Warner Bros. wants Amanda Seyfried to put on a red hood, and hopes the Twilight fanbase will follow her into the woods.

The Los Angeles Times says the actress is being sought for a new screen-take on Little Red Riding Hood (also known as Little Red Cap), the tale made famous by Charles Perrault and later by the Brothers Grimm.

The movie is called The Girl With the Red Riding Hood and is from Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, Appian Way. It is most likely to be directed by Catherine Hardwicke, who helmed the first Twilight movie. Orphan writer David Johnson is working on the script. The Times observes that WB is clearly trying to cash in on the Twilight-y appeal of werewolves and damsels in distress.

The story will reportedly pander to fans of the vampire series with dark/dangerous/romantic elements but has also been described as “elevated genre material.”

Seyfried stars in the weepy romance, Dear John, currently in theatres. The film has done fairly well at the box office but received largely negative reviews. She also co-starred alongside Megan Fox in the box office flop Jennifer’s Body (written by Diablo Cody). One might be hard-pressed, however, to pin these disappointments on the likeable Seyfried, who has proven she can hold her own, such as on HBO’s Big Love, in which portrayed Sarah Henrickson, daughter in a polygamous family, for four seasons. She also starred as Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! and, in 2010, will appear in Chloe and Letters to Juliette.

Catherine Hardwicke’s filmography includes Lords of Dogtown and the multiple award winning, Thirteen.