"We were going to every studio, they were all turning us down, and one said, 'Does it really have to be a mermaid?' " he told the outlet Ron Howard says when he initially tried to sell Splash — his ...

Before Splash made it to the big screen, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer had quite a few hurdles to clear first. After the script was completed, the pair shopped it around to a variety of studios — though ...