Media 'Little Mermaid,' 'Aladdin' director says Disney needs 'course correction' away from pushing political message 'You don’t have to exclude agendas, but you have to first create characters ...

Disney movies might seem like harmless fun, but when you really think about the messages they send, it’s a bit questionable. Take The Little Mermaid—an underage girl gives up her voice ...

While John Musker's name won't necessarily be instantly familiar to a lot of you, he's written and directed iconic Disney movies such as The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin ...

Musker has collaborated with fellow director Ron Clements on several Disney animated features, including “The Great Mouse Detective” (1986), “The Little Mermaid ...

Disney’s had decades to think about how to update ‘The Little Mermaid’ for new generations of viewers. Which makes the dour, overlong, dimly-lit and still pretty sexist product they’ve ...

The answer is: not that bad, but also not that good. Like a lot of its fellow Disney remakes, this Little Mermaid too often feels like a dutiful cover version rather than an inspired reimagining ...

Before the 1989 release of “The Little Mermaid,” Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted to temper expectations. So he met with the movie’s writer-directors, John Musker and ...