Disney Inviting Romanek to the Ball

[Dreamchild]

For better or for worse, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is one of the most financially successful movies of all time. What does that translate to? More live-action 're-imaginings' of classic Disney tales.

It has come to light that Disney is pursuing a new Cinderella film with a twist, and they want Mark Romanek to direct it. Romanek has directed many music videos, and a few positively-received movies to boot (One Hour Photo, Never Let Me Go). According to the planned Cinderella movie, "the prince is forced into a politically arranged marriage. However, the evil plan is suddenly compromised when he meets Cinderella."

While I do like Romanek, and that One Hour Photo is one of my favorite movies, this is my honest reaction to the news.



Thanks, Robin! Couldn't have said it better.

Source: movies.ign.com/articles/118/1187653p1.html

[Savage]

... Yeah, I don't want to be one of those annoying pple who hate on everything that comes out without even seeing it first, but this proposal isn't impressing me much.

Truth be told, I kinda get the sneaking suspicion that Disney wants to pander to the feminazis and their ilk who hate the original Cinderella with this re-imagining. Pple may hate it when Disney does non-fairy tale films, but I prefer they do that instead of re-imaging their classic stuff.