Sofia Coppola ditched the dark version of The Little Mermaid
Sofia Coppola has refused the post of director of the new adaptation of the popular fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen "The Little Mermaid". According to The Wrap, the reason for the resignation was the traditional "creative differences" with the leadership of the studio Universal. The audience was supposed to be offered a darker version of the story of a princess of the underwater kingdom who fell in love with a land dweller than Walt Disney Studios. Representatives of Coppola herself declined to comment on this. Recall that the most famous at the moment movie adaptation in the form of a full-length animated movie was released in 1989. The project has won numerous prestigious awards including Academy Awards As for Sofia Coppola, she became famous as a director after the release of the drama "Virgins Suicide" in 1999. She also has such famous paintings as "Lost in Translation" and "Marie Antoinette". The last work of the director at the time of this writing was the movie "Elite Society", which Coppola shot according to her script in 2013. The Topic of Article: Sofia Coppola ditched the dark version of The Little Mermaid. |
