Dear friends, we find ourselves falling down another rabbit hole… But this time, rather than a broken ankle, we find ourselves en route to Wonderland as the fantastic Once Upon a Time producers give us the aptly named – Once Upon A Time in Wonderland. This spin-off is set to send us this way AND that way on a new adventure based on the fantastic books by Lewis Caroll.
The show exists as an almost separate entity from Once Upon, with some titbits from the regular show (according to Adam Horowitz and Ed Kitsis) but not so much that any of you who haven’t been watching feel in the dark. Well, not anymore in the dark than the rest of us in the Wonderland wood relying on the directions of a body-less cat…
Yes, I am a lover of fairytales.
Yes, I do have a lot of un-birthday tea parties to get through the 364 days before the ACTUAL birthday…
And like most people I love a good romance.
This retelling of the classic is set to be one of the most unique and psychedelic romances of them all. Honestly, can you hand on heart say that you know of any other shows featuring a rabbit with an OCD level of punctuality (John Lithgow), a hookah-smoking caterpillar (Iggy Pop) and a heroine with boundless curiosity and bravery?
The series trailer finds Alice in some kind of mental asylum, sent by her father… who thinks she’s insane… telling your parents that you have fallen in love with a genie may have that effect…
Already there are a whole host of questions, set in motion by the appearance of the Knave of Hearts, the White Rabbit and the ominous Red Queen. But my main question is this:
Which characters will come to the foreground first?
And will they all be from the original Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass tales?
Tune in this week for a steaming cup of Wonderland’s finest and a fantastic new adventure from the makers of Once Upon A Time! See you there!