Catherine Hardwicke to Direct DiCaprio's 'Red Riding Hood'?

GSBot · December 16, 2009, 7:30pm

Catherine Hardwicke, director of Thirteen,](Thirteen (2003) - Movie | Moviefone) Lords of Dogtown,](Lords of Dogtown (2005) - Movie | Moviefone) and, oh yeah, Twilight,](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/twilight/31347/main) was supposedly locked in as director for Summit’s upcoming movie If I Stay,](http://www.cinematical.com/2009/05/15/hardwicke-returns-to-summit-for-ya-tearjerker/) written by Whip It!](Whip It (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)'s Shauna Cross. Summit’s decision to bring on other directors for the Twilight series – namely Chris Weitz for The Twilight Saga: New Moon](The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) and David Slade for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse](The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) – brought rumblings about infighting, difficulties with Hardwicke, blah blah blah. But whether or not If I Stay was a bone to throw Hardwicke to prove to naysayers there’s no hard feelings between the director and Summit, it looks like Hardwicke’s post Twilight-life might not include Summit, after all, at least for the time being.

Now it looks like Hardwicke’s busy schedule, which was already filled with a Hamlet adaptation, among other projects, has The Girl with the Red Riding Hood at the top of her dance card, according to the LA Times.](`Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke could leave 'If I Stay') Leonardo DiCaprio will produce; he also produced Orphan,](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/orphan/32213/main) which starred Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard as adoptive parents who get more than they bargained for.