Melissa McCarthy is in talks to play sea witch Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid'
Melissa McCarthy is in talks to play Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid'. The 48-year-old actress is set to take on the role of the sea witch in the upcoming live-action adaptation of the Disney cartoon classic, Variety reports. Rob Marshall, who directed 'Mary Poppins Returns' will helm the new movie, which will include original songs from the 1989 animated film, along with new tunes from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken. Miranda is producing the film along with Marshall, Marc Platt and John DeLuca, while David Magee wrote the script. Disney is committed to rebooting its classic animations with 'The Jungle Book', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Aladdin' and 'Dumbo' all hitting cinemas in recent times with 'The Lion King' and 'Snow White' to follow… (more)