Gary Oldman to go into the woods
Amanda Seyfried is set to star in Catherine Hardwicke's Gothic horror/fairytale The Girl With The Red Riding Hood, it is reported that Max Irons has signed on to join Seyfried in the film.
It was reported that Shiloh Fernandez is set to play a woodcutter with whom Red falls in love, with A-listers Julie Christie and Gary Oldman in talks to join them.
Irons (who's the son of Jeremy, but not the son who appeared with him in Danny, Champion of the World) will play the village blacksmith who's due to marry Red as the result of an arrangement between their families. Christie will play a rather more beautiful and less doddery grandmother than we've previously seen in this tale - and a grandmother who knits with silver needles, which might come in handy given that there's a werewolf on the loose. And Oldman will be the "Witchfinder General" who must seek out and kill the lycanthrope.
Shooting starts in Vancouver pretty soon, so keep an eye out for this one sometime next year. Can Hardwicke make it as popular as Twilight? Well, the cast is pretty enough - and what else does she need?
The Girl With the Red Riding Hood, written by David Johnson (Orphan), is a retelling of the old Red Riding Hood bedtime story.
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