Before you say AP, this has new info about the plot and a new source!
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SOFIA COPPOLA is directing a live-action version of Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Little Mermaid. The news marks a departure from the adult themes of her previous films, which have included The Bling Ring, The Virgin Suicides and Lost In Translation.
The film adaptation has been mooted for years. Joe Wright was once attached to the project, although he is now working on an adaptation of JM Barrie's Peter Pan. Abi Morgan - who wrote The Iron Lady and Shame - was also linked to the film. In 2011, she said that the story was "so beautiful and exquisite and painful" that it was crucial to keep the original ending.
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