Alice when presented by the SyFy network isn’t exactly the Lewis Carroll version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland you might remember - and it’s definitely not the kookie Disney animated feature. This Alice is way more mature and Alice herself is a martial arts expert to boot.
It’s been given a makeover by Nick Willing, the same director who turned The Wizard of Oz on its ear with Tin Man, another SyFy movie event from 2007.
Philp Winchester, who plays Jack Chase in the made-for-TV flick, says yes it’s different, but still maintains the wacky array of characters featured in the book. Clearly his role is an addition to those classic characters, but don’t ask him for extra details about the story because he holds back just enough to peak interest (Alice’s boyfriend, wink-wink).
Click onto the two media bars for Philip Winchester’s take on the upcoming SyFy, two-night, movie event, Alice.
Alice airs Sunday 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with repeat showings at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT and concludes Monday, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with repeat showing at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on SyFy.
The movie also stars Caterina Scorsone as Alice, Kathy Bates as the Queen of Hearts, Matt Frewer as the White Knight and Colm Meaney as the King of Hearts.
Brian - Kafkacotton
December 5th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Great article. I run a t-shirt shop, http://www.kafkacotton.com, which creates designs inspired by great books. We just came out with an “Alice in Wonderland” t-shirt last week (actually “Through the Looking Glass”). When we decided to make the shirt, we had no idea all these Alices were about to pop out…
This quote explains our design, “One thing was certain, that the WHITE kitten had had nothing to do with it:—it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.”
Linda
December 9th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Who was the guy that played hatter?
Sarah
December 10th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Hatter was played by Andrew-Lee Potts.
I LOVED Alice. I thought that it was just really well done, the acting was wonderful- especially Andrew-Lee Potts, my favorite! What a sensational miniseries! I can’t wait to watch it again
abby
December 10th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
i lovedd this movie soo much !
i was wondring..does this movie evr come out on dvd !?
Abby
December 11th, 2009 at 6:03 am
I LOVE the hatter!!! I want him for christmas!!!
mikaela ehrke
December 18th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
OMG ABBY I WANT HATTER TOO!!! MEGA HOTTIE RIGHT THERE, AND UMM YES IT DOES COME OUT ON DVD ON MARCH 2ND!!!