Channing Tatum starring in a remake of Splash - as the mermaid

Channing Tatum will star in a remake of the classic Tom Hanks romantic comedy from the '80s, Splash,  that he'll also produce.

In a twist, eh, of sorts, Tatum with play the mermaid at the heart of the story - so the character Daryl Hannah played, essentially. The really good news here is that the awesome Jillian Bell will play the character originally played by Tom Hanks.

She was the best thing about 22 Jump Street and is firmly on the ascent to superstardom.

Marja-Lewis Ryan will write the script this time, with original helmer Ron Howard along on producing duties; no word yet on a director.

To be fair, Tatum is very good at comedy and is obviously trying a different approach here. He doesn't mind taking the piss out of himself and once Bell gets to improvise and be her general deadly self this could be a bit of craic.

Via THR