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The History of Hoodwinked: A Fractured Fairy Tale

Don't let this Shrek-like parody fool you, because there is a lot more to this fairy tale story than what you see in the cover

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Rick Green

I am curious. Do you think the fanbase is big enough to make a reanimated project?

Bryce Gundy

I actually happen to know a Wobots Christmas and have seen it a thousand times. It’s from a little company called live bait productions who also made the Gaither gospel series, Gaithers pond.

Justin Monti

This was definitely a fascinating story to look into. I remember back when I was a kid and I watched Hoodwinked for the first time back in the late 2000's, and I honestly consider it a pretty decent movie. Considering this came out in 2005, around the highest point in Shrek's popularity considering it was released a year after Shrek 2 it still worked well even as a fairytale satire. I also have always considered Hoodwinked as one of the best examples of a film that despite having poorly done animation, it has a very solid script, enjoyable characters and solid humor, that you can look past the bad animation. Also I find it fascinating how this somehow ended up being the only animated film the Weinstein Company managed to not screw over. However, Hoodwinked too I definitely consider as one of the worst animated sequels out there and just a slap on the face to what made the first film enjoyable. So yeah, I do consider the first Hoodwinked as definitely one of the better fairytale satires out there and while not as good as the first 2 Shrek films, I'll still take Hoodwinked over the third and forth films any day of the week.

Kenneth Stoddard

This is quite interesting of how the Hoodwinked movies go through. I saw the first film when it came out on DVD as a kid and I thought it was enjoyable. I never know until years later of how much this movie was spent on and even though I will agree that the animation alone is not good, but if it wasn’t for that script and a new direction to make it stand out as not a Shrek ripoff, it at least manage to makes the film looked alright overall. For the sequel, believe it or not I actually did see the sequel in theaters when I was 11 and at first I thought it okay until years later when I came to acknowledge that, yes, this sequel sucked. I forgot that the sequel was terrible due to poor animation that looked worst than the first, poor story, lack of charm in terms of it humor and characters, unnecessary pop culture references, and terrible writing as well. I’m actually surprised that TWC and he who shall not be named didn’t interfere much with those movies since infamously known for interfering films such as edit cuts and forced in celebrity cameos although the negligence of the second film was bad but not as bad as what they done in previous films they did. Little interference, the better. Really felt sorry for much the Edward brothers went through in making Hoodwinked movies but I hope they’re doing alright since we never heard from them now in days.

Hunter O'Laughlin

I definitely remember seeing Hoodwinked! as a kid and it’s amazing how well it’s surprisingly held up, well except for the animation, compared to other animated films from my childhood that I liked but now I realize are actually terrible as an adult. It’s such a shame that such a clever animated film had to be followed by a sequel that’s everything that the original was not, or possibly could have been if the Weinsteins had been much more involved. Fun fact: Did you know the goat Japeth was almost cut out of the film because the producers and writers thought he contributed nothing to the plot? But luckily, kids’ positive response towards the character during test screenings saved him. And a good thing too because the movie wouldn’t have been as funny without him.

Hugo Segal

Perhaps, at some point, a documentary will come to fruition about the Weinstein Brothers' relationship with producing and distributing animated features (either original or acquired), particularly the "Hoodwinked" duology, "Doogal," and even "Escape from Planet Earth."

Joshua Copelan

I saw Hoodwinked! in theaters because of Xzibit, thanks to Pimp My Ride. But wow, I had no idea about the whole story involving the movie's beginnings. This was fun, but also surprising.