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Posted by Gothampc 2012-12-18 00:08:56

Obviously this is just rumored and these postings change overnight.

Meryl Streep as the witch

Allison Janney as Jack's Mother

Not my choices, but oh well!

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-12-18 00:17:16

STREEP DOES NOT HAVE THE VOICE FOR THIS ROLE!

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Posted by Gothampc 2012-12-18 00:23:14

"STREEP DOES NOT HAVE THE VOICE FOR THIS ROLE!"

Nor the beauty. The witch has to turn into a beauty. I wanted Catherine Zeta-Jones.

And I don't know if it could have happened, but Susan Boyle as Jack's mother would have been interesting.

But they are just rumored and often imdb changes. I remember a few years ago they had Judi Dench rumored for five movies in a row.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2012-12-18 00:23:48

Streep is my favorite actress (cliched, I know) and she'd be great (I doubt there's much truth to this rumor...yet) but I wanted an unexpected choice, she's a little too obvious. Glenn Close would have been perfect if they were going for an older actress, she can be scary, funny and emotional, though it might have been a "been there, done that" kind of role for her. Helen Mirren in a musical would be awesome too, especially as the Witch, given how sexy she is. With the younger actresses, Toni Collette is as good a choice as they'll find, but Marshall is such a star-Fucker that he would probably only consider Collette (who has never quite become as big of a star as she should be, say the way Laura Linney became) for like the Stepmother just because she's not an Oscar winner, and her name isn't Kate Hudson.
Janney on the other hand would be perfection as Jack's Mother. Janney was in the recent reading, so if she is in fact in the movie it gives me hope for Anna Kendrick (who played Cinderella) to get cast.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2012-12-18 00:31:16

Has this been officially announced yet? It would be nice if it were true, but I just feel like the deal hasn't been finalized yet.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-12-18 00:33:49

I'm all for huge movie stars but for the love of God, DUB THEM.

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Posted by lull89 2012-12-18 00:38:43

I don't think it's hard to get someone listed on IMDb as rumored, so I wouldn't turn to that page for a strong source.

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Posted by ljay889 2012-12-18 00:46:35

The Witch should be Zeta-Jones, without a doubt.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-12-18 00:47:43

lull89 needs to change their screen name. I look fast and aways think it's ljay.

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Posted by ljay889 2012-12-18 00:49:43

LOL!!!

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Posted by fingerlakessinger 2012-12-18 02:52:04

I wouldn't mind seeing Streep in this. Hell, I would love it.
This may be a "ignorant" question but after listening to the score of "Into the Woods" countless times, what makes the Witch's part difficult to sing? I mean, Sondheim's music is tough to navigate but in terms of RANGE (high ones/low ones) it doesn't seem too difficult to sing. Maybe that is just me. I'm not that knowledgeable when it comes to "Into the Woods" specifically.

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Posted by bobs3 2012-12-18 09:18:13

It never ceases to amaze me how many of you think this is going to be a filmed version of the stage play. That's already been done -- the DVD is available on Amazon ($15.21).

This will be a big budget film (one of the reasons Disney & Warner Bros. are splitting the cost) with an all-star cast, lots of CGI special effects (do you really think they are going to have an actor in a Wolf costume?), filmed in 3D with a new screenplay, new music arrangements, new choreography, etc.

It's a MOVIE not a stage musical!!!!

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Posted by ksimone1120 2012-12-18 09:45:38

"Nor the beauty. The witch has to turn into a beauty. I wanted Catherine Zeta-Jones."

Omg CZJ Would be amazing. & i dont think she will need the beauty because it is going to be a Disney movie so it may be a cartoon or a movie(like tangled)

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Posted by bobs3 2012-12-18 10:40:18

James Lapine has already turned in his final draft of the screenplay. You can bet your arse that Rob Marshall has ghostwriters on the payroll to tinker with the screenplay. That is the way it is done in the film business (especially on big budget films).

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Posted by jacobsnchz14 2012-12-18 10:41:55

Are they wanting this to be animated or more in the realm of Burton's Alice in Wonderland or the upcoming Oz: Great/Powerful where it's live-action with visual effects?

