Howard And Grazer To Adapt "Legends" Graphic Novel
Classic fairy tales are drawing Hollywood heat, with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment and Radical Pictures the latest to work their magic.
The two are teaming to develop for the big screen “Legends,” a graphic novel from Radical’s publishing arm that brings together such characters as Red Riding Hood, Jack the Giant Killer and Hansel & Gretel in a dark fantasy setting.
The story in “Legends” is set in motion when the remains of Pinocchio are discovered. Red Hood, now a noted wolf hunter, and Jack partner to discover who is murdering the creatures of folklore. Along the way, they are assisted by characters such as Goldilocks, re-imagined as a mercenary, and Hansel & Gretel, now psychic exterminators.
The world of the graphic novel is a mash-up of steampunk and creatures, technology and magic.
Nick Percival created the graphic novel, which comes out this month.
The interest in classic characters was spurred by the billion-dollar success of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland.” Disney also is working on a retelling of the “Sleeping Beauty” tale focusing on the evil demon queen Maleficent, and it has made a seven-figure deal with “Devil Wears Prada” writer Aline Brosh McKenna for a re-imagining of “Cinderella.”
Not all of the projects, which are all in the public domain, are at Disney. Relativity Media hopes to make an edgy “Snow White” movie, and several companies, including Warner Bros. and Disney, are working on “Wizard of Oz” stories.
Imagine produced the recent “Robin Hood” pic and is trying to put together a cast for its comedy “Fantasy Basketball Camp.”
Radical has graphic-novel adaptations in the works including “Last Days of American Crime,” based on the work by Rick Remender to which Sam Worthington is attached to star, and “Oblivion,” being developed with “Tron Legacy” director Joe Kosinski.
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