The “Aquamarine” pilot is based on the set of the 2006 Disney film

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Disney is diving into a series adaptation of the 2006 Mermaid movie aquamarine.

Disney+ and Disney Channel have ordered a pilot for the project. Emma Roberts, one of the film’s stars, is an executive producer and will guest star in the pilot, playing the role of Claire. The film’s director, Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, is set to take over the pilot from writer Sarah Watson (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the gritty kind). They are also executive producing, along with the film’s producer, Susan Kartsonis.

The pilot will focus on a teenager named Coral, who has recently moved to the seaside. “She sets out to uncover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance – discovering that her mother was a mermaid, and awakens magical powers in Coral just as the secrets beneath the waves threaten to come to light,” the pitch line reads.

aquamarine It was released in March 2006 by 20th Century Fox (now part of Disney). Sarah Paxton played the title character, a mermaid who seeks the help of two teenage girls (Roberts and Joanna “JoJo” Levesque) to help prove the existence of true love to her father and thus avoid an arranged marriage. The film received fairly positive reviews, but was not a huge success at the box office, but over the years it has become a fan favorite.

John Quaintance and Jessica Bender wrote the screenplay for the film, which was based on the young adult novel by Alice Hoffman.

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