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Posted by bobs3 2012-12-18 10:47:30

It will be live action with many, many visual effects (I wouldn't be surprised if the Witch is visually something similar to the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland). And yes, it will be filmed in 3-D.

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Posted by finebydesign 2012-12-18 10:55:42

"STREEP DOES NOT HAVE THE VOICE FOR THIS ROLE!"

Ok, but that's not how movies get made.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2012-12-18 13:09:33

I actually think Streep might be able to pull off the vocals. If it's too high, they can always use the Vanessa Williams keys, which are, sometimes, very effective. I'm not too worried about the demands of the score. I could see her playing it like a mix of Madeline from Death Becomes Her and Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada and that would be just fine with me.

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Posted by dreaming 2012-12-18 14:19:31

"I could see her playing it like a mix of Madeline from Death Becomes Her and Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada and that would be just fine with me."

See, for me, that's the problem. She's got so many 'stock' characters to 'mix and match' that I fear what we'd get is a hodgepodge of past roles she's played, not an original character. And I am in the camp that detests her singing voice.

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Posted by hyperbole_and_a_half 2012-12-18 14:47:20

Normally I'm the guy who wails and gnashes teeth if a non-singer is a given a role beyond their talents, especially when it comes to mainstream (read: film) adaptations of musicals, but I'm not upset at all about the possibility of a Meryl Streep Witch. She's not a terrible singer, and the Witch doesn't have to have a beautiful voice-she just has to carry Children Will Listen and can act through the rest of her numbers. Also, though Meryl does have a bit of Streepy-ness (read: sameness) in most of her performances, I think those qualities would actually work quite well for the Witch.

Also I like Janney in just about everything she's ever done, even if news of her initial casting sometimes makes me wrinkle my nose and let out an exasperated "really?".

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Posted by GetBackUp25 2012-12-19 00:11:50

I like the idea of Meryl as the Witch but I have another interesting possibility, Jane Lynch. I've heard her on Glee and she definitely can sing at least enough for that part. She also is very good at that kind of character, acting-wise.

I also would want Carly Rose Sonenclar as Little Red Riding Hood. If you've seen her on X-Factor, you know she has the talent to pull off that part vocally and if you know her from The Electric Company like I do, you know she is also a very good actress.

My last idea is Matthew Broderick as the Baker. I don't know why but he's played that kind of role before and he just seemed right.

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Posted by TheatreFan4 2012-12-19 00:20:33

Until a movie starts filming or comes close to it IMDB is not reliable as it's editable by anyone with a Pro account.

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2012-12-19 01:01:29

"I like the idea of Meryl as the Witch but I have another interesting possibility, Jane Lynch. I've heard her on Glee and she definitely can sing at least enough for that part. She also is very good at that kind of character, acting-wise."

I know beauty can be subjective, but there is no way I could ever believe that Jane Lynch has that post-transformation beauty that audiences would want to see.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2012-12-19 04:37:02

Lynch also doesn't have the sophisticated air that is usually associated with the Witch. She'd have made a great Baker's Wife some years ago.
Ewan McGregor should play the Baker and I could see him getting cast in this movie too. A comedian like Jim Carrey might also be interesting. I just want to hear an actual confirmation of who'll be in this, wonder if they've even started casting.

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Posted by TBFL 2012-12-19 19:29:12

Im surprising myself by saying this.... but... id quite like to see James Corden continue in the role of the Baker. The part he played in the read throughs. He can play that humble, non assuming type really well and i think he could make it a very emotional journey. He can sing too,

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-01-13 10:58:42

I haven't read this whole thread, but has Gillian Anderson been tossed around for the Baker's Wife? Or perhaps for the witch? She's aged really well. I don't know about her singing though.

I've been watching a lot of X-Files too.

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Posted by TheHappyPhantom 2013-01-13 14:37:55

This is a movie musical based on a Sondheim show. Big names won't help much at the box office. Look at Sweeney Todd. Johnny Depp's groaning not only butchered the score, but didn't make for a hit movie. Keep artistic integrity and cast SINGERS.

