SPLASH Gender-Switched Reboot Starring Channing Tatum And Jillian Bell Gets A New Writer

The gender-swapped take on classic '80s fantasy comedy Splash is still moving forward, with Sleepover writer Sarah Rothschild boarding the project to pen the latest draft of the script...

Though we're sure there will be plenty of fans of the original who wish it wasn't, Deadline has now confirmed that the Splash reboot we first heard about all the way back in 2016 is moving forward with a new writer.

As far as we know, the gender-switched take on the '80s fantasy comedy movie is still set to star Channing Tatum as the mermaid and Jillian Bell as the woman who falls for him, but Sarah Rothschild (Netflix's Sleepover) will be penning a new draft of the script (Marja-Lewis Ryan wrote an earlier take on the story).

Ron Howard's 1985 hit focused on Tom Hanks' character, who discovers that the strange woman (Daryl Hannah) he falls in love with is actually the same mermaid who saved him from drowning as a child.

Splash made the news again back in 2020 when Disney+ altered a couple of rather innocuous shots of Hannah's butt for their cut of the movie. The first awkwardly crops the screen as Hannah's Maddison is jumping over a rail, but the second goes so far as to digitally augment the character's hair so it's long enough to cover her rear end.

What do you guys make of this news? Will you give the new Splash movie a chance? Be sure to drop us a comment down below.

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