The Little Mermaid is the latest fairy tale to get a restyling for the big screen. Columbia acquired the rights to MERMAID: A TWIST ON THE CLASSIC TALE, a novel by Carolyn Turgeon. Shana Feste (COUNTRY STRONG) will write and direct, and Tobey Maguire‘s Material Pictures will produce.
Some other fairy tale adaptations in the works:
THE BROTHERS GRIMM: SNOW WHITE
HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS