Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)
Genres: Adventure, Animated
Cast: Kelly Sheridan, Kathleen Barr, Tabitha St. Germain, Nicole Oliver, Emma Pierson, Ciara Janson, Nakia Burrise, Maryke Hendrikse, Garry Chalk
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale is a 2010 computer-animated adventure film directed by Adam L. Wood and produced by Mattel Entertainment with Rainmaker Entertainment. It was released to DVD on March 9, 2010, and later made its television premiere on Nickelodeon on April 4, 2010. The seventeenth entry in the Barbie film series, it was followed by a 2012 sequel, Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2. It revolves around Merliah Summers, a surfing champion who learns she's half-mermaid and sets out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of an ocean kingdom. "Barbie in A Mermaid Tale" was based in Australia.