Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment and Radical Pictures are teaming to develop for the big screen LEGENDS, a graphic novel from Radical’s publishing branch that brings together such fairy tale favorites as Red Riding Hood, Jack the Giant Killer and Hansel & Gretel in a dark fantasy setting.

According to Heat Vision, Howard and Grazer will produce for Imagine, Barry Levine for Radical. No writer or studio has been announced. Nick Percival created the graphic novel, which comes out this month and is described as a mixture of steampunk, creatures, technology and magic. The story gets going when Pinocchio’s remains are discovered. Red Hood, now a noted wolf hunter, and Jack partner to discover who is murdering the creatures of folklore. Along the way, they’re assisted by characters such as Goldilocks, who’s a mercenary, and Hansel & Gretel, now psychic exterminators.

Check out the trailer for the graphic novel. 

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