--- description: The Lost In Translation director appears likely to shoot the live-action adaptation of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale, which later became a Disney classic, and "the intention is to move quickly" title: Movies News: Sofia Coppola In Talks to Direct The Little Mermaid Film image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt093a4d07b761689a/69868614f983e743d804cd05/rtx10c4p.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sofia Coppola in Talks to Direct _The Little Mermaid_ by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2014 10:11 AM CUT  Sofia Coppola at the premiere of The Bling Ring, her latest film. Sofia Coppola at the premiere of The Bling Ring, her latest film.Reuters by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2014 10:11 AM CUT Sofia Coppola, director of _Lost In Translation_, _The Bling Ring_ and _Marie Antoinette_, is in talks with Universal and Working Title to direct a live-action adoption of _The Little Mermaid_, [Deadline reports.](http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/sofia-coppola-to-helm-the-little-mermaid/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter "undefined") Caroline Thompson, who wrote _Edward Scissorhands_ and _The Corpse Bride_, is currently rewriting the script, which is based on the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale from 1837\. The story was animated by Disney in 1989\. Previous drafts of the script were attempted by _Fifty Shades Of Grey_ author Kelly Marcel and _Shame_ writer Abi Morgan. According to Deadline, “the intention is to move quickly.” \[[Deadline](http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/sofia-coppola-to-helm-the-little-mermaid/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/29929/sofia-coppola-in-talks-to-direct-the-little-mermaid/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/29929/sofia-coppola-in-talks-to-direct-the-little-mermaid/"},"headline":"Sofia Coppola in Talks to Direct The Little Mermaid","datePublished":"2014-03-19T10:11:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:01.717Z","description":"The Lost In Translation director appears likely to shoot the live-action adaptation of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale, which later became a Disney classic, and \"the intention is to move quickly\"","url":"https://time.com/29929/sofia-coppola-in-talks-to-direct-the-little-mermaid/","keywords":["Living"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt093a4d07b761689a/69868614f983e743d804cd05/rtx10c4p.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt093a4d07b761689a/69868614f983e743d804cd05/rtx10c4p.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Coppola poses at the premiere of \"The Bling Ring\" at the Director's Guild of America (DGA) theatre in Los Angeles","caption":"Coppola poses at the premiere of \"The Bling Ring\" at the Director's Guild of America (DGA) theatre in Los Angeles","creditText":"Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/29929/sofia-coppola-in-talks-to-direct-the-little-mermaid/","name":"Sofia Coppola in Talks to Direct The Little Mermaid"}}]}] ```