Disney is going to be re-making the 1984 film Splash with Channing Tatum…yes you read that right~ Channing will star as the mermaid character that was originally played by Daryl Hannah while Jillian Bell will play the character originally played by Tom Hanks.
Imagine’s Ron Howard and Brian Grazer will produce along with Tatum.
The 1984 original starred Hanks as a man who as a young boy was saved from drowning by a mermaid (Hannah). The mermaid returns 20 years later and finds the boy she once saved, and gives him the option between his life on land or a life under the sea with her.
Tatum and Bell previously worked together on 22 Jump Street.
This is definitely an interesting twist. Ladies, I’m guessing Channing as the mermaid will be shirtless pretty much the whole time! Thoughts on this casting?
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