If there’s a ‘Splash’ remake, Tom Hanks wants in on it

LOSANGELES » Tom Hanks wants in on Channing Tatum’s gender-swapped remake of his 1984 mermaid romantic comedy “Splash.”

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are developing a new take on the film with Tatum starring as a mer-man in the part originated by Daryl Hannah.

“No one asked me. I am all in favor of it,” said Hanks, who played Allen Bauer in the original film. “Why not? That’s fine. Look, I think if they were really going to be bold, I would come back as Allen Bauer, and I would go off with Channing Tatum. That would be a bold movie. And I am suggesting it right now.”

Howard directed the origi---

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