Rob Marshall considers The Little Mermaid his calling.

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Rob Marshall called directing "The Little Mermaid" "fate".

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The 62-year-old director had a "deep connection"

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with the 1989 animated picture because, like his directorial debut "Chicago,

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" it "kicked the door open" for big screen musicals.

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He was excited to push things further with the upcoming live-action Disney production.

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Rob, who helmed Annie and Into the Woods, told SFX magazine:

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“When I did ‘Chicago’, I felt a deep connection with ‘Mermaid’,

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because they had kicked the door open for movie musicals and we then pushed the door even further with a live-action musical.

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