The 1990 movie The Little Mermaid which started the Disney Renaissance period gets a live action remake and the movie has been given a PG are rating in the UK for mild threat.

The movie stars Halle Bailey as the mermaid Arial who has previously who was previously seen in the 2006 movie Last Holiday abd will be seen in the musical version of The Colour Purple~2023 coming later this year.

The movie also stars Melissa McCarthy who has previously starred in Spy and Thunder Force.

Rob Marshall directs the remake who has previously directed Memoirs of a Geisha and Mary Poppins Returns.

Movie Synopsis

The youngest of King Triton's daughters, Ariel is a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. Longing to find out more about the world beyond the sea, Ariel visits the surface and falls for the dashing Prince Eric. Following her heart, she makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to experience life on land.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Little Mermaid~2023
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: mild threat
• Release date: 26th May 2023
• Runtime: 135 minutes (2 hour 15 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Rob Marshall
• Starring:
  • Halle Bailey
  • Melissa McCarthy
  • Javier Bardem

BBFC movie page

This weekend, Friday 5th November 2021, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, No Time to Die, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Eternals
• Spencer
• Red Notice
• The Card Counter
• Finch

Eternals

• The movie is directed by Chloe Zhao, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Chloe Zhao also directed Nomadland in 2021 which grossed £2.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Gemma Chan who also starred in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).
• The film also stars Richard Madden who last appeared in 1917 (2020).
• Box Office prediction: Number 1

Spencer

• The movie is directed by Pablo Larrain, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Pablo Larrain also directed Post Mortem in 2011 which grossed £3.2K in the UK.
• It stars Kristen Stewart who also starred in Underwater (2020).
• The film also stars Timothy Spall who last appeared in The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica (2021).
• They also appeared together in 9 Kisses (2014).
• Box Office prediction: Number 4

Red Notice

• The movie is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Rawson Marshall Thurber also directed Skyscraper in 2018 which grossed £5.1 Mil. in the UK and grossed $304.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Dwayne Johnson who also starred in Jungle Cruise (2021).
• The film also stars Ryan Reynolds who last appeared in Free Guy (2021).
• Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Free Guy (2021).
• Box Office prediction: Number 6

The Card Counter

• The movie is directed by Paul Schrader, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Paul Schrader also directed Patty Hearst in 1988 which grossed £40K in the UK.
• It stars Oscar Isaac who also starred in Dune (2021).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who last appeared in Here Today (2021).

Finch

• The movie is directed by Miguel Sapochnik, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Miguel Sapochnik also directed Hieroglyph in 2014.
• It stars Tom Hanks who also starred in News of the World (2020).
• The film also stars Caleb Landry Jones who last appeared in The Forgiven (2021).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 4 new movies released

• Mandelas Gun, Friday, 12th November
• Cry Macho, Friday, 12th November
• Mothering Sunday, Friday, 12th November
• Becoming Cousteau, Friday, 12th November

Guillermo del Toro brought us a version of Hellboy in the early naughties but this year director Neil Marshall brings us his re-image of the super hero.

Looking darker and more like the comic book the new film stars David Harbour as the title character.

The BBFC have given the film a 15 rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, gore, language and the film has a runtime of 121 minutes (2 hours 1 minute).

HELLBOY (15) strong bloody violence, gore, language https://t.co/CQLL1fxTF8

— BBFC (@BBFC) April 1, 2019

With the April 11th release dat fast approaching for the rebooted Hellboy today Lionsgate give us a new Red Band trailer.

This looks very different to the Guillermo del Toro version of the story, which is most likely done purposely, with this looking grittier and arguably more like the comic book source material.

Directed by Neil Marshall and starring David Harbour you can check out the new trailer below.

Aquaman continues to dominate the globe as the film opens in more countries despite competition from Mary Poppins and Bumblebee.

Aquaman

Remaining at the top of the global box office for a third weekend the film opens in more countries taking its count to 70 territories.

This weeks total is 4158.7 million which brings the films total global gross to $482.8 million which means it will pass $500 million by next weekend.

Spider Man Into the Spider Verse

The animated film is at number 2 this week with a global gross of $54 million from 53 countries which brings its total to $129 million.

Bumblebee

Highest new film of the week is the Transformers Origin movie Bumblebee which opens in 38 countries.

The Travis Knight directed movie take a cool $53 million on its debut weekend.

Mary Poppins Returns

Making its global debut at number 4 this week is Disneys sequel which was 54 years in the making.

Director Rob Marshall Following on from the Original Mary Poppins and the sequel is released in 17 countries so far and takes $42 million.

The Grinch

The seasonal Dr Seuss film takes $31 million from 68 countries this weekend to bring its total to $422 million.