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Ariel (Disney Character)
Ariel is a fictional character in Walt Disney Pictures' animated film '' The Little Mermaid'' (1989). Voiced by Jodi Benson, Ariel is the youngest daughter of King Triton and Queen Athena of an underwater kingdom called Atlantica. She is often rebellious, and in the first film, she longs to be a part of the human world. She marries Prince Eric, whom she rescued from a shipwreck, and together they have a daughter, Melody. She is the fourth Disney Princess, the first Disney Princess to be developed during the Disney Renaissance, and the first Disney Princess since Aurora. The character is based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale " The Little Mermaid" but was developed into a different personality for the 1989 animated film adaptation. Ariel has received a mixed reception from critics; some publications such as ''Time'' criticize her for being too devoted to Eric whereas others, such as ''Empire'', praise the character for her rebellious perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Mermaid (franchise)
''The Little Mermaid'' is an American media franchise created by The Walt Disney Company based on "The Little Mermaid", written by Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen. The success of the The Little Mermaid (1989 film), 1989 animated film led to a The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, sequel, a The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, prequel, a The Little Mermaid (TV series), television series, a The Little Mermaid (musical), musical, several video games, theme park attractions, and other merchandise. A The Little Mermaid (2023 film), live-action remake of the film was released in 2023. ''The Little Mermaid'' paved the way for what would become the Disney Renaissance, with the original film becoming the first film of that era. Development History ''The Little Mermaid'' was originally planned as part of one of Walt Disney's earliest feature films, a proposed Anthology film, package film Hans Christian Andersen (film)#History, featuring vignettes of Hans Christian Andersen tale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mermaid
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as storms, shipwrecks, and drownings (cf. ). In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same traditions), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans. The male equivalent of the mermaid is the merman, also a familiar figure in folklore and heraldry. Although traditions about and reported sightings of mermen are less common than those of mermaids, they are in folklore generally assumed to co-exist with their female counterparts. The male and the female collectively are sometimes referred to as merfolk or merpeople. The Western concept of mermaids as beautiful, seductive singers may have been influenced by the sirens of Greek mythology, which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (magazine)
''Time'' (stylized in all caps as ''TIME'') is an American news magazine based in New York City. It was published Weekly newspaper, weekly for nearly a century. Starting in March 2020, it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition (''Time Europe'', formerly known as ''Time Atlantic'') is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (''Time Asia'') is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. Since 2018, ''Time'' has been owned by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation. Benioff currently publishes the magazine through the company Time USA, LLC. History 20th century ''Time'' has been based in New York City since its first issue published on March 3, 1923 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Aurora, also known as Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' animated film ''Sleeping Beauty'' (1959). Voiced by Mary Costa, Aurora is the only child of King Stefan and Queen Leah. An evil fairy named Maleficent seeks revenge for not being invited to Aurora's christening and curses the newborn princess, foretelling that she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel's spindle and die before sunset on her sixteenth birthday. Merryweather, one of the three good fairies, weakened the curse so Aurora would only sleep. Determined to prevent this, three good fairies raise Aurora as a peasant in order to protect her, patiently awaiting her sixteenth birthdaythe day the spell can only be broken by a kiss from her true love, Prince Phillip. Aurora is based on the princess in Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty". Some elements, such as her name, are derived from the ballet '' The Sleeping Beauty'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Renaissance
File:Disney Renaissance Films.jpg, 400px, The ten films considered to make up the Disney Renaissance era rect 0 0 84 118 The Little Mermaid rect 85 0 168 118 The Rescuers Down Under rect 169 0 252 118 Beauty and the Beast rect 253 0 337 118 Aladdin rect 338 0 422 118 The Lion King rect 0 119 84 236 Pocahontas rect 85 119 168 236 The Hunchback of Notre Dame rect 169 119 252 236 Hercules rect 253 119 337 236 Mulan rect 338 119 422 236 Tarzan The Disney Renaissance was a period from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation returned to producing commercially and/or critically successful animated films. The ten feature films associated with this period are '' The Little Mermaid'' (1989), '' The Rescuers Down Under'' (1990), ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), '' Aladdin'' (1992), '' The Lion King'' (1994), ''Pocahontas'' (1995), '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), ''Hercules'' (1997), ''Mulan'' (1998), and ''Tarzan'' (1999). The films were mostly musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Kammerud
