Fairy Tales they just keep coming…
2012; Year of the Fairy Tale Part 2
So a few weeks ago I did a blog (2012; The Year of the Fairy Tale) about
the abundance of fairy tale adaptations and re-working due to come out in 2012,
(which is incidentally the year 200th anniversary of the first
publication of the Grimm’s Fairytales). Well it turns out there’s a whole load
more so here’s a quick round up…
Pinocchio - A stop-motion animated
feature film directed by, Pans Labyrinth’s, Guillermo De Terro, with affects by
Henderson/Grimly and Music by Nick Cave. Of course De Terro, is no stranger to
dark narrative, and it looks like Pinocchio will be do different, with new
envisioning, having the Blue Fairy as a dead girls sprit, and Pinocchio having
lucid dreams. A release date has not yet been set up the images look amazing.
De Terro, is obviously not content
with tackling one fairy tale, as he is also working on a adaption of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and it has been rumoured that Emily Watson is set to star in the
title role.
Another director with great fairy tale
potential is Joe Wright director of the dark and fairy tale-esk, Hanna. Wright
is set to direct the Sony Movie project ‘Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale’ based
on the book published earlier this year by Carolyn Turgeon.
2013, will see Angelina Jolie, as
Maleficent, the evil sorceress in the new Sleeping Beauty feature film call
Maleficent. As yet not much is known about the project, but I reckon that
Angelina will probably pull off evil sorceress rather well.
Talking of Sleeping Beauty , October 2011 saw the release of a modern interpretation of the tale, call aptly Sleeping Beauty, I can’t wait to see this once it out on DVD.
It’s not all; big screen the small
screen is always in on the action too. This year saw the airing of NBC fairy
tale based detective series Grimm, about a Portland detective who starts to get
visions of ordinary people turning in to vicious monsters, as a ‘Grimm’ he has
to keep the balance between reality and myth, helped by the reformed ‘Big Bad
Wolf’.
So there we have it more fairy tales
heading our way in 2012 and 2013, and there is something more confidence
inspiring, knowing the likes of De Terro and Wright are involved, as we may
actually be in with a chance of some truly dark productions that are sympathetic to the nature of fairy tales.
Just to round off here's some links to the trailers of some of the fairy tale Movies coming out in 2012...
Roll on 2012, Year of the Fairy Tale....
....And Happy New Year to you all!
....And Happy New Year to you all!
You're definitely plumbed into the zeitgeist, Sally.
ReplyDeleteFunny isn't it, last few year have been full of superhero's and vampires, and now it good old Fairy Tales!
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