The live-action Ariel is getting a new preschool cartoon soon!

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The live-action Ariel is getting a new cartoon! Here is everything we know about it so far.

Success of The Little Mermaid

Over the last few years, Disney has developed a habit of rebooting animated classics as live-action films. Among the movies that have received reboots are Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Lion King, Aladdin, and Dumbo.

Disney’s newest live-action remake brought in $117.5 million at the US box office over the long holiday weekend. The movie is the fifth best Memorial Day opening weekend ever!

Don’t forget that the film’s release also means that there will be a live-action character meet in the parks! You can read about it here. There is also a slew of new merchandise and other experiences, which you can read about in this post. We even have new Happy Meal toys!

New Cartoon

Disney has green lit a Disney Junior cartoon show based off the live-action Little Mermaid. According to Variety, the new series follows a young Ariel and features fan-favorite characters, including King Triton, Ursula, Sebastian and Flounder, as well as exciting new additions.

Set in the fantastical Caribbean-inspired underwater kingdom of Atlantica, the series turns on Ariel and her fun-filled, action-packed mermaid adventures with her friends.

Become part of Ariel's world with this new Little Mermaid full-length movie trailer — Credit: Disney

Driven by a deep and unending curiosity about the world around her, Ariel discovers land treasures, like a big floppy hat, squeaky rubber ducky and whisk, that she collects and keeps safe in her crystal cavern.

The treasures may also help Ariel solve problems. In a play that looks set to charm pre-schoolers, when she makes a discovery, Ariel is filled with joy, and her mermaid tail, “which changes colors depending on her emotions, lights up and shimmers.”