--- title: Tom Hanks Wants to Be a Part of the 'Splash' Remake description: Tom Hanks not only approves of a 'Splash' remake, but he would like to be a part of it, starring opposite Channing Tatum preferably. canonical: https://time.com/4546468/tom-hanks-splash-remake-channing-tatum/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-26T19:04:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:03.210Z og:title: Tom Hanks Wants to Be in the 'Splash' Remake With Channing Tatum og:description: "I am all in favor of it" og:url: https://time.com/4546468/tom-hanks-splash-remake-channing-tatum/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb39a056fffcf20b6/6988abb1428a9e3a8dcd4c7a/tom-hanks-splash-remake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Screening Of Sony Pictures Releasing's "Inferno" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hanks Wants to Be in the 'Splash' Remake With Channing Tatum twitter:description: "I am all in favor of it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb39a056fffcf20b6/6988abb1428a9e3a8dcd4c7a/tom-hanks-splash-remake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Hanks Wants to Be in the _Splash_ Remake with Channing Tatum > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2016 7:04 PM UTC [Tom Hanks](http://time.com/4543418/tom-hanks-big-rap/) took time from his [busy schedule of crashing weddings](http://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/) and [hosting _Saturday Night Live_](http://time.com/4543494/david-pumpkins-costume/) to reveal that not only does he approve of the [_Splash_ remake](http://time.com/4433935/channing-tatum-mermaid-splash-remake/), but that he would like to be a part of it. According to the [_AP_](http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/if-theres-a-splash-remake-tom-hanks-wants-in-on-it/), Hanks — who starred in the 1984 original movie about Allen Bauer, a man who falls in love with a female mermaid — is in full support of the gender-reversed reboot. Channing Tatum will star as a mer-man in a new project developed by Ron Howard, the first movie’s director and Brian Grazer, who came up with the idea for the original. “No one asked me. I am all in favor of it,” Hanks said. “Why not? That’s fine.” Hanks, however, thinks the remake could be improved even further by adding his character into the plot. “Look, I think if they were really going to be bold, I would come back as Allen Bauer, and I would go off with Channing Tatum. That would be a bold movie. 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