The Little Mermaid Live Is Coming.

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While director Rob Marshall is at work with Lin-Manuel Miranda to bring The Little Mermaid to the big screen with confirmed actress & singer Halle Bailey as Ariel, another live-action adaptation of Disney’s animated hit is coming but this time to your TV screens.

The Hollywood Reporter says Auli’i Cravalho, best known as the voice of Disney's head strong voyager Moana, will play Ariel in a live concert production that’ll air on the ABC channel November 5. Also joining the production is Queen Latifah as Ursula and Shaggy as Sebastian.

This won't be a theater released movie but a TV version that will be a hybrid performance that blends live performance on set, kinda like a Broadway play, and will include clips from the original 1989 animated film. A version of this show was rumored to air in 2017 but was canceled and now most of the creative team is back to work on this new version.

The Little Mermaid live is coming to ABC on November 5.