50 SHADES OF GREY Screenwriter Kelly Marcel to Pen THE LITTLE MERMAID for Director Joseph Wright

According to Deadline.com, Kelly Marcel, screenwriter for the film adaptation of E L James' FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, will now pen the script for director Joe Wright's new adaptation of THE LITTLE MERMAID for Working Title.

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Marcel will adapt a live-action version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, which centers on a young mermaid who gives up her life at sea for a human prince. Abi Morgan previously drafted the screenplay, which was inspired by The Little Angel Theatre Company's puppet stage version of the story.

Marcel wrote the 2011 Black List script, Saving Mr. Banks, the story of Walt Disney's twenty-year pursuit of the film rights to author P.L. Travers' novel, "Mary Poppins," and the rocky relationship that formed between the two. The film is currently in production at Walt Disney Studios starring Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson and Colin Farrell with John Lee Hancock directing. The film will hit theaters in December.

Marcel also served as the co-creator and executive producer of the Amblin/FOX-TV series Terra Nova, for which she wrote the series' pilot episode. She will also produce The Madonnas Of Echo Park for HBO.

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