Young actress Amanda Seyfried is rumored to have signed on for the titular role in a new Disney live action version of the classic ‘Cinderella’ story masterminded by “The Devil Wears Prada” scribe Aline Brosh McKenna.
The project, which will reportedly see McKenna pocket a cool seven-figure sum, was conceived just this past May with Disney hoping to replicate the billion dollars success of Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland.” Pretty transparent where the motivation for this project lies then?
It makes perfect sense that the project would be eying an adored ‘it girl’ like Seyfried, but treat it as a rumor for now as the news comes from a gossip site source that is not entirely reliable. This ‘Cinderella’ film, though, is expected to be the first in a line of many revised childhood classics — Annie Leibovitz’s recent Disney-endorsed shoot surely wasn’t just an exercise in photography — with Burton already setting up a new take on the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ tale with ‘Alice’ scribe Linda Woolverton starring Angelina Jolie as the titular witch antagonist, “Maleficent.” The world is their oyster really with ready-made narratives in “Snow White,” “Pocahontas” and “Peter Pan” just begging for the 21st Century, 3D remake. Let’s just hope they can at least bring on some fresh ideas and interesting talent when it all transpires.
As for Seyfried, she will begin work on Catherine Hardwicke’s own revisioned fairytale in “Red Riding Hood” with Shiloh Fernandez, Gary Oldman, Max Irons, Julie Christie and Lukas Haas later this summer.