I flipped when I heard Sofia Coppola was chosen from a pool of directors to helm a live-action film of The Little Mermaid . Could there be a more perfect candidate to take on Hans Christian Andersen’s dark tale of teenage lust? After so many lackluster attempts to bring the fractured fairy tale to the box office ( Red Riding Hood , Jack the Giant Slayer , Hansel & Gretel ), we might finally get an adaptation that’s

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