Well Ladies and Gents it seems like Hollywood is in the business of remakes! From Alice in Wonderland to Snow White. Even Red Riding Hood got a live action film. Even though Cinderella has been remade before (there are even sequels to the films Cinderella II and III) this another installment for the Big Screen!

Cate Blanchette as the Wicked Stepmother

Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy God Mother

Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Lily James of "Downton Abbey" in the title role as Cinderella

Richard Madden of " Games of Thrones" as Prince Charming

I was a big fan of the original Cinderella film. I can't wait to see how they create this Cinderella. The other remakes of Cinderella that were big hits for both TV and Film my favorites: Ever After; A Cinderella Story and of course Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

Ever After was a unique form in the way it was portrayed by all the actors involved. In this movie only one of the sisters was wicked along with her step mother. It was still at its core about Cinderella, but in this case it was a more in depth story of her fallout with her step mother and how it came to be a major division in their household.


In Rodgers and Hammerstein's version the cast was very eclectic. Two wicked step daughters one african american one white. An African American Queen, Caucasian King, and a Asian Prince. It was a very very diverse cast but the acting was sublime and you almost forgot about the ethnicity of the cast.





Anyway I can't wait for the adaptation of Cinderella. It'll be interesting to see what spins they put on Cinderella or if they change it at all. But with this cast, I don't think Cinderella is going to be a verbatim adaptation of the 1956 Animated film. I think there will be some twists and turns in that. I can't wait.

No release date for the "Cinderella" reboot has been announced yet, but filming is reported to begin this fall in London.