If you took your child to a film and they got an iPad out and started using it, you’d probably be spitting popcorn with outrage. But perhaps not…

Disney is re-releasing its film The Little Mermaid this year, and the company has something interesting planned on the apps front to accompany it: Second Screen Live.

The company is releasing a “second-screen” app for iPad – so-called because it’ll act as the second screen to the main cinema screen – designed to be used while the film is playing. It’ll include games, singalong lyrics, and

The video demo is above, see what you think. The Second Screen Live showings will be at select cinemas, and possibly in the US alone, although we’ll await further details on that.