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Posted by TalkinLoud 2013-01-13 15:00:42

You're saying that Sweeney Todd compromised on artistic integrity? You know Sweeney got for the most part great reviews, right? 83 on Metacritic, 86% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Lots of people, myself included, consider it one of the finest movie musicals in quite some time.

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-01-13 15:03:14

I'm going to guess Warners and Dreamworks were not entirely displeased with Sweeney. It had an estimated budget of fifty million and made just a little over three times that worldwide (about fifty-two million domestically). It also picked up an Oscar nomination for Depp and costume designer Colleen Atwood, as well as winning the award for art direction. Yes, it's not the big prize, but they can still slap "the Oscar Winning film" moniker on all future marketing.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-01-13 15:50:24

I love how people like to say "big names won't help a movie musical," but when was the last time a musical film with no big names was a hit?

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Posted by somethingwicked 2013-01-13 15:56:19

best12bars, even further, when was the last time a musical film with no big names was made?

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Posted by best12bars 2013-01-13 15:58:59

I'm thinking Jesus Christ, Superstar ... 1776 ... Fiddler on the Roof ... Oliver ...

So maybe 40-ish years ago?

EDIT: I would say "Rent," but it did have Rosario Dawson and Jessie L. Martin who were both pretty well known by larger movie & TV audiences.

By the way, it's interesting that both Superstar and Fiddler had the same director, Norman Jewison, who was a "star director" himself (a "name director" in other words). He didn't use established stars in either film.

Fiddler was a hit, but Superstar was not. (Neither was 1776.)

Oliver! was also a hit (and won Best Picture).

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-01-13 16:05:53

Big names in movie musicals is always tricky in my opinion. On the one hand, most of these stars don't have the voices and I'd love for Broadway actors to get more exposure, but on the other these names expose people to musicals who may have never had an interest before. I know a lot of people who discovered how much they like musicals through seeing Sweeney Todd, and the only reason that they went was to see Johnny Depp. It's kind of cool! It might not be the most direct or artistic exposure, but it's nice to see the interest peak.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-01-13 16:12:24

I do think in today's market you can get away with casting one or two key musical film roles (even a lead) with unknowns or relative unknowns. You need to make sure for every "Jennifer Hudson" or "Ellen Greene" you have plenty of star power surrounding them. It's less of a risk, and ensures that at least one role will have someone who was cast purely on ability and not on salability.

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-01-13 16:20:45

Very true, I'm guessing that even Anika Noni Rose in Dreamgirls was a risk. I'm so glad that she got that exposure going on to be Tiana and all.

Then again in the case of Lorell, I'm not sure if any major name would want that part especially with Beyonce as Deena.

I keep forgetting that Dreamgirls was Sharon Leal's jump into film as well. So in a sense, 2 of the 4 Dreams were not names, while Jennifer Hudson was only a runner up on AI. I guess the producers felt that the film was sufficiently balanced by having Beyonce, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy in such memorable roles

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Posted by best12bars 2013-01-13 16:29:02

With "Into the Woods," it's more of an ensemble piece, but I would say once you get past the Witch, the Baker, the Baker's Wife, and perhaps Cinderella, you're "out of the woods" and can cast lesser knowns around it.

But I have a feeling that's not going to happen. Marshall loaded up Nine. I hope he doesn't feel a need (or studio pressure) to do that again. It can actually be distracting, especially in smaller roles where a star's presence can sometimes pull or completely blow the focus of the story.

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-01-13 16:50:41

It also depends on the adaptation. For whatever reason, Burton/Producers felt it necessary to cut the chorus from Sweeney Todd which made everything else seem out of place. I understand it, but it put too much emphasis on the singing and ruined the surprise. Every time I've seen Sweeney Todd, when it's done well, I forget the twist. I knew it from the beginning in the movie. That's my major gripe. It has nothing to do with casting.

