A series adaptation of the 2006 film “Aquamarine” has received a pilot order at Disney+ and Disney Channel, Variety has learned.
Emma Roberts, who starred in the original film, will guest star as Claire Brown in the pilot, with Roberts also onboard as an executive producer. The project hails from writer Sarah Watson, with the film’s director, Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, attached to direct and executive produce. Susan Cartsonis, who produced the film, will also executive produce. John Quaintance and Jessica Bendinger wrote the original film, which was based on a novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman. Quintance, Bendinger, and Hoffman are not involved in the pilot.
The logline for the pilot states, “When teenaged Coral moves to a dreamy seaside town, she begins unraveling the truth behind her mother’s disappearance—and discovers her mother was a mermaid, awakening magical powers in Coral just as secrets beneath the waves threaten to surface.”
Along with Roberts, “Aquamarine” starred Joanna “JoJo” Levesque, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman, and Arielle Kebbel. In the film, best friends Claire (Roberts) and Hailey (Levesque) try to help mermaid Aquamarine (Paxton) find true love. The film was not particularly well-received when it was first released, but has since achieved cult status.
