Now here’s perfect casting if I’ve ever seen it. Variety reports that Virginia Madsen has signed on to play the mother of Amanda Seyfried’s character in Warner Bros.’ medieval thriller RED RIDING HOOD. Gotta be one of the more believable (not to mention hot) mother-daughter duos in years, no?
The film, being directed by Catherine Hardwicke, centers on a village being terrorized by a werewolf; Seyfried will play the titular character, who joins forces with a werewolf hunter to stop the menace.
Along with the MILF/DILF team, RED RIDING HOOD stars Gary Oldman, Julie Christie, Michael Hogan, Michael Shanks, Shiloh Fernandez and Max Irons. Warner Bros. has just given the flick a MARCH 11, 2011 release date.
Madsen has excelled in the horror genre before, appearing in one of the underrated gems of the past 20 years, CANDYMAN, as well as the recent hit THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT (no, that one isn’t even close to a gem, but Madsen is actually rather good in it).