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Country Strong Director Dives Into Dark Little Mermaid

By rdemott2
Created 05/24/2011 - 11:13
files/pictures/picture-35.jpgSony Pictures has hired Shana Feste (COUNTRY STRONG) to direct and adapt Carolyn Turgeon's novel MERMAID: A TWIST ON THE CLASSIC TALE, reports Variety [1]. The dark twist on Hans Christian Andersen's THE LITTLE MERMAID follows a princess who tries to bring peace to her kingdom by marrying her kingdom's rival's prince. What she doesn't know is that a mermaid has fallen for the prince as well.

Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures and Jenno Topping are producing. Nick Reimond is shepherding for Material and Andrea Gianetti for Sony.



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[1] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037480