She has joined the cast that includes Halle Bailey who is playing Ariel, the mermaid princess who long to become human. Melissa McCarthy took the villainous role of aunt Ursula. King Triton will be played by Javier Bardem. Ms. Dumezweni's role in the feature hasn't been given yet, but it seemed to be a new role that wasn't in either the fairy tale or the animated-adaptation of the film.
Rob Marshall will direct the feature while David Magee will write the screenplay.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is producing the feature along with Rob Marshall, Marc Platt and John DeLuca. Overseeing the studio will be Jessica Virtue and Allison Erlikhman.
Source material: Deadline.com