Once Upon A Time....

Fairy tales are everywhere!

I turn on the TV. I see commercials for movies and TV shows revolving around Snow White. It's kind of crazy how Hollywood has jumped on the fairy tale bandwagon, leaving a blazing trail of apples in it's wake. But I have to say I'm happy. I'm a big fan of Once Upon a Time. I love what they have done with the queen and all the characters. And come on, Rumple? He is badass. They've put such a refreshing twist on one of the fairy tales where the girl was anything but heroic.

Chick runs away and hides with seven little men, only to fall victim to a bad apple, and be kissed back to life by Mr. Hot Stuff in a cape and tights...

At least Cinderella went to the ball!

But while I have some favs in the Snow White genera, I have to hope that Hollywood doesn't lose control of the wagon they so gleefully hopped upon.  In the fall there will be a Beauty and the Beast TV show on Cw. Beauty is a cop in this one, plus even more movies than I can keep tack of. Little mermaid, Peter Pan, and...OZ? I didn't classify that as a classic fairy tale, but I'm sure it will be worth seeing...hopefully. I have to say I'm a fan of the original great and powerful, but who knows? Below you'll find a link to imdb. This list is full of stuff I didn't even know was in the works. Lea Michele in the animated Wizard of OZ. Yup. Hansel and Gretel in 3D? Why not. Oh, and can't for get Pan. He's going to be a villain, and Hook is the captain of the police force chasing after him.....IDK if I like the sound of that.

http://www.imdb.com/list/adCaRHxwLtg/


Well, hope you enjoy perusing the list, and that your head doesn't spin off into space from the overload of fairy tale magicalness. Mine was teetering for a second, just trying to digest it.

So this brings on a few questions, how do you think Hollywood's fantastical fairy tales will effect the books appearing on our shelves? Will the publishing industry follow via magic carpet? Or will it be a flash in the pan?