Literally taking a page from Zenoscope Publishing, who are developing the motion picture "Return To Wonderland" , spinning-off their horror comic book series "Grimm Fairy Tales", Syfy has decided to 'reinvent' fairy tales as part of their Saturday night TV movie franchise, airing five films, putting a 'contemporary twist' on a classic (public domain) story, from "Hansel & Gretel" to "Little Red Riding Hood".Each film is budgeted at $2 million, lensed on 35mm film.
"Beauty and the Beast" debuts February 27.
Zenoscope's "Grimm Fairy Tales" debuted June 2005, offering classic fairy tales, with 'contemporary twists' and expanded plots.
Each issue revolves around sexy 'Sela', who has the ability to show people the 'error of their ways' through fairy tales, ultimately dispensing her own style of 'justice', while her nemesis 'Belinda' has similar, but more 'evil' powers.Zenoscope recently optioned their comic book character "The Piper" based on another one of their "Grimm Fairy Tales" spin-offs...
