The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
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| The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Peggy Holmes |
| Produced by | Kendra Halland |
| Starring | Jodi Benson |
| Music by | Jeanine Tesori (songs) James Dooley |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment |
Release dates |  August 26, 2008 |
| Language | English |
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning is an upcoming 2008 Disney animated feature film, the direct-to-video prequel to The Little Mermaid. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release the film on August 26, 2008. The film features Jodi Benson reprising her role as Ariel in a story that is set around a year before the events in the original film. The film features the appearance of Queen Athena, Ariel's mother.
Tagline: Every tale has a beginning. But only one begins under the sea.
Voice cast
- Jodi Benson as Ariel
- Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian
- Rob Paulsen as Prince Eric
- Sally Field as Marina Del Ray
- Jim Cummings as King Triton
- Parker Goris as Flounder
- Lorelei Butters as Queen Athena
- Kari Wahlgren as Alana
- Tara Strong as Attina, Andrina
- Frank Welker as Max the Sheepdog
DVD release
The DVD will feature the following bonus materials:
- Teaching Mermaids to Dance featurette
- Disney's Song Selection featurette
- A featurette on the Broadway Musical
- World Wide Water Web: wwww.Merconnect.sea bonus feature
- Deleted scenes
Trivia
- Lorelei Butters is also the production secretary.
External links
- Official Website
- Official Trailer at YouTube.com
- 5 minute Sneak Peek at YouTube.com
- Musical Sneak Peek at YouTube.com
- Teaser Trailer at YouTube.com
- Storyboard Courtesy of Tod Carter
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- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning at IMDb
