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Hollywood trends may come and go, but fairy tales have the kind of staying power that has kept them popular for centuries. The Walt Disney Company tapped into their timeless appeal by creating some of the best-known fairy tale adaptations for the big screen, and right now they鈥檙e undergoing something of a resurgence in popularity as the old classics get live-action updates.

The success of these recent adaptations has been mixed. put a twist on an old tale that paid off at this box office, even if it didn鈥檛 quite manage to impress critics. On the other end of the spectrum, missed its target and lost Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. .

Universal is still banking on the potential of fairy tale movies, however, and reports that Sofia Coppola () is in negotiations to direct the studio鈥檚 live-action adaptation of Hans 海角大神 Andersen鈥檚 children鈥檚 story . Joe Wright () was originally attached to direct, but has since聽 to , the upcoming Peter Pan movie from Warner Bros.

The script for The Little Mermaid was penned by 聽co-writer Kelly Marvel, who also penned the upcoming聽. However, the project is聽described by THR as kid-friendly and designed to appeal to a wide range of demographics. Coppola is best known for sedate drama films like Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides, so it will be interesting to see how she handles a big studio film that demands family appeal.

Often with public domain properties there will be different studios each racing to release their own adaptation first (as with and ), but currently Universal seems to bee alone in actively pushing a Little Mermaid movie. Sony had a , but it鈥檚 been years since it showed any sign of forward momentum.

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