ONCE UPON A TIME PRINCESSES WERE FICKLE AND FLIGHTY.
THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.
Now Upon a Time is a storytelling project that reimagines classic tales with modern, empowering messaging.
Lil’ Ruby: The Short Film
Adapted from the original Now Upon a Time story, Lil’ Ruby is making her animated debut in a 9-minute film created in collaboration with Platige. Launching soon! Until then, check out the trailer.
PRINCESS & THE PEA-TITION
Princess is not a princess. Just a girl named Princess who slept on a pea. But this Princess, who is not a princess, changed a country forever.
JACKY & JILL
Jacky & Jill went up the hill one fateful spring day. After they came tumbling down, the twin sisters would never see each other the same way again.
LA BELLA DURMIENTE
Malcontencia granted a cruel gift. On Briar Rosita’s fifteenth birthday, she would lose her guitar pick inside the hole of an acoustic guitar… and be cursed forever.
SUE WHITE
Sue didn’t tweeze her eyebrows. Some days she didn’t even wash her hair. How on earth, her aunt wondered, could Sue be the fairest of all?
LIL’ RUBY RIDING HOOD
Today was the day that Lil’ Ruby would put on her trademark red hoodie and take the train from “Do or Die” to her Nanda’s house in West Haven, Connecticut.
RUMPEL-STILTSKIN
When a savvy daughter needs help turning a metal straw company into a golden financial opportunity, she turns to a wretched little creature.
THE LITTLE MERMAID
This Little Mermaid wants to live happily ever after. First, she must learn to put herself above all else, especially well-coiffed, two-legged princes.
RAPUNZEL
She pumped her hands and stomped her feet while she wove her words and stories. It wasn’t poetry, it wasn’t singing. It was just Rapunzel, herself.