Sofia Coppola Brings Depressing Hipster Version of THE LITTLE MERMAID to Universal

 

With "classic fantasy works" seeming to be the next big thing with two adaptions of Jungle Book in production as well as a few Sleeping Beauty movies, WB's PAN, and so on, it now appears Sofia Coppola (The Bling Ring) will bring the classic Hans Christian Anderson story of Ariel and all her friends under the sea to the big screen for Universal, who had pretty good luck with their latest fairy-tale outing, Snow White and the Huntsman a few years ago.

Variety by way of Deadline reports: 

Caroline Thompson will rewrite the script with previous drafts penned by Kelly Marcel and Abi Morgan.

Not much is known about how this take will compare to previous versions of the Hans Christian Andersen novel, which followed a mermaid who wished to become human after falling in love with a man she saved from drowning.

Thompson is best known for Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands and the Hot Topic merchandise cash-cow The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Expect more controversy as people on the internet complain about the race of mystical under-water mermaid people and an Octopus-witch queen.