Jodi Benson

Date of Birth

1961-10-10

Place of Birth

Rockford, Illinois, USA

Known for

Toy Story 2, The Little Mermaid, Toy Story 3, Flubber, Thumbelina

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Barbie, E.T., The Little Mermaid, Pan’s Labyrinth, Star Wars

Posted 3 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

Samuel E. Wright, voice of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, dies at 74

Posted 5 years ago

This one hits my childhood hard. Samuel E. Wright, the actor, and singer whose voice is known by so many of us because of his vocal talents as Sebastian the crab in The Little Mermaid has passed away at the...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Alien, Godzilla, Groot, TMNT

Posted 6 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

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Rob Marshall announced as top contender to helm Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Posted 9 years ago

News related to Disney's planned live-action adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID has bubbled to the surface, today, with Rob Marshall being named as the studio's top choice to direct the feature-length film. If all goes well, Marshall will be joined by Hamilton's...

Sofia Coppola wanted to turn The Little Mermaid into a dark fairy tale

Posted 9 years ago

Several years ago Sofia Coppola signed on to direct Universal's live-action adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID, but the following year she departed the project due to those pesky "creative differences." At the time she said that she realized she wasn't...

Make this live-action trailer for The Little Mermaid a part of your world

Posted 9 years ago

Well, one thing is for certain, this ain't THE LITTLE MERMAID that I remember. In fact, this live-action trailer resembles very little from what I know of the Hans Christian Andersen tale of my youth, and I'm not quite sure...

Disney lures Lin-Manuel Miranda under the sea for live-action Little Mermaid

Posted 10 years ago

If you were to ask me what my Top Five Movies of this summer were at this very moment, you'd probably end up with a list that included CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, BAD MOMS and then three spots occupied for...

Disney contemplating a live-action version of The Little Mermaid

Posted 10 years ago

If you were to tell me that Disney was just now thinking about putting a live-action version of THE LITTLE MERMAID in motion, I'd be flabbergasted that it wasn't being prepped to get into production in the coming months already....

Cool Videos: Pixar’s nods to other classic films

Posted 11 years ago

Watch any Pixar movie and you’re sure to find a number of Easter eggs calling back to other classic films that the filmmakers and storytellers wanted to pay tribute to. They slip their own clever nods in that die-hard movie...

Sofia Coppola reveals why she dropped out of Universal’s The Little Mermaid

Posted 11 years ago

Last year Sofia Coppola signed on to direct Universal's live-action adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID, however, the following summer she departed the project due to "creative differences." I'd love if we could come up with a new term for that. The...

Chloe Moretz set to star in live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid

Posted 11 years ago

Sofia Coppola was set to direct Universal's live-action adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID, but earlier this year it was announced that she would be leaving the project due to "creative differences." Ah yes, that old chestnut. At the time, we...

Ink & Pixel: Toy Story 2

Posted 11 years ago

Steve Ink & Pixel is a source of pride and joy for me as a writer and as such, I’m always striving to take this column further for those who read and enjoy it. In an effort to widen the...

Concept art shows Toy Story 3 was almost a very different movie

Posted 12 years ago

TOY STORY 3 reigns as one of the most perfect sequels ever made. People tend to discredit animated films as not being equal to live action, but Pixar has perfected a way of making movies that rivals almost anything else...