Rob Marshall & John DeLuca on making The Little Mermaid, longstanding collaborations and re creating Disney's live action classic.

On this weeks episode Oscar winning director and producer team Rob Marshall (Chicago) and John DeLuca (Mary Poppins Returns) chat with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir about re-creating Disney's classic The Little Mermaid as a live action epic.

They also discuss:

Using under water stages.

Virtual Backgrounds.

Shooting huge action sequences.

Casting a classic.

Longstanding collaborations.

and how their previous work made them perfect for The Little Mermaid.

The Little Mermaid is in Cinemas NOW

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