ABC has announced plans for a live musical version of the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid, set to air Nov. 5 with Auli'l Cravalho ("Moana") as Ariel, Queen Latifah as Ursula the sea witch and Shaggy as Sebastian the crab. USA Today, 5 AUG 2019.
The five lands within the magic kingdom have managed to live in relative harmony for centuries. However, that peace is about to be broken as the spell keeping the villains barred off from the rest of the kingdoms is beginning to fade.