We have a few fairy tale adaptations coming up, both in the form of feature films and a television series such as Once Upon a Time which will air on ABC this fall. (Starring Ginnifer Godwin and Jennifer Morrison, and from the writers of Lost.)
The pilot episode of the series will be shown at San Diego's Comic-Con on July 23rd.
[More details about "Once Upon a Time"]
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I've been looking forward to this new fairytale series! Coming to ABC this fall...
"From the inventive minds of Lost executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis comes a bold new imagining of the world, where fairy tales and the modern-day are about to collide.
And they all lived happily ever after – or so everyone was led to believe. Emma Swan knows how to take care of herself. She's a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who's been on her own ever since she was abandoned as a baby. But when the son she gave up years ago finds her, everything starts to change. Henry is now 10 years old and in desperate need of Emma's help. He believes that Emma actually comes from an alternate world and is Snow White and Prince Charming's missing daughter. According to his book of fairytales, they sent her away to protect her from the Evil Queen's curse, which trapped the fairytale world forever, frozen in time, and brought them into our modern world. Of course Emma doesn't believe a word, but when she brings Henry back to Storybrooke, she finds herself drawn to this unusual boy and his strange New England town. Concerned for Henry, she decides to stay for a while, but she soon suspects that Storybrooke is more than it seems. It's a place where magic has been forgotten, but is still powerfully close… where fairytale characters are alive, even though they don't remember who they once were. The epic battle for the future of all worlds is beginning, but for good to win, Emma will have to accept her destiny and fight like hell."
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, a twist on Cinderella based on Gregory Maguire's novel, was filmed in Luxembourg and first aired in 2002 as a Disney movie.
Synopsis from Fandango:
"Based on the (somewhat darker) novel by Gregory Maguire, the made-for-TV movie Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister offers a refreshing revisionist spin on the old Cinderella legend. Having squandered her late husband's fortune, 17th century widow Margarethe (Stockard Channing) moves from London to her native Holland, in hopes of snagging wealthy tulip merchant Van Den Meer (David Westhead) as Hubby Number Two. Going along for the ride are Margarethe's two daughters, Iris (Azura Skye) and Ruth (Emma Poole), whom their mother regards as hopelessly homely and awkward -- especially when compared to Van Den Meer's gorgeous, aloof, and chronically agoraphobic daughter Clara (Jenny Harrison). Though unattractive by her mother's idiotically exacting standards, Iris glows with beauty from within, especially when her artistic soul is unleashed by a wise old mentor known as the Master (Jonathan Pryce) (who, without giving too much of the game away, bears a remarkable resemblance to the great Rembrandt). When Margarethe selfishly attempts to marry off Iris to a handsome Prince, ignoring the girl's growing fondness for the Master's humble apprentice Casper (Matthew Goode), Iris formulates a plan to draw Clara out of her shell and prepare her unofficial stepsister for a royal marriage. Deftly challenging still-prevalent notions of "ugly," "beautiful," "good," and "evil," Confessions of an Ugly Sister was a Canadian-Luxembourg coproduction, filmed in 2001 and first telecast as part of ABC's Wonderful World of Disney anthology on March 10, 2002." ~ Hal Erickson
Azura Skye as Iris
Stockard Channing as Margarethe
Emma Poole as Ruth
Jenna Harrison as Clara
Helen Lindsay as Queen Maria de Medici
Jonathan Pryce as Master Schoenmacker
Trudie Styler as Fortune Teller
Matthew Goode as Caspar
Yet another fairy tale in the making (to be added to the growing list here).
From Deadline:
Screenwriter Lindsay Devlin has written a revisionist take on the fairy tale that will give Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) a lot more to do than nap while waiting for a charming prince's peck to awaken her from a witch's curse. The new version is told from her point of view as she enters the dream world and has to find her way out.
Excited to see 3 new images by the ever-talented Annie Liebovitz as part of Disney's Dream Portraits which combine celebrities with well-known characters from the Disney films.
As the Evil Queen, Olivia Wilde joins Alec Baldwin
Penelope Cruz and Jeff Bridges appear as Belle and the transformed prince,
Queen Latifah as Ursula from “The Little Mermaid”
A fairytale themed series is in development for ABC from two of the writers of Lost -Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.
UPDATE:
Ginnifer Godwin has been cast as Snow White//Sister Mary Margaret Blanchard
Lana Parrilla will play Mayor Regina/Evil Queen
From Vulture:
"Once Upon a Time (on which Damon Lindelof is also consulting) has a twisty, dual-plotted premise reminiscent of their previous gig: A young boy lives in Storybrooke, Maine, where he's convinced things aren't what they seem, and we also get glimpses — through flashbacks? flash-sideways? — of a fairy tale land where familiar evil queens and dwarves with sharply drawn personalities are quite real."
What is Once Upon a Time about?
Kitsis: What we want to do is take a look at well-known characters and stories and kind of dig deeper than what you know, and say, "Here's what you didn't know." We want to try to bring [the characters] out as people instead of just metaphors to deal with our fears
Horowitz: For us, first and foremost, this is a character show. We want to take the iconography that we've always loved and find find a new way to look at what makes these fairy-tale characters tick.
