suspends

The Walt Disney Company has opted to suspend production on all films, be they shooting across the Atlantic Ocean or are simply in pre-production in California. The delay follows on the heels of international upheaval in the film industry during the escalating coronavirus pandemic. Among the biggest delays is director Rob Marshall’s highly anticipated remake of The Little Mermaid. The film, which was apparently nine days away from filming, stars Halle Bailey as one of Disney’s most popular princesses, the aquatic Ariel, as well as Melissa McCarthy as the dastardly Ursula the Sea Witch. The movie was set to begin…