When I first heard of this movie weeks ago, I ignored it. Not really interested on a Fairy tale adapted to a full length film. But last Monday, attached to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an incredibly thought provoking trailer of a popular Children's bedtime story.

SYNOPSIS:

In “Red Riding Hood,” Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast–one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect…and bait.

So far the only Catherine Hardwicke film I saw is Twilight, I will still give her the benefit of the doubt and give her another chance on this adapatation of Red Riding Hood. Having Gary Oldman on it just gave me the green light that this movie could be good. We will just have to wait and see.


Red Riding Hood is set to premiere on March 11. 2011 to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.