Seven storybook heroines meet once a week to process their issues in group therapy.
This 6 minute short film written by Terri Miller played at Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
Sleeping Beauty (Sarah Wynter) and Goldilocks (Alexis Bledel)DreamWorks press release:
The film features a group of heroes from various childhood stories - "North"/ Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), "Bunnymund"/Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), "Tooth" the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) 
and Jack Frost (Chris Pine) - who join together in an adventure to stop Pitch the Boogeyman (Jude Law) from sending the world into eternal darkness.
The film, scheduled for release on November 21, 2012, is based on "The Guardians of Childhood," a series of highly anticipated children's books by William Joyce.
Rise of the Guardians is being directed by Peter Ramsey and co-directed by William Joyce, produced by Christina Steinberg and Nancy Bernstein, written by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro and Michael Siegel.
"It's a thrill to be working with such an all-star team of actors and filmmakers on Rise of the Guardians," commented Bill Damaschke, Chief Creative Officer at DreamWorks Animation. "When we bring Bill Joyce's imaginative vision to the screen in 2012, audiences will experience an incredible story with a truly epic sense of adventure."
More than a collection of the well-known childhood legends, Rise of the Guardians tells the story of a group of heroes — each with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
More FAIRYTALES
Another fairy tale update planned - this time for Jack and the Beanstalk...
“When a princess is kidnapped, a long-standing peace between men and giants becomes threatened, and a young farmer is given an opportunity to lead a dangerous expedition to the giant kingdom to rescue her.”
Hoult, McGregor, Tucci, Nighy, Kassir, Tomlinson
Update: Eleanor Tomlinson has been cast as the princess. She has been previously seen in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, shown on the left.
Anyone else a fan of The Fall directed by Tarsem Singh? Have to say that I'm curious about this proposed adaptation of The Brothers Grimm: Snow White.
Julia Roberts is said to have signed on as the Evil Queen.
To be produced by Relativity Media with script by Melisa Wallack.
Source: Deadline
IMDb
Relativity's CEO Ryan Kavanaugh said of Julia Roberts' hiring , "Julia was our first and only choice to play the Queen. She is an icon, and we know that she will make this role her own in a way that no one else could.”
He also praised director Tarsem Singh in an earlier press release, "His aesthetic ability is so insane that when we were deciding on Snow White we were like, 'Who can actually create Snow White as an image - which is one of the most iconic images that we grew up with - in a way that actually is better than what we all remember, which is so good?' And it was him."
Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Julia Roberts, Sean Bean
Nathan Lane (queen's servant) , Robert Emms (prince's right-hand man),
Seven Dwarves: Cha Cha, Teach, Grub, Half-Pint, Butcher, Julius and Stench
Back in October, there was talk of various film projects for Snow White and it seems that all 3 (that we know of!) are being updated this week. Which one(s) will make it to the screen?
(Attempting to keep track of these competing films here)
IMDb lists Snow and the Seven with release year of 2013?
(Borys Kit) Reuters:
"Oscar-winning "Little Miss Sunshine" scribe Michael Arndt is in negotiations to work on the script for Disney's "Snow and the Seven," one of three rival Snow White projects in the works.
Additionally production designer John Myhre, an Oscar winner for his work on "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Chicago," has been brought on board to begin creating the worlds of the fairy tale, which is set in 19th century China.
Yes, China.
The project, which Disney has been developing since 2002, centres on a 19th century Englishwoman who returns to her Hong Kong home for her father's funeral, only to discover that her stepmother is plotting against her. She escapes to mainland China, finding solace among a rogue band of seven international warriors.
Francis Lawrence has been on board to direct since early on, even as a slew of writers has taken turns at the script. Arndt last week picked up an Oscar nomination for co-writing "Toy Story 3."
With all systems go for "Snow," the big question is Natalie Portman's involvement. She has been circling the project since last year, but her pregnancy could hinder her ability to undertake a physically intense movie that will feature several different fighting styles."
Universal is just one of the producers of upcoming adaptations of the Snow White tale.
Cast includes:
Kirsten Stewart as Snow White,
Chris Hemsworth as The Huntsman,
Charlize Theron as the Evil Stepmother
Sam Claflin as Prince Charmant.
Ian McShane as Leader of the Dwarves
In negotiations: Eddie Izzard, Toby Jones, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Marsan and Steven Graham.
Lily Cole and Sam Spruell possibly on board?
Movie to be part of trilogy? (details of plot)
8 dwarves (1 will meet his end during film): Nick Frost, Ray Winstone, Toby Jones, Ian McShane, Brendan Gleeson, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Marsan and Johnny Harris
Cinderella: A Musical Extravaganza from Countdown Los Angeles on Vimeo.
starring Amanda Seyfried, Julie Christie, Gary Oldman
Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman
Lukas Haas, Adrian Holmes, Virginia Madsen
