Darkstars Fantasy News

To set fairy tale retellings in our modern world is not a new thing to do. With her “Lunar Chronicles” author Marissa Meyer however is even going further: Her fairy tale-inspired saga about a Cyborg-Cinderella from New Bejing is taking place in a distant future. In the beginning I wasn’t sure if this could work, but Meyers science fiction version of those old stories are just great. Once you stared, you cannot put her books down. Her Red Riding Hood-inspired second novel “Scarlet” came out just a few weeks ago. I talked to her about her version of the fairy tale princesses, what sparked the idea to her series and much more: (more…)

Dieses Jahr wird’s leider kein Disney-Weihnachtsmärchen geben, aber im Winter 2013 will man mit “Frozen” diese Tradition wieder aufnehmen. Der Animationsfilm soll auf Motiven von Hans Christian Andersens “Die Schneekönigin” basieren und – im Original – werden zwei meiner Lieblingsstars den Figuren ihre Stimme leihen. (more…)