IT’S not just comic books and graphic novels that are being seen as a goldmine of material for movies. Classic fairytales are also being revisited by Hollywood and given a dark new twist.

Among the projects is a gothic retelling of Red Riding Hood from Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, while Tim Burton is set to make Maleficent which tells the Sleeping Beauty story from the perspective of the wicked fairy godmother.

In addition, a new take on Cinderella is being penned for Disney by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), with the studio hoping to repeat the success of its reimagined Alice in Wonderland.

Joining those will be a newly-announced adaptation of Snow White.

Relativity Media has bought Melisa Wallack’s script The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, an edgy reimagining of the original German folk tale, reports Deadline. It will be made in 3D.

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Thanks a lot to a nice twitter member of Amazing Rachel Weisz for the tweet on the exclusive interview of Rachel with MS. Magazine on her movie “Agora”. You can read the whole interview under the cut.

It’s unfortunate that Agora, a film about the 5th century neo-Platonist philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia, is coming out this weekend. It’s in theaters along with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Sex and the City 2: Abu Dhabi Do (not really the title, but it might as well have been).

Rachel Weisz, the star of Agora, jokes that her film has just as much action as its swords and sandals competition, but the battles are more about ideas. As Hypatia, the most prominent woman philosopher of the ancient world known to us, Weisz helps educate a new audience with what she says is actually a very contemporary tale.

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I´m leaving for vacation next week so I had to put up a new summer layout. If there are any problems browsing the site, please let me know. The layout features the Redbook photoshoot Rachel did last year.

The first HQ movie still of Rachel in her upcoming movie “The Whistleblower” appeared online. It has been added to the gallery already. Check out the other additions as well.

Gallery Additions:
“The Whistleblower” Movie Still (01) *HQ

More Additions:
“The Mummy” Movie Stills (02) *HQs
“The Mummy Returns” Movie Stills (05) *HQs
“Agora” New York Premiere & Special Screening (09)

For the second time, Rachel attented the show “The View” on may 27 to promote “Agora” which will be in US and european theatres soon. HQ captures, candids from may 27 and the full clip have been added to the site. Thanks so much to my friend Green who helped me to get the clip online. I really appriciate your help!

P.S: You can now select your favourite gallery theme. I added the feature because I already missed the light green layout with the pictures from Cannes 2009. Hope you like the idea!

Video Link:
“The View” on may 27, 2010 – Promoting “Agora”

Gallery Additions:
“The View” on may 27, 2010 HQ Captures (134)
Rachel on her way to “The View” on may 27 – Candids from 2010 (07)

Finally the first teaser for Rachels upcoming movie “The Whistleblower” got released and added to the media archive already. Captures will be added as soon as a better version of the teaser appears online. I found an old clip of Rachel and Hugh Jackman promoting “The Fountain” 2006.

Video Link:
“The Whistleblower” Teaser

More Videos:
CineMax “60 Seconds” on Demand

Rachel attented the “Agora” New York Premiere and the special screening yesterday, may 26. Only HQs have been added to the gallery already. Please take a look at the other gallery additions because they include pictures which I personally haven´t seen before like a new photoshoot from may 06, 2010, more pictures from the Redbook photoshoot and much more. Hope you enjoy the update!

Gallery Additions:
“Agora” New York Premiere & Special Screening (09) *HQs

More Additions:
Session #128 – Taken in New York on May 06, 2010 (06)
Session #120 – Redbook Photoshoot (04)
“The Lovely Bones” Press Conference (04)
“Dream House” Set Pictures (03)
“Agora” Movie Stills (05)
Rachels Henry plays Crossing Guard – Candids from 2010 (10)
Rachel celebrates 40. Birthday – Candids from 2010 (24) *Thanks to Kelly for 8 pictures