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| Real Life Tinkerbell by Jirka Vinse |
Stellan Skarsgard... is being lined up to play "the grand duke, the king’s adviser, who just may have ulterior motives in his guidance."(By the way - this means, he's "in talks" - not that he's confirmed as a cast member. Yet.)
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| The Juniper Tree (Yogurt-Ghost Fairy Tale) by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| Red Riding Hood by Natalie Eve Garrett Heh - she's in a hot sauce cloak! Great pun. And more of a challenge for the Wolf methinks. ;) |
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| Goldilocks by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| The Willful Child by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| The Little Mermaid by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| Juniper Tree (detail) by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| Rapunzel by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| Rapunzel detail by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| Once upon a time there were two ghosts connected only by their hair. They got along well, and mostly didn't mind being bound together. |
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| But sometimes one wanted braids and the other wanted to wear her hair down, and they'd silently shriek and pull their hair... |
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I'm interested in making work that conveys a sense of humor and magic, with a disarming twist.I highly recommend browsing her posts on The Hairpin for other yogurt-surprises. She has a sharp yet whimsical sense of humor and it's just delightful to see.
I grew up outside Washington, D.C., and was influenced by tangles of woods, The Brother's Grimm, the Blue Ridge Mountains and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After studying art at Yale, I went on to receive my MFA from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design. Currently I live and work in a little town outside D.C. along the Potomac River. My art can be seen regularly on TheHairpin.com and in private collections.
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| Snow White by Natalie Eve Garrett |
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| Gallivant's Bluebeard Bluebeard invites you into his chamber, into his heart and into his darkest desires. Will he excite you? Will he seduce you? Will he love you to death... |
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| "Snow White" Photography Joshua Wilcoxon for Wilcoxon photography Makeup/Hair Angelique Verver for Platinum Imagination |
Sneewittchen - Little Snow-White
“And thus Snow-White lay for a long, long time, and still only looked as though she were asleep; for she was even now as white as snow, and as red as blood, and as black as ebony. At last a prince came and called at the dwarfs’ house; and he saw Snow-White and read what was written in golden letters. Then he offered the dwarfs money, and earnestly prayed them to let him take her away; but they said, ‘We will not part with her for all the gold in the world.’ At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but the moment he lifted it up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between her lips, and Snow-White awoke, and exclaimed, ‘Where am I!’ And the prince answered, ‘Thou art safe with me.’ Then he told her all that had happened, and said, ‘I love you better than all the world; come with me to my father’s palace, and you shall be my wife.’ Snow-White consented, and went home with the prince; and everything was prepared with great pomp and splendor for their wedding.To the feast was invited, among the rest, Snow-White’s old enemy, the queen; and as she was dressing herself in fine, rich clothes, she looked in the glass and said, ‘Tell me, glass, tell me true! Of all the ladies in the land, Who is fairest? tell me who?’ And the glass answered, ‘Thou, lady, art the loveliest here, I ween; But lovelier far is the new-made queen.’ ”
3) Lapine has written multiple award winning musicals AND books (so he understands the difference in writing as a playwright and writing as an author and knows he will have to approach a screenplay differently again) and he's interested in telling the best story he can, via whatever medium he's working in.So I’ve read it.If you do not want to know anything about the movie before it hits the screen HERE THERE BE SPOILERS.
I’ve read the Into the Woods film script (well, at least a draft from February)... Suffice to say I’m immensely happy with the direction they are going in and the casting so far has been great.
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| Fan made movie poster by DigitalRich |
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| Snow White – Audrey Tautou |
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| Fan made movie poster by DigitalRich |
In case you're thinking "What is all this Fables business? What is it and why should I care?", here's a quick summary from toplessrobot:
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the comic, Fables focuses on a group of childhood fantasy book characters, from Snow White to Blackbeard, who have been exiled out of their Homelands centuries ago after a fierce battle with a foe known as the Adversary. Now the remaining fairy-tale creatures hide in present day New York City as they try to stay out of reach from said Adversary and live quiet, normal lives. Well, not completely normal.
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| Jack Horner – Matthew McConaughey |
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| Fan made movie poster by DigitalRich |
From YouBentMyWookie:
An obvious fan of the series, DeviantArt user DigitalRich has created seven very awesome fan-made movie posters giving us a tease at what a “Fables” movie or cable series might look like.
The posters are fairly well cast too and features Elisha Cuthbert, Peter Dinklage, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Henry Cavill, and Zooey Deschanel.
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| Director Nikolaj Arcel |
THR reports that Warner Bros. is back to making a live-action film based on the DC Comics/Vertigo comic Fables. They have a script from Jeremy Slater who was tasked to write Fox's Fantastic Four reboot and have hired Danish director Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair - shown at left). No word on when production is expected to begin but it sounds a little more promising than other DC based projects that are stuck in limbo (The Flash, Wonder Woman, Lobo, Sgt. Rock, Suicide Squad). Harry Potter producers David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films are also involved.
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| Bigby Wolf – Russell Crowe |
Fortunately, “Fables”’ time in the spotlight has finally come, and newcomers will get a fresh chance to get in on the story from the beginning with a forthcoming film. Heyday Films, the studio behind the “Harry Potter” movies, announced recently that they are going into pre-production on a “Fables” movie. Given the scale of “Fables,” and the fact that Heyday built their reputation on an eight-part epic, it’s clear the hope is to turn “Fables” into a thriving franchise. If the adaptation is handled as well as Heyday’s last venture, that’s practically a foregone conclusion, because the strength of the source material is undeniable.
