According to Deadline, Hamilton and Blindspotting star Daveed Diggs is in talks to join Disney’s The Little Mermaid live-action reboot in the role of Sebastian the crab.
Mary Poppins Returns director Rob Marshall will helm the film which features a script by David Magee (Life of Pi, Mary Poppins Returns).
Known for taking lead on the songs “Under the Sea” and “Kiss the Girl,” Sebastian was originally voiced by Samuel E. Wright in the 1989 original.
Disney’s animated The Little Mermaid made over $211 million at the box office and became a bestseller on home video, popularizing songs like “Under The Sea” and “Part of Your World.”