Sofia Coppola Will Direct the Live-Action Adaptation of “The Little Mermaid”

The trend of creating live-action versions of famous animated movies goes on. Sofia Coppola, the director of “Lost in Translation”, is reportedly in talks with Universal Pictures studio to helm one of the greatest Disney animated films “The Little Mermaid”, a live-action version of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy fiction that won Academy Award in 1989. A script has been under consideration for quite a long time, and Caroline Thompson, who is known as regular Tim Burton coworker and wrote the script of Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Addams Family and Corpse Bride, has been announced to come up with a perfect edited script of the film, as per a number of media reports.

According to media sources, Universal Pictures has pre-planned all the processes to get this film completed and released as fast as possible. Sofia is a well-known director and has made a number of inspiring films, which are all intended for adults. You may be thinking that lest she directs the film with adults’ point of view rather than children’s. Well, you don’t need to worry, as she is a mother and many media reports infer that she is at the point where she needs to create something that her own children enjoy watching.

While Disney possesses the rights to Little Bird animation film and all the things related to it, the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale is unquestionably in the unrestricted and available to anyone. Therefore, the studios excluding Disney can create their own live-action adaptations of derived from fictions we so commonly and incorrectly keep in mind as theirs. Pinocchio, and “Beauty and the Beast” are the prime examples in this regard. We all know “The Little Mermaid” since it was released in 1989 by Disney, but the fact is that this story has been around since the 1830s.

This year and the next year will see several back to back live-action adaptations of Disney’s animated stories. The casting process of “The Jungle Book” has already been completed and production is going to start soon. Alice in Wonderland sequel has been announced and will be directed by James Bobin. Joe Wright’s “Pan” and Kenneth Branagh’s “Cinderella” are already under production. Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie has been completed and is going to be released soon.

Now, it’ll be really cool to see how Sofia helms the classic story of a mermaid.