Sara Rothschild as Scribe in ‘Splash’ Redo ‘Sleepover’ with Jillian Bell

Exclusive: We hear that Sarah Rothschild, author of the Netflix movie sleepover, The final draft will be written by Disney/Imagine/Free Association splash Remake

Deadline first told you about the remake back in 2016 22 Jump Street And Innate habits The actress is attached.

original splash 1984 was a huge hit for Disney, grossing nearly $70M stateside, the first of its adult-demo features released under its Touchstone label, and the first big hit for director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer, which led to the creation in November 1985 of their imaginations. . The original stars Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah as a man and a mermaid, respectively, who fall in love after reuniting years after saving her life as a boy. Marja-Louise Ryan wrote an earlier draft of this splash Remake

Rothschild, an award-winning screenwriter, recently adapted The love hypothesis Written by and for MRC and Elizabeth Cantillon 24/7 – A modern day take working girl – which was sold to Universal with Eva Longoria’s Unbelievable and Paul Feig producing. Both Longoria and Kerry Washington are attached to star in the project.

Rothschild’s real characteristics, sleepover, was released by Netflix in 2020 and stars Ken Marino, Malin Akerman and Joe Manganiello. The film is directed by Trish C (Pitch Perfect 3).

On the television side, Rothschild’s pilot before i forget Incredible production, starring Longoria and Marc Webb (500 days of summer) is directly connected.

Rothschild is represented by Verve and attorney Kim Stanton.