--- ---  # Tom Hanks Wants to Be in the _Splash_ Remake with Channing Tatum  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 26, 2016 7:04 PM UTC  Tom Hanks attends a screening of "Inferno" at DGA Theater on October 25, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Tom Hanks attends a screening of "Inferno" at DGA Theater on October 25, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (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. And I am suggesting it right now.” Tom Hanks Wants to Be a Part of the 'Splash' Remake ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4546468/tom-hanks-splash-remake-channing-tatum/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4546468/tom-hanks-splash-remake-channing-tatum/"},"headline":"Tom Hanks Wants to Be in the Splash Remake with Channing Tatum","datePublished":"2016-10-26T19:04:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:03.210Z","description":"\"I am all in favor of it\"","url":"https://time.com/4546468/tom-hanks-splash-remake-channing-tatum/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","movies","Channing Tatum","Tom Hanks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb39a056fffcf20b6/6988abb1428a9e3a8dcd4c7a/tom-hanks-splash-remake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb39a056fffcf20b6/6988abb1428a9e3a8dcd4c7a/tom-hanks-splash-remake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screening Of Sony Pictures Releasing's \"Inferno\" - Arrivals","caption":"Screening Of Sony Pictures Releasing's \"Inferno\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4546468/tom-hanks-splash-remake-channing-tatum/","name":"Tom Hanks Wants to Be in the Splash Remake with Channing Tatum"}}]}] ```