Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated mystery comedy film. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. It was produced independently by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment, directed and written by Cory Edwards along with Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech, and produced by Katie Hooten, Maurice Kanbar, David K. Lovegren, Sue Bea Montgomery, and Preston Stutzman. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.
Theatrical release poster
The film's production was privately financed by entrepreneur Maurice Kanbar.
Director and co-writer Cory Edwards also co-wrote two of the film's songs, performed one of them, and voiced the character Twitchy.
Harvey (pictured here in 2011) and Bob Weinstein distributed Hoodwinked! as one of the Weinstein Company's first films.
Little Red Riding Hood is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.
A "Little Red Riding Hood" illustration by J. W. Smith
"Little Red Riding Hood" as illustrated in a 1927 story anthology
Gustave Doré's engraving of the scene "She was astonished to see how her grandmother looked."
A "Little Red Riding Hood" illustration by Arthur Rackham