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lN DA H00D: New CGFanimated
fairy tale
Little Red
Riding Hood
sees green
By MIGHAEL GlLl-Z
T FIRST BLUSH, IhC
new cutoon flick out
Friday looks like your
classic tale ofLittle Red Rid-
ing Hood, mixed in big-mme
stars like Glenn Close, Annc'
Hathaway and David Ogden
Stiers. added lots of
knorving pop-cultur-
;rl references and
ile sitting Lrack
waiting for the
noney to roll in
But "Hood-
rvinlied" may be the
most revolutionary
tihn of rhe yeu - ir s0 oGRE lT:
Director Cory Edwards
knows one of the most stun-
ning facts about the movie is
its hudget And not becausc
it's a wallct-buster Iike the
$200 rniliion "Kirg Kong."
"'tloodwinked' cost $15
million lo $20 nrillion, and
that's eraggeratilg just a lit-
tle bit bccause peoplc lvould-
n't really believe the real dol-
lar figure," sr-vs Edwards,
t'ho createcl and co-directed
the film with his brother
fodd Edwards ancl tliend
Tonv Leech. "l don't think
anyone hls cver macle a CGI
urovit'this cheap "
It's not as visually strrmiJlB
as "Shrck," "We llready
knoE that," lidu'rrds srys,
laughing ahour somc o[ the
comments he's seen onlinc.
But with a trailer that gets
huge laughs Out of r saw)',
karate-chopping Red (a droll
Hathaway), an cxlremc-
sports-kx.ing Gruurl' (Clost')brings CGI (comput- The"Shrek" we're going to see an
er-generated vibe inspired explosion of that, the
lmaFery) mlnratlon ro 4Hoodwinkgd.n salne \ay lvc saw ilD
the indie-film rvorkl. explosion of intliet ltlpical post-"Shrek"
movie. Its Droducers. the
rrew Weinstein Co. took theand a dapper P.I. (Stiers),
"Hoodwinked" doesn't need
flash: lt's got fmy.
Many animated films have
cost $100 million ard more.
But 2002's $60 nillion "Icc
Age" caused a stir when it
grossed $375 million Other
hits, the crudely drawn
"South Park" md "Beavis and
Butthead," proved you don't
need lavish mimation to
score laughs But "Hood-
winked" sign.ificantly raises
- or, rather, lowers - thc
bu. Five years ago, it couldl't
have been made so cheaply.
Five yers from now it'll be
harder to tell movies like it
apart tiom Plrar's
Edwards thinlis his
movie could mark the
start of a trend, likc
"Reservoir Dogs "
"l believe we're the
first independcrt
Ltrl Illm tO mile lI tO
theaters, he says. "But
a lot of them are right
on our heels. I think
live-action films in the'90s. I
don't think it means that just
mybody can rmlie an ani-
mated film nosr But it will
lcvel the playing field; good
steries cu find an audience
- not iust who's got $100
nillion "
Want further proof? A
"Hoodwinked" sequel is
rlready in thc works,
FAMILY TIES: The cartoon
cast cools their heels.
fairy tale
Little Red
Riding Hood
sees green
By MIGHAEL GlLl-Z
T FIRST BLUSH, IhC
new cutoon flick out
Friday looks like your
classic tale ofLittle Red Rid-
ing Hood, mixed in big-mme
stars like Glenn Close, Annc'
Hathaway and David Ogden
Stiers. added lots of
knorving pop-cultur-
;rl references and
ile sitting Lrack
waiting for the
noney to roll in
But "Hood-
rvinlied" may be the
most revolutionary
tihn of rhe yeu - ir s0 oGRE lT:
Director Cory Edwards
knows one of the most stun-
ning facts about the movie is
its hudget And not becausc
it's a wallct-buster Iike the
$200 rniliion "Kirg Kong."
"'tloodwinked' cost $15
million lo $20 nrillion, and
that's eraggeratilg just a lit-
tle bit bccause peoplc lvould-
n't really believe the real dol-
lar figure," sr-vs Edwards,
t'ho createcl and co-directed
the film with his brother
fodd Edwards ancl tliend
Tonv Leech. "l don't think
anyone hls cver macle a CGI
urovit'this cheap "
It's not as visually strrmiJlB
as "Shrck," "We llready
knoE that," lidu'rrds srys,
laughing ahour somc o[ the
comments he's seen onlinc.
But with a trailer that gets
huge laughs Out of r saw)',
karate-chopping Red (a droll
Hathaway), an cxlremc-
sports-kx.ing Gruurl' (Clost')brings CGI (comput- The"Shrek" we're going to see an
er-generated vibe inspired explosion of that, the
lmaFery) mlnratlon ro 4Hoodwinkgd.n salne \ay lvc saw ilD
the indie-film rvorkl. explosion of intliet ltlpical post-"Shrek"
movie. Its Droducers. the
rrew Weinstein Co. took theand a dapper P.I. (Stiers),
"Hoodwinked" doesn't need
flash: lt's got fmy.
Many animated films have
cost $100 million ard more.
But 2002's $60 nillion "Icc
Age" caused a stir when it
grossed $375 million Other
hits, the crudely drawn
"South Park" md "Beavis and
Butthead," proved you don't
need lavish mimation to
score laughs But "Hood-
winked" sign.ificantly raises
- or, rather, lowers - thc
bu. Five years ago, it couldl't
have been made so cheaply.
Five yers from now it'll be
harder to tell movies like it
apart tiom Plrar's
Edwards thinlis his
movie could mark the
start of a trend, likc
"Reservoir Dogs "
"l believe we're the
first independcrt
Ltrl Illm tO mile lI tO
theaters, he says. "But
a lot of them are right
on our heels. I think
live-action films in the'90s. I
don't think it means that just
mybody can rmlie an ani-
mated film nosr But it will
lcvel the playing field; good
steries cu find an audience
- not iust who's got $100
nillion "
Want further proof? A
"Hoodwinked" sequel is
rlready in thc works,
FAMILY TIES: The cartoon
cast cools their heels.