The Little Mermaid: Ariels Beginning

A princess discovers music and after a series of events, her father bans it from their underwater kingdom until she finds a way to reconcile with him and bring music back. The Little Mermaid: Ariels Beginning is a 2008 American English-language Animation Drama film starring Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Jim Cummings, Sally Field, Parker Goris, Tara Strong and Michelle Loucadoux. The movie is inspired from The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen Disney s The Little Mermaid by Walt Disney Animation Studios Disney s The Little Mermaid by Walt Disney Animation Japan and Walt Disney Television. DisneyToon Studios in association with Walt Disney Pictures. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Kendra Halland. The movie is directed by Peggy Holmes. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Little Mermaid: Ariels Beginning was released on 25th August 2008 and takes a screen time of 77 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Robert Reece and Evan Spiliotopoulos. Editing was done by John Royer. The music was composed by James Dooley.