A Tale Dark & Grimm is a computer-animated television series based on the children's book of the same name by Adam Gidwitz. Developed for Netflix by Doug Langdale and Simon Otto, the series premiered on October 8, 2021. Netflix did not renew the show for a second season.
Plot
A trio of talking ravens narrate the real story of Hansel and Gretel, who are a prince and a princess, who ran away from their parents after being beheaded by their father and search for a new and happy family. The pair will go on a winding and wickedly witty tale with elements of several other stories written by the Brothers Grimm.
Voice cast
Andre Robinson as Prince Hansel
Raini Rodriguez as Princess Gretel
Scott Adsit as William and Hunter
Ron Funches as Jacob
Erica Rhodes as Dotty
Jonathan Banks as Johannes
Nicole Byer as Mrs. Baker
Eric Bauza as the King and Shillingworth
Charlotte Wilson Langley as the Queen
Kari Wahlgren as The Sun and Olivia
Tom Hollander as The Moon
Cree Summer as Mother Tree
Adetokumboh M'Cormack as Lord Meister and Furfur
David Henrie as Handsome Young Man
Missi Pyle as The Rain and Widow Fischer
Matthew Waterson as Asmodeus
Adam Lambert as the Devil
Episodes
Production
On October 16, 2013, Henry Selick was set to direct a live-action film adaptation of Adam Gidwitz's children's novel A Tale Dark & Grimm. By August 2016, he was still working on the film adaptation. The series was first announced in June 2021, without Selick's involvement, as part of three Netflix Original shows targeted at kids and families.
Release
A Tale Dark & Grimm premiered on October 8, 2021, globally on Netflix. A trailer was released on September 9.