<img src="https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&amp;c2=36750692&amp;cv=3.6.0&amp;cj=1"> ‘The Little Mermaid’ Director Used a Dire Billion-Dollar Movie as Inspiration
Something went wrong. Try again, or if the problem persists.
Your details are incorrect, or aren't in our system yet. Please try again, or sign up if you're new here.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google and of Service apply.
Create a GAMURS
By g up, you agree to our and of Service.
Something went wrong. Try again, or if the problem persists.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google and of Service apply.
Choose a name
Choose a unique name using 3-30 alphanumeric characters.
Something went wrong. Try again, or if the problem persists.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google and of Service apply.
Choose your preferences
Choose how we communicate with you, opt out at anytime.
Something went wrong. Try again, or if the problem persists.
Check your email
An confirmation link was sent to your email. Don't forget to check your spam!
Enter the email address you used when you ed and we'll send you instructions to reset your .
If you used Apple or Google to create your , this process will create a for your existing .
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google and of Service apply.
Reset instructions sent. If you have an with us, you will receive an email within a few minutes.
Something went wrong. Try again or if the problem persists.
via Disney

‘The Little Mermaid’ director encouragingly used one of the worst billion-dollar movies ever as an inspiration

Let's hope this one turns out better.

The arguments over whether or not The Little Mermaid has enough gas in the tank to make it to a billion dollars at the box office began a long time ago, and it’s one that’ll be very interesting to keep track of.

Recommended Videos

Of course, it’s worth ing that director Rob Marshall has experience in that department, having steered Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides past the mythical milestone over a decade ago, despite a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score of 33 percent enshrining it as one of the worst-reviewed movies ever to sail past the benchmark.

Only Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction and Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World Dominion because we know for a fact it’s going to end up being review-bombed.

Screengrab via Walt Disney Pictures

For anyone who cares to , mermaids were fittingly a major plot point in Johnny Depp’s fourth outing as Jack Sparrow, something Marshall used as his inspiration to show the cast and crew of his latest aquatic escapade what he wanted to achieve, as he revealed to Entertainment Tonight.

“I wanted people to see what we had done. Obviously, it’s a different kind of mermaid, but we were all trying to figure out how visually we create the tails, even the iridescent skin, all of that. That already had our taste in of look and what you can achieve. We were explaining how we achieved it, too — when we were using visual effects, when we were using some kind of costumes, and things like that. We just broke it down with our entire team. That was really actually helpful.”

The Little Mermaid would bite your hand off to earn the same kind of money as On Stranger Tides, but it wouldn’t be too keen on enjoying the same kind of unenthusiastic response from critics.


We Got This Covered is ed by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small commission. Learn more about our Policy
Author
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
News, reviews, interviews. To paraphrase Keanu Reeves: Words. Lots of words.