Halle Bailey’s Ariel will be part of your world on July 25 when The Little Mermaid comes to digital. The film will also be available on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on Sept. 19. The exclusive trailer for the film gives fans a first look at the film’s box art design for Walmart and new features.
Viewers will be able to access exclusive bonus features, including a blooper reel, featurettes about the making of the film, song breakdowns, a sing-along version of the film and more. Here’s the full list of bonus features, as listed by Disney:
- Sing Along Version – Sing along with your favorite songs while watching the movie with on-screen lyrics.
- Hotter Under The Water – Discover how director Rob Marshall and his team brought the story of The Little Mermaid to life with this documentary in five chapters:
- A Tale Of The Bottomless Blue – Join Rob Marshall on the set of one of the most ambitious and challenging films he’s ever directed.
- I Know Something’s Starting Right Now – Join cast members Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hauer-King and more and learn how they were cast in the film and what it was like to bring director Rob Marshall’s vision to life.
- Down Where It’s Wetter – Dip your toes into the virtual ocean and learn about how the breathtaking underwater world was created with visual effects, imagination and a lot of talented artists.
- Explore That Shore Up Above – From Prince Eric’s castle to the beach, explore the above-the-sea locations and the elaborate production design behind them.
- Do What The Music Say – Discover how legendary composer Alan Menken teamed up with Lin- Manuel Miranda to write new songs to accompany the original classics
- Song Breakdowns
- Wild Unchartered Waters – Prince Eric, played by Jonah Hauer-King, gets his own song, written by Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Go behind the song, from the writing to the recording, to the filming on a practical ship.
- Under the Sea – Get a first-hand look at how professional dancers helped bring director Rob Marshall’s vision to life as they stood in for the various animated sea creatures that sing and dance in this showstopping number.
- Kiss The Girl – Float along and get a frog’s-eye view of the beautiful set built to film the live-action version of this classic song.
- Poor Unfortunate Souls – Join Melissa McCarthy (Ursula) as she takes us on the journey of making her character’s signature song.
- Featurettes
- The Scuttlebutt On Sidekicks – Dive in and meet Sebastian, Flounder and Scuttle, who not only have their own song, “The Scuttlebutt,” but also fresh looks as they work hard to make sure Ariel and Eric kiss before Ursula’s deadline..
- Passing The Dinglehopper – Ariel met Ariel when Halle Bailey worked with Jodi Benson — the voice of Ariel in the original animated movie — who appears in a clever cameo in the live-action film..
- Bloopers – Laugh along with the cast as they have the time of their lives making The Little Mermaid.
*Bonus features vary by product and retailer
Along with Bailey, The Little Mermaid stars Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina. Rob Marshall directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Dave Magree and John DeLuca. Marshal also produced with DeLuca, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Marc Platt. Jeffrey Silver executive produced. The film is the retelling of the 1989 Disney animated film based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale about a mermaid who wants to live on land in order to find love with a human.
The retelling of the animated classic has been one of Disney’s most successful reboots, with critics and fans alike praising Bailey’s version of Ariel as retaining the magic and beauty of the original character.
