action Hunchback should hint that the gargoyles are only in Quasimodo’s imagination.
What was specifically 'culturally appropriated' from The Little Mermaid (1989)?
I'd like to know this too, I don't remember the cartoon but it's a Danish fairytale.
Ruso brothers on Hercules sounds great. I love what Favreau did with Jungle book but his record is pretty spotty.
Yeyyy, more cashcows for years to come. Thanks Disney!
Btw, if Pinocchio has to be cast with italians because of it being an italian fairy tale then the little mermaid should be cast with scandinavian actors and actresses. Just sayin....
I don't understand the "cultural appropriation" of The Little Mermaid? I don't remember the cartoon only the orignal story, but it's a Danish fairytale, and in it she's described as "her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose petal, her eyes as blue as the deepest sea"
I actually have a wish list for future remakes:
1. Atlantis - Tom Holland as Milo Thatch has to happen
2. Treasure Planet
3. The Incredibles - Remaking a 2004 film with a recent sequel maybe to soon, but vFX capabilities are there and this would absolutely print money in our Superhero Era..
4. The Emperor's New Groove -More opportunities for Hispanic and South American Representation
My list 📃: The Little Mermaid, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Frozen, & Entangled.. Doesn't have to be just Disney. I want a live-action for Akira. Thank you, Taika Waititi!
I would be more excited about the racebending of Ariel if they had cast actors of color for Triton, Ursula and Eric too. The Caribbean would have been a great approach, but it doesn't work if Ariel is the only character of color who isn't a CGI sea animal.
Just wondering, do you know that being Caribbean doesn´t mean that all people are black? Spain conquered those islands and settle there. So there´s that heritage there and reason why there are plenty of white people there.
Besides “under the sea” where is the Caribbean influence in the little mermaid??
There aren't any other than Sebastian-related ones... He's the only Caribbean reference in the film. Grace is really stuck on using this as an excuse for Ariel's casting.
@@no1wonderfan921 they took inspirations from Trinidad and Tobago to design Atlantica
the design for atlantica
@@a.b.5473 What inspiration? That makes no sense. None.
@@no1wonderfan921 how does it not make sense? Can you not read?
regardless of whether or not it "makes sense" to you, live action Ariel is black and you're just gonna have to deal lol
Paul Anderson (also Mila’s husband also directed shopping with Jude Law in 1994!)
Most excited for Cruella! Been waiting long enough for any news
I loved Cinderella live action and the sound track
Can't wait for Cruella, The little mermaid, etc to come out on the teaser trailers and movies.
I actually think Disney should take artistic risks with live adaptations of their lesser-known properties such as The Black Chauldron or Atlantis.
I'm fine with racebending Ariel because at this point "whatever", but not because the original one was cultural appropriation if it was established that only Sebastian is from Jamaica. Like that's what he says throughout the movie and the show: that he came from Jamaica.
Guillermo Del Toro making Pinocchio on his own and for Netflix is the best news I've heard in a long time!! I would love to see his vision of a live action The Little Mermaid but with the books story and ending that would be an amazing movie.
I’m nervous about the little mermaid
How can you feel any kind of empathy for a character like Cruella..? She has a factory that kills 100s of exotic animals so she can wear their skins for fashion.. I mean.. COME ON!!
I am looking forward to the time when Disney starts creating new good movies again, instead of just redoing the same materials.
I’m gonna support the remakes. Not just in Disney but Hollywood in general!!! Franchises are key 👌👌👌