Chloe Grace Moretz Is Your New Princess Ariel

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The Little Mermaid live-action remake has been a long time coming. Since moving into development last year, director Sofia Coppola has dropped off the radar (sniff), and cast members have signed on and off.

But now – finally – there’s some movement, and it’s seriously cool. Chloe Grace Moretz has confirmed that she will star in the hotly-anticipated Disney film, as none other than Princess Ariel herself.

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“Here it is!!” the 18-year-old wrote on her Instagram. “I’ve been waiting months to tell everyone how excited I am to take on this beautiful journey with Working Title, Universal and a beautiful script by Richard Curtis… Here we go!!!”

Yes, you read that right. The rom-com supreme maestro himself – the man behind your favorite films Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Love Actually, About Time… need we go on? - has penned the script. Will this live-action version of the beloved Disney cartoon be less of an all-singing, all-dancing musical and more of a heart-warming romance, complete with bumbling British lead and awkward sidekicks? Here’s hoping.

The film follows in the recent tradition of rebooting Disney’s iconic canon of cartoons with live-action films. This year, Lily James stepped into Cinderella’s glass slippers, and in 2017 Emma Watson will trill ‘Bonjour’ with her nose stuck in a book in Beauty And The Beast (opposite Dan Stevens and Ewan McGregor).

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At present, The Little Mermaid is shrouded in secrecy. But with Moretz' history in action films (she broke into Hollywood with her foul-mouthed turn in Kick Ass) and her serious street cred (ex boyfriend Brooklyn Beckham has praised her skills on a skateboard), one thing's for sure: this won't be your childhood's The Little Mermaid.