Universal and Imagine Entertainment have acquired a script for Merman, a romantic comedy that will have a Merman who comes to dry land.
The story follows a merman who comes to land so he can win back his mermaid fiancee, who has left him for a real man. The story was hatched by the screenwriter and Jeff Moskowitz.
My first instinct when I read this is that it would be a fabulous sequel to Splash! For those of you who are not closing in on 40, Splash was a Tom Hanks movie with Darryl Hannah. Darryl was a mermaid who falls in love with a man. What if there was a followup story where she was engaged in her underwater world?
Funny thing is that this movie, while written by Jennifer Abu Hollander will be produced by Brian Grazer. The producer for Splash!
However the two stories do not appear to be connected.