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| Fan made movie poster by DigitalRich |
10. Flycatcher And Boy Blue - These two characters turn from silly little sidekicks within the first couple of stories into a couple of the biggest heroes in the big battle that takes place later on. All I'm saying is that it would be nice if we get to see them at least once...
9. Prince Charming's Snarky Attitude - The Prince Charming that you know and love from the fairy tales is non-existent in the Fables universe... He's a rather despicable character throughout the first few volumes, but he grows on you. Like an infection.
Geppetto – Bryan Cranston
8. Drama on the Farms - All I really want to see is the homicidal Goldilocks and some of the other animals on the Farms try to hunt down Snow White. Without spoiling too much of the story, the revolt that happens on he Farms has a lot to do with rebuilding the relationship between the sisters Snow White and Rose Red; it's a cool little story and it shows how different and dangerous their worlds are compared to what we're used to in the children's books. Actually, all I really want to see is some of those animals, like one of the Three Bears, with a rifle in its hands. Because I've always been in favor of the right to arm bears.
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| Fan made movie poster by DigitalRich |
7. The World Of Our Fairy Tale Exiles - The brilliant thing about the overall look for whatever sets will be made for Fables is that they can be done practically without too much effort, with the only real kind of CG we'll have to see coming from some of the animals and more mystical creatures...The comic contains very lush, detailed-yet-simple backdrops so it'll be a delight to see how those assigned to the film elaborate on the wonderful illustrations. Let me emphasize: elaborate on the wonderful illustrations! Ignore them at your peril, people.
6. The Creatures - Since we're dealing with a flurry of mystical creatures, ranging from Shere Khan to the Three Pigs, we will have to see them at some point running around with the rest of the Fabletown folk...
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| Old King Cole – Robert Duvall |
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| Fan made movie poster by DigitalRich |
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| Fan made movie poster by DigitalRich |
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| Rose Red – Keira Knightley |
In other words, they're simply acknowledging there are many kinds of family units - that is all. As the narrator says: "Families come in all shapes and sizes. Even rectangles.""We’re not in any way trying to be activists. We’re just trying to be who we are," Knight tells The Hollywood Reporter not 24 hours after he and his wife welcomed their third child, a boy, into the world. "All art and all artists have a point of view, a way of looking at the world. We want to make films that are bold and distinctive and enduring and actually have something meaningful to say."
The Laika chief, son of Nike founder Phil Knight, acknowledges that the movies he wants to make -- hugely time-consuming projects that marry stop-motion and CG techniques -- carry with them the risk of alienating wide swaths of the moviegoing public.
"There are going to be people who simply don’t agree with that and we understand, but we also won’t flinch from the consequences of that," he says.
For Travis Knight... finding stories that send kids the right kinds of messages -- and not necessarily the safest ones -- is a top priority.
"The kinds of films we make have to be consistent with our values and how we look at the world and sometimes that means putting yourselves out there a little bit."
And let me just add, there are MANY reasons kids - and families - are marginalized - in MANY different ways. This movie is for all of them - us - AS WELL. (I like this movie even more now!)He added, "The Boxtrolls are a very loving community that have been marginalized by the lies and distortions of others... It doesn’t take someone who's got a PhD to recognize that of course there are metaphoric elements to the message in our movie."
The Boxtrolls is a 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid animated feature based on Alan Snow’s bestselling fantasy adventure novel Here Be Monsters.
(It's) a comedic fable that unfolds in Cheesebridge, a posh Victorian-era town obsessed with wealth, class, and the stinkiest of fine cheeses. Beneath its charming cobblestone streets dwell the Boxtrolls, foul monsters who crawl out of the sewers at night and steal what the townspeople hold most dear: their children and their cheeses. At least, that’s the legend residents have always believed. In truth, the Boxtrolls are an underground cavern-dwelling community of quirky and lovable oddballs who wear recycled cardboard boxes the way turtles wear their shells. The Boxtrolls have raised an orphaned human boy, Eggs (voiced by Mr. Hempstead-Wright), since infancy as one of their dumpster-diving and mechanical junk-collecting own. When the Boxtrolls are targeted by villainous pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher (Mr. Kingsley), who is bent on eradicating them as his ticket to Cheesebridge society, the kindhearted band of tinkerers must turn to their adopted charge and adventurous rich girl Winnie (Ms. Fanning) to bridge two worlds amidst the winds of change – and cheese.
Mr. Knight said, “The Boxtrolls is a visually dazzling mash-up of gripping detective story, absurdist comedy, and steampunk adventure with a surprisingly wholesome heart. It’s Dickens by way of Monty Python. Tony and Graham have crafted a strange and beautiful world replete with fantastical creatures, good-for-nothing reprobates, madcap antics, and rip-roaring feats of derring-do. But at its core, like all LAIKA films, The Boxtrolls is a moving and human story with timelessness and powerful emotional resonance. We’re thrilled to partner with Focus Features and Universal to bring this remarkable story to family audiences around the world.”
