Channing Tatum to Play Mermaid

Disney is moving forward on a remake of the 1984 film Splash with an interesting twist: Channing Tatum will star as the mermaid character that was played by Daryl Hannah, while Jillian Bell will play the character originally played by Tom Hanks.

The 1984 original movie 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. Tatum, recently seen in Hail, Caesar!, next will be seen in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Bell will soon be seen in Office Christmas Party and Fist Fight. 

Source: The Hollywood Reporter