The first trailer for a new-look The Little Mermaid has been released.

Not to be confused with Disney's promised Little Mermaid, the film from Conglomerate Media and Kingsway Productions is a live-action re-make of the classic Hans Christian Andersen.

Instead of following the original plot of the story, it will focus on a young girl who discovers a mermaid.

Screenshot Downtown Abbey actress Poppy Drayton plays Elizabeth the mermaid

So viewers can expect for there to be no Ariel, Flounder or Eric.

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There had been confusion that this may have been the Disney live-action re-make however that is still in production.

The re-make of the fairytale is expected to premiere later in 2017.