There's a lot of Sardinia in The Little Mermaid, Disney's new live-action film

There is a lot of Sardinia in The Little Mermaid, Disney ’s new live action signing in theaters May 24, 2023. Directed by Rob Marshall, written by David Magee, Rob Marshall, John Deluca, produced by Marc Platt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rob Marshall, John Deluca, the film, which tells the story of Ariel, a young and rebellious mermaid seeking adventure, daughter of King Triton, who falls in love with Prince Eric while exploring the surface world, features Halle Bailey, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Jonah Hauer-King, Art Malik, Noma Dumezweni, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy in the cast.

Some of the most beautiful areas of Sardinia were chosen for the film’s settings. In the north coast, between Asinara National Park and Golfo Aranci, to themarine protected area of Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo. In Tempio the film was presented to local institutions, in the presence of the workers who worked on the mega production. Thanks to the Film Commission, more than seven hundred workers were given work. Also present were Culture Councillor Andrea Biancareddu and the CEO of the Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission, Nevina Satta.

“Disney set the film on the north coast of Sardinia, between the Asinara National Park and the Golfo Aranci, up to the marine protected area of Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo,” stressed Nevina Satta, CEO of the Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission, which assisted the mega production at every stage. “From the beach where Ariel emerges, to Eric’s Castle, to the underwater world where his family of origin lives, Sardinia’s immense naturalistic treasure is revealed: three national parks, four regional ones covering about 30 thousand hectares, five marine protected areas, 128 Natura 2000 sites. There could not have been a more precious treasure chest to accommodate the adventures of this contemporary young woman. A girl willing to let go of her comfort zone to explore a new world, a great choice of independence that also led her to modify herself in order to live above ground, in a territory she strongly wants to explore.” “An experience that is a source of pride for us,” she added. “When we started the first conversations with Disney, no one believed that the impossible would become reality. It seemed to us almost an excessive ambition to believe that a major American studio, of all people, would find in our Sardinia the perfect locations for the realization of the mega production.”

“Once again Sardinia in the world spotlight thanks to cinema. A cinema that gives work, a cinema that gives visibility, a cinema that enhances our natural beauty,” said Culture Councillor Andrea Biancareddu. “A Walt Disney film is something wonderful, something formidable for the Region of Sardinia. We have given jobs to Sardinians, we have publicized our formidable island, our beautiful environment. So I am moved and radiant.”

Rena Majore beach in Aglientu was chosen as the location for Ariel’s beach: this is where the scenes were filmed where she rescues Eric and emerges from the water to climb the rock. The latter was built especially for the film and was brought to Sardinia and placed in the water before the cast arrived. The scenes of the carriage ride with Ariel and Eric were filmed on the rugged coastline of Rena di Matteu di Aglientu, while Cala Moresca is where the scenes set in the fishing village and around the castle pier were filmed. The castle home of Prince Eric is perched on a hill that is reflected in the Gulf of Asinara and is the symbol of the medieval village of Castelsardo.

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There's a lot of Sardinia in The Little Mermaid, Disney's new live-action film

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