This afternoon we had a chance to sit down with director Catherine Hardwicke at the South by Southwest conference. She was here to talk about her new film Red Riding Hood, and she spilled a few hints about science fiction projects she's working on next.

Red Riding Hood, a film about a werewolf, comes out today. Werewolves live as humans, only turning into wolves on the night of the full moon. They're strong, vicious, and they can only be killed by silver. But why silver?

Red Riding Hood, the new film from Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, retells the classic story with dysfunctional medieval families and werewolves. Spiked with a witty, goth-girl bitchiness, this flick goes over the top into awesome.

Gary Oldman, who plays the purple-robed, silver-fingernailed priest in Red Riding Hood, is a renowned and talented actor. And as such, has had myriad opportunities to make a fool of himself. That he has only done so sartorially is a credit to the man, but doesn't let him off the hook. Here's the craziest, silliest,…

This is how I imagine the pitch meeting. "It's like Twilight meets She's All That, but with a gritty, urban feel and a cameo by an Olsen twin!" Beastly is an odd new paint-by-numbers teen genre flick, a hodgepodge of contrived romance and gothic horror. Its lineage can be traced straight back to Twilight. It's going to…

We're very excited to roll about in the snow with Catherine Hardwicke's sexy, hairless wolf boys. And this new crop of movie snaps from Red Riding Hood certainly turns up the heat. Take us now Gary Oldman!

Catherine Hardwicke's next paranormal film promises all sorts of naked nastiness in the woods. Amanda Seyfried and her werewolf suitors are trying very hard to make medieval orgies the new Twilight. A new trailer is all bosoms, blood...and Gary Oldman.

Could this be the biggest year ever for fantastical movies? It certainly looks like it. The calendar is bursting with films about aliens, weird creatures, superheroes and magical worlds. Here's our complete guide to 2011's science fiction and fantasy films.