Because it was made by the same animation company (Adelaide Productions) for Sony Pictures Television. Ditto for the Jumanji, Men in Black, Extreme Ghostbusters and more.
I hate these remakes but happy for Marc Webb. Sony ruined his Spider-Man films. Hopefully Disney allows for a little more creative control, but who knows
They seem to have better direction than Sony in some ways. Yeah they have an influence over their films for sure, but they're generally good about a director applying their vision to the story. James Gunn and Taika wouldn't have been such hot commodities for Marvel otherwise.
I just want a live-action Hercules when we can still possibly get Danny Devito to give us a live-action Phil.
test animation for this looked really promising. Such a bummer. ‘Mouse Guard’ Movie Officially Dead, See Concept Art, Models, and Animation Tests
Melissa McCarthy in Talks to Play Ursula in Live-Action ‘Little Mermaid’ (EXCLUSIVE) Also, this definitely screams Ariel much more than MJ:
I'm sure there won't be any racist backlash to this... Disney Finds 'Little Mermaid' Star in Singer Halle Bailey