In the trailer, you can see Bailey’s full transformation into Ariel, as well as comedian and actress Melissa McCarthy as the infamous sea witch, Ursula.
The backlash that has come from black actor and singer Halle Bailey starring as Ariel is quite something to behold.
Disney’s 3D The Lion King reissue has been topping the box offices for the past two weeks, and netted them a cool $22,1 million over a weekend. So it’s not surprising that somebody in the studio realised that, hey, they have a bunch of other well-loved movies that they could probably re-release and make money with too.