Channing Tatum & Jillian Bell to lead 'Splash' remake for Disney

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Back in June, it was reported that Disney was remaking the film, Splash starring Tom Hanks from the 80’s. Today, Collider reports that Channing Tatum and Jillian Bell will be the leads in the remake of the movie directed by Ron Howard.

            The original movie is a simple, boy meets mermaid story that starred Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, but this new cast of heartthrob and very solid actor Channing Tatum and his 22 Jump Street costar, Jillian Hall is a very unlikely pair. Ron Howard and legendary producer Brian Grazer have boarded the project as Producers. The most interesting new tidbit though is that there is a twist: Tatum will actually play a merman, while Bell plays the human. The idea sprang from Bell herself who is hysterical on Workaholics and was great in Jump Street and The Night Before.

            Bell recently even received her own series on Comedy Central titled, Idiotsitter in which Tatum has co-starred so I think there will definitely be no problems with chemistry with this pairing. She will be seen next this winter in Office Christmas Party alongside Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston. Also, she’s in Fist Fight which will be released in February with Ice Cube and Charlie Day. Tatum, will be seen next in two films next year. One of them being the sequel to the 2014 action/spy film Kingsman: The Secret Service that is currently filming, the other is Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky also starring Daniel Craig, Adam Driver and Hilary Swank.