Ron Howard ’s hit 1984 comedy Splash is being redo , because of row it is . However , unlike the Tom Hanks / Darryl Hannah original , there ’s a crook — in this forthcoming interlingual rendition , the mermaid is the humanity and the human is the woman .
Deadline broke the news of the remaking , which will be produced by Howard and his partner Brian Grazer . Channing Tatum will asterisk as the mermaid , originally play by Darryl Hannah , and Jillian Bell is the human , originally played by Tom Hanks . Grazerhad antecedently teasedthat a remake was coming with a different gunpoint - of - view ; while many pretend it would be a gender barter , this is the first confirmation of it .
Bell , who asterisk with Tatum in 22 Jump Street , get up with this young version and writer Marja - Lewis Ryan is penning the playscript . Here are the stars together ina viral video .
On a inclination of ‘ 80s classic advanced for a remake , Splash feel like an obvious improver . At least this version has a bit of a twist to separate it from the original movie .
[ Deadline ]
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