Live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid on the way
Director Joe Wright (Atonement, The Soloist) has announced that he plans to develop a live-action feature of The Little Mermaid for Working Title films. Wright’s adaptation will be based on Hans Christian Anderson’s original fairy tale, not the popular Disney version with its wisecracking Jamaican crabs and all that. The director reportedly found inspiration in a recent children’s theatre production that featured puppets—a staging that was reportedly meant for kids “aged 5 and over.”