Because I live under a rock (this rock is called Ho Chi Minh City and it is very far away from Hollywood), I had no idea that a film version of Little Red Riding Hood is in the works. It’s called “Red Riding Hood” and it stars Amanda Seyfried.
Blog Reader: Great! Can’t wait!
Dae: Fiend, stay your excitement! I have *most sobering news.*
Blog Reader: Oh no! Whatever could it be?
Dae: Catherine Hardwicke is the director.
Yep. Twilight‘s director. So it should come as no surprise that the Wolf in this movie has been re-imagined as… a werewolf.
If he shows up in this movie, I swear I'll have a stroke
But wait! There’s more! More pictures, I mean, and they are quite the puzzle. Here we see Amanda Seyrfried in the traditional Red Riding Hood getup:
Or not. Are those horns? What? Don’t get me wrong, messing with the storyline is not necessarily a bad thing. Could be interesting! I’m intrigued! But I am also wary. I mean, with all the other fairy tale film adaptations floating around, I’m worried that they’ll just get tired and sad. Or way too overblown. Which may lead to tired and sad.
If you want to see more pictures of Red, check out this photo gallery at Just Jared. I’ll post more as the film develops!
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August 17, 2010 at 6:09 am
irreverently
Predictions: the werewolf will turn out to be the orphaned woodcutter.
Sounds like some of the sexual themes of the folktale and pre-Grimms fairy tale versions will be included in the film. I wonder how they’ll handle that? (I hope they’ll do better than Sisters Red; the Book Smugglers recently posted a scathing review of its take on rape culture: http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/07/book-discussion-why-we-didnt-like-sisters-red-by-jackson-pearce.html).
Actually the werewolf is true to the European pre-Perrault folk tradition, not to mention Angela Carter’s work et cetera. Hooray for werewolves!
August 18, 2010 at 12:24 am
Dae
Haha yes! He will be a Tortured Soul with a Heart of Gold, and her love with transform it. I like it! Can he be played by Benecio Del Toro? ‘Cause that’d be pretty darn great.
You do have a solid point though, actually. Once I remove the Twilight-ness from the equation, I feel like I’m going to come round to your way of thinking. This werewolf business could be good! It adds complexity, and stays true to the story’s originally dark sexual themes. Of course, with this fidelity comes the danger of glorifying rape-culture, but the film does have a fighting chance! I’ll stay optimistic.