The Grimm brothers are, of course, the two German fellas who collected all the folktales and turned them into fairy tales that we all loved to read when we were children.

In the movie, they are played by Matt Damon and Heath Ledger under the direction of Terry Gilliam.

The trailer opens like a famous fairy tale – Red Riding Hood – only here it is much, much scarier and darker.

We see the brothers travelling from town to town getting rid of ghosts and ghouls, and getting paid handsomely for their efforts.

But the brothers’ greatest adventure begins when they visit one very troubled town.

All the scenes here are meant to introduce us to the two brothers and, from the scenes, it is not difficult to like them. Yes, even Damon.

Despite the dark background, what Damon and Ledger do and say are quite hilarious.

The elements of fairy tales are all here – magical trees, castles with high towers, poor folk searching for a hero (or two, in this case), a beautiful but spunky heroine (Lena Heady), a frog who needs a kiss and, of course, an evil queen (Monica Belluci).

“I’ve had the chance to get to know Matt Damon. He is a fan of cycling and has a connection to cancer. He has even expressed an interest in the role,” Armstrong said in the magazine.

The original, released by 20th Century Fox, centered on two couples who head off to Colorado for skiing and dirt biking. Along the way, they witness a satanic sacrifice, but when they call the local authorities, all evidence disappears. They resume their vacation but find themselves shadowed by a cult.

Peter Fonda and Loretta Swit starred in the original.

The film is being updated for the production outfit Regency Enterprises by writers Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan.

Moore had been partners in the LivePlanet production venture with Affleck, Damon and Sean Bailey. Among Moore’s producer credits are the “American Pie” movies, the “Project Greenlight” movies, “Joy Ride” and Affleck and Damon’s breakout hit “Good Will Hunting.”

Clooney has reportedly just bought the rights to another ratpack flick “Robin And The 7 Hoods”, and already has “Ocean’s” pals Brad Pitt and Matt Damon (just to think if Mark Wahlberg had never jumped ship from “Ocean’s” – that’d be him sharing the screen with the former caped crusader time and time again) on board.

It’ll be updated, of course, from the original story of a corrupt Chicago Sheriff going against a mob, with Robin (likely to be played by Clooney) and his boys caught up in the middle.

The original “Robin and the 7 Hoods” (1964) starred Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Bing Crosby, Peter Falk, and Barbara Rush.

Angelina Jolie will join Matt Damon for the dramatic movie, “The Good Shepherd,” to be directed by Robert De Niro. Matt Damon stepped into the lead role when Leonardo DiCaprio had to withdraw from the project.
According to Variety, “The Good Shepherd” tells the story of the CIA through the eyes of an agent whose personal life is destroyed by the job’s stress. Damon will play the agent with Jolie co-starring as his wife.

Production is expected to begin in March 2005. De Niro and Jane Rosenthal will produce “The Good Shepherd,” with Francis Ford Coppola, Rick Schwartz, and Chris Brigham executive producing.