It’s not only blurry Mars images that get scrutinised by nerds in basement apartments. These dwellers of converted laundry rooms also pour over the latest Disney movies in hopes that they will spot some hidden Easter egg that would make them a conspiracy superstar.
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.