via press release:
NEW SYFY SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIE RED TO STAR FELICIA DAY (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, THE GUILD, DR. HORRIBLE’S) IN RE-IMAGINING OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
New York, NY – March 8, 2010 – Felicia Day, star of web videos The Guild and Joss Whedon’s Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, who also played “Vi” in the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will portray a werewolf-hunting descendant of Little Red Riding Hood in the new Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Red.
Scheduled to premiere in 2011, Red is Syfy’s latest re-imagining of classic fairy tales, legends and pop culture characters. The new line of films launched with Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale, which starred Estella Warren, on February 27.
Syfy, one of television’s most prolific producers of original movies, is also developing films around the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Hansel & Gretel, among other projects.
In the action-packed Red, Red (Day) brings her fiancé home, where he meets the family and learns about their business – hunting werewolves. He’s skeptical until bitten by a werewolf. When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him. Red also stars Kavan Smith (Stargate Atlantis) and Stephen McHattie (Watchmen). Red is produced by Angela Mancuso and Vesuvius Productions in association with Chesler Perlmutter Productions.
In addition to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Felicia is most widely known for her work in web video. She co-starred in Joss Whedon’s Internet musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, which was voted the Best Web TV of 2008 by Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and People Magazine.
Currently she stars in the web series The Guild, which she created, writes and stars in. The Guild was the winner of the YouTube, Yahoo and SXSW Best Web Series Awards for 2008. The series has generated more than 50 million views web-wide. Day also has a hugely popular Twitter following, reaching more than 1.7 million fans.
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 96 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
um who wants to watch this garbage when you could just watch freeway.
Hopefuly the movie will be better then Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale but i doubt it.
OMFG i love felicia day!! she is hilarious on the guild!!
Watch the guild, is amazing!!
This could be VERY exciting. Felicia Day is amazing and as long as SyFy manages to keep a “Xena” tone about the concept (cheesy, plenty of action & an emotionally engaging cast of characters) I’m sure I’ll love it.
they didn’t even mention her being on Dollhouse. how rude!
@grr_argh
“they didn’t even mention her being on Dollhouse”
Smart. Who wants to be associated with THAT mess?
“they didn’t even mention her being on Dollhouse. how rude!”
I don’t see why they would. It was just a guest role, she guested in quite a few shows, should all of those get mentioned too?
But she was in half a season on Buffy, a main character on Dr. Horrible and The Guild is hers. So it makes sense that those got mentioned. I like Dollhouse quite a bit, and I particularly liked Felicia’s character Mag, but as I said, I don’t see what it would need to be mentioned in this press release.
Now, as for this movie… I’ll watch. Because Felicia is in it.
I waiting for Syfy to ‘re imagine’ the Classics next like Little Women; Jo and her sisters dressed in a leather bustiers and zombie civil war soldiers attacking the old homestead.
I’m excited to see this one – mostly due to Felicia- ok entirely due to Felicia
I can’t wait! Congrats @FeliciaDay !
a must watch! yay FeliciaDay!
Felicia youre on!!!! Yes!!!
I enjoy her “web videos.”
I totally made this exact concept as a fake movie poster for a creative prompt at my work like a year ago. It even had the same name. I think SyFy is trolling deviantart for ideas.
In all seriousness, this sounds completely awesome. Like Kimbo said, mostly for Felicia.
Hmmm,after “Tin Man” and “Alice”, they are getting desperate.
I wonder who will be cast as “Grandma” and “The Woodsman” (Most likely reimagned as one of Red’s Brothers?)
@leujin link please!
Normally Skiffy movies scare me and I avoid them, but Felicia Day is cause for celebration. Love her and she can elevate even SyFy. I can’t believe I am looking forward to a SyFy movie, but I am really excited for this. Also Kavan Smith is easy on the eyes. Should be fun.
@panzi Blam. http://leujin.deviantart.com/art/Red-117324641
leujin: that was awesome! “Starring Ted Nugent as ‘The Hunter’”
Yes! Good news.
I can’t wait, it’s going to be great!
I’ll watch it because it has Felicia in it. Otherwise I’m sure I’d steer clear. SyFy (sih fee) hasn’t impressed me in a long time, and this movie sounds similar to their “Tin Man” movie which really stunk.
If it has Felicia in it, its going to be a good movie =) if only for the reason that shes in it!
This is what she flaked out on Emerald City Comic Con For? Come on, Felicia
felicia day rocks! <3
Felicia Day kicks werewolf ass, that’s so awesome!
Awesome!
PLEASE someone confirm that red riding hood
will be brandishing a katana.
i also wouldnt mind a steampunk-like theme…
… and undead and and and..
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I’m sure it will be terrible, but I might watch just for Felicia Day being in it. ^__^
@leujin: That IS awesome. And man, Samuel L. Jackson seems to be in EVERYTHING these days.
Yeah, that’s about right. I’m sure no real network would have her. Hell, even cable networks would shun her at this point. Joss Whedon and the network that broadcasts the silliest, stupidest shit this side of TV that’s controlled by theologians, are about the only people that would broadcast this fake, insipid bitch.