The Mermaid

A property tycoon unintentionally displaces merpeople, leading to an assassination attempt, but instead, he falls in love with a young mermaid, eventually realizing his mistakes and saving her from harm. The Mermaid is a 2016 Mandarin-language Comedy Drama motion picture featuring Deng Chao, Lin Yun, Show Lo, Zhang Yuqi, Yuqi Zhang, Yun Lin and Shuzhen Fan. The movie is based on The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. The Mermaid was Produced by Stephen Chow, Jiang Ping and Ivy Kong. The Mermaid is written by Stephen Chow, Kelvin Lee, Andrew Fung, Ho Miu-kei, Chan Hing-kai, Lu Zhengyu, Ivy Kong and Tsang Kan-cheong and it is directed by Stephen Chow. Beijing Enlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Mermaid was released on 8th February 2016 and takes a screen time of 94 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. The Mermaid was made on a budget of $60 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $553 million. Cinematography was done by Choi Sung-fai and editing by Cheung Ka-fai and Cheng Man-to. The music was composed by Raymond Wong along with Huang Fuhua and Wendy Zhang.