Channing Tatum is officially the hottest fish in the sea. People has confirmed that the Magic Mike star is trading his quads for a caudal fin and starring alongside Jillian Bell in a gender-swapped remake of 1984's Splash. Tatum will slip into the role originally made famous by Daryl Hannah, as a mysterious, secret mermaid. Bell, meanwhile, will fill in for Tom Hanks as the lonely human who falls for the fish. The original films starts off when a young boy is saved from drowning by a beautiful mermaid. The mermaid resurfaces 20 years later, and gives the now grown-up boy...
- 8/1/2016
- by Michael Miller @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
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