Jim Kammerud (born July 23, 1960) is an American director, writer, producer and animator, best known for his work with the Walt Disney Company. Kammerud attended the Ohio State University in the mid-1980s. There he developed his cartooning style by working as an editorial cartoonist, as well as creating the comic strip "It's Working", for '' The Lantern'', the University's student newspaper. Also on staff at ''The Lantern'' at the time was Jeff Smith, later known for the comic book ''Bone''. After college, while still living in Columbus, Ohio, Kammerud and Smith formed the Character Builders animation studio. There, Kammerud began working on '' Rover Dangerfield'' and worked as an animator and storyboard artist for ''Bebe's Kids'' as well as '' Space Jam''. He became involved with Disney as sequence director for the additional animation in '' Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World'' and later joined to direct and design the new characters in '' The Little Mermaid II: Return to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Eric
The following is a list of original characters from Disney's ''The Little Mermaid'' franchise, covering the 1989 film, its prequel television series, its direct-to-video sequel and prequel films, stage musical adaptation, and the live-action adaption. Introduced in ''The Little Mermaid'' Ariel Ariel (voiced by Jodi Benson and played by Auli'i Cravalho in '' The Little Mermaid Live!'', Sierra Boggess in the Broadway musical and portrayed by Halle Bailey in the 2023 live-action film) is one of the main characters of the franchise. She is the seventh-born and the youngest daughter of King Triton, and the late Queen Athena of the merfolk. Ariel is a fun-loving and mischievous mermaid and over the course of the original film becomes human and marries Eric, a human prince. She is the only Disney Princess to reach parenthood in Disney's animated film canon. In ''The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'', Ariel is the mother of Melody, the film's protagonist. Prince Eric Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) is the home entertainment distribution arm of the Walt Disney Company. The division handles the distribution of Disney's films, television series, and other audiovisual content across digital formats and platforms. For 37 years, Buena Vista Home Entertainment handled autonomous distribution of those properties in several physical home media formats, such as VHSs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and 4K discs under various brand labels around the world. It was formed in 1987 as Buena Vista Home Video. It was renamed to its current legal name in 1997, although it is currently known in the UK as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (UK & Ireland) since 2013. The division adopted the current Walt Disney Studios-branding in its public name in 2007, but kept the Buena Vista-branding for corporate use. Since 2024, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment handles physical production and distribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Holmes
Peggy Holmes is an American choreographer, dancer, screenwriter, and film director. Her full-length directorial debut was on 2008's '' The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning''. She later directed '' Secret of the Wings'' (2012) and ''The Pirate Fairy'' (2014) from the ''Tinker Bell'' film series. She uses her choreography skills to bringing life to characters; animated and otherwise. Her choreography credits includes: '' The Country Bears'', ''The Old Broads'', '' I Love Trouble'', '' Hocus Pocus'', '' Newsies'', and ''The Fabulous Baker Boys''. Peggy's choreography was also used though television shows, specifically; for the Pilot Episode of '' Fame L.A.'' She appeared in the TV show ''Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash''. On January 14, 2020, Peggy Holmes was hired to direct the animated film ''Luck Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The Naturalism (philosophy), natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film Film production company, production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios (division), the Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of Live action, live-action feature films and animation within the Walt Disney Studios unit and is based at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division, which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel's Beginning
''The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning'' (also known by the working title, ''The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning'' or ''The Little Mermaid 3: Ariel's Beginning'') is a 2008 animated direct-to-video musical fantasy film produced by Disneytoon Studios, with the animation production being done by Toon City Animation, Inc. and DisneyToon Studios Australia. This film is the prequel to Disney's 1989 animated feature film ''The Little Mermaid'', the third installment in ''The Little Mermaid'' trilogy, and the last direct-to-video sequel after John Lasseter took over as chairman for the Disney Animation Division. It is also the first in the chronology of the story running through the series, and it is based on the fairy tale ''The Little Mermaid'' by Hans Christian Andersen and ''The Little Mermaid'' animated television series which ran for three seasons. Directed by Peggy Holmes, the film's story is set not long before the events of the original film, when all music has been b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To The Sea
''Return to the Sea'' is the first studio album by Islands. It was released by Equator Records on 4 April 2006. "Rough Gem" was released as a single from the album. The remastered version of the album was released on 11 November 2016. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80 based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Tim Sendra of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "On their debut record, ''Return to the Sea'', Montreal's Islands have crafted a rich, exciting, and emotionally deep sounding album that carries on the freewheeling spirit and sound of the Unicorns as well as that of the Elephant 6 bands of the late '90s." John Motley of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album an 8.4 out of 10, calling it "a sprawling, gorgeous collection of pop songs that draws from disparate sources such as calypso, country, and hip-hop." ''No Ripchord'' p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
