One major departure is the fact that the main character "Ariel" is so ... Jonas Collin. When Andersen began composing "The Little Mermaid" in 1836, he was "in a funk," according to literary ...

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid has inspired countless adaptations ... musical showcase. The character of a sea witch offering dangerous deals traces back to Andersen’s original ...

Danish author Hans Christian Andersen wrote "The Little Mermaid," one of his many children's fairy tales. Andersen's version of the mermaid's tale was followed closely by Disney animators in the ...

Andersen spent most of his adult life in hotels, rented lodgings, or the palatial homes of loyal friends, many of whom set ...

Meet the creatures that really are part of your world. Disney’s 1989 retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale The Little Mermaid brought a host of iconic characters into our lives. With the ...

Hauer-King also spoke to Marshall about making Prince Eric more of a three-dimensional character. Jonah Hauer-King portrays Prince Eric in “The Little Mermaid” live action film. "We wanted to ...

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is based on a tale therein called “A Little Sacrifice,” a version of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid ... But one character’s line ...

despite a few key characters portrayed by performers of color. More recently, after the trailer dropped for Disney's live action reboot of The Little Mermaid, racists complained about Halle Bailey ...