ATONEMENT director Joe Wright has joined Working Title's adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's THE LITTLE MERMAID, reports VARIETY.
ATONEMENT director Joe Wright has joined Working Title's adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's THE LITTLE MERMAID, reports VARIETY. Abi Morgan (BRICK LANE) penned the script, influenced by a puppet rendition done by the The Little Angel Theater Company. While the story has been adapted for the screen several times before, this version will be the first live-action one in English.