Sentences with phrase «classic fairy tale characters»

Penned by the scribe behind the «Into the Woods» musical, James Lapine, the film version hones in on a baker and his wife (James Corden and Emily Blunt) and chronicles their journey through the woods during which they encounter a number of classic fairy tale characters including Johnny Depp as The Wolf, Daniel Huttlestone as Jack, Mackenzie Mauzy as Rapunzel and more.

The classic fairy tale characters have been played by:

Hollywood has been trying to get this massive ensemble of classic fairy tale characters together in a film since the early»90s and Disney gave the big opportunity to Chicago director Rob Marshall, with Lapine adapting the story to script.

Not exact matches

Elsewhere, the classic stories of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) and Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford)- among several other fairy tale characters - play out just as you remember them, only this time we also get to see the consequences of their actions.

But none of the film's scenes or characters suggest an improvement on the 1950 animated film, or on many of the other, non-Disney adaptations of this classic fairy tale.

I am one of those naysayers who admire the witty inventiveness of Act One, and its reinterpretation of classic fairy tales, and hate the downbeat deconstruction of those characters in Act Two.

The main character in one chapter becomes an extra in another, all with interconnected stories based on contemporary updates to classic fairy tales.

In Catherine Hardwicke's «Red Riding Hood,» the titular character of the classic fairy tale is no longer referred to as an item of clothing: Her name is Valerie.

Although it would still be a solid adaptation of the classic fairy tale without any music, Menken and Ashman's soundtrack elevates the material to a whole other level, complete with big, theatrical musical numbers like «Be Our Guest» and «Gaston» that effortlessly drive the story and further develop the characters.

Though the two books approach the modernization of fairy tales differently, readers of both will arrive at the same conclusion: The crises faced by a character in a classic fable are not always meant to be left behind in childhood.

Using a vast array of fictional characters and iconographic motifs and codes, Rosen frequently refers to, and transforms, not only the canon of the historical avant - garde and transgressive traditions from the Marquis de Sade to Georges Bataille, but also popular media, political propaganda, and classic children's fairy tales.