The best thing Into the Woods has going for it is that its mostly sung, like the successful Les Mis. I got into it with a guy on another board about how he hated that they didn't change any of the singing to dialogue. He felt it would've made a better movie. I disagreed.

In my opinion, the witch is the one that'll carry the billing. The Baker and the Baker's Wife need to be known, but B will suffice. Every thing else can be fresh talent. I really don't want another NEW YEARS DAY where it takes ten minutes to get through the credits.

I'm basing my casting on the only song to make it on the pop charts, and that was "Children Will Listen".

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-01-13 16:53:22

Does anyone know or have a guess as to when the cast for this will be announced or when it will actually be released?

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Posted by bobs3 2013-01-14 14:33:31

They are shooting for a principal photography start date in late spring/early summer 2013 at Warner Bros. Studios in London (Warners is co-financing with Disney) with a projected release date in December 2014.

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Posted by darquegk 2013-01-14 15:05:05

Two formalist questions that the triumph of Les Miserables raises:

1. Will we be seeing the return of the live-sung technique for Into The Woods, or will it be studio-recorded and then mimed as is the standard?

2. Given the ambiguous fairy-tale nature of setting and time, will we be going Brit or American (or mixed) for the "style" presented by our cast?

If the Baker and Baker's Wife can be B-list, I wouldn't mind seeing Great Britain's Tennant and Tate duo- they both sing ENOUGH, and the Baker and Wife are not Javert (although I didn't have much of a problem with Javert- his singing may not have worked on the stage, but it didn't seem to fail the movie's style). David Tennant and Catherine Tate have teamed up for West End, Shakespeare, television's Doctor Who, and other projects, and are of the right age and types for such a film.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-01-14 15:11:54

^ I'm going to guess we will see more live singing. "Into the Woods" has several songs that are almost conversational or that go in and out of actual dialogue. Perhaps on a few of the bigger (more sung) songs like Stay With Me, Last Midnight, and even the chorus work, that might be done in a studio and actually work better than having everything sung live.

But "He's a Very Nice Prince" or "I Know Things Now" or even the opening sequence could be great if it were live.

That would also depend on who's cast and if they can handle it.

Part of me still wishes they would cast Sandra Bullock as the Baker's Wife and then dub her. She would be such a great choice for that role, but she can't sing.

(And yes, I know the chance of that happening is pretty nonexistent.)

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Posted by random person 112 2013-01-14 15:38:15

I would love to see someone like Tina Fey or Elizabeth Banks as the Bakers wife. Paul Rubb or Will Ferrell as The Baker. I could see the Witch going to anyone though I do wish they would give it to Megan Hilty.

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Posted by madbrian 2013-01-14 15:53:13

I'd prefer Toni Collette as the Baker's Wife.

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Posted by Mister Matt 2013-01-14 16:15:54

It never ceases to amaze me how many of you think this is going to be a filmed version of the stage play.

Where on earth did that come from?

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Posted by Jon 2013-01-14 16:36:17

I think it would be in the best interest of the box office to go young. Daniel Radcliffe as the Baker. Anna Kendrick as his wife. Samantha Barks as Cinderella. Actual children as Jack and Little Red.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-14 16:50:53

Too much is done in the name of box office, I get it's a reality, but I think that you could have solid box office by having a mixed group of people in the vein of LES MISERABLES. There's plenty of young roles in INTO THE WOODS, why make the Baker and his Wife younger than they need to be?

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Posted by CHOOKA2 2013-01-14 17:36:37

Neither did Hugh/Russell/Amanda and even Ann to my ears, have the voices for those roles--but they got them anyway.

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Posted by Wildcard 2013-01-14 17:53:50

Having the baker and his wife be played by younger actors takes away the urgency of their need to have kids. Audiences will likely think that they have the rest of their lives ahead of them. I'm not saying they should be played by almost 40yo's but not in their early 20s.

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Posted by darquegk 2013-01-14 18:45:54

I feel like we can definitely expect a more sung-through Woods than we would have in the Sweeney Todd-to-Nine era, thanks to Les Miserables revitalizing that approach on film for the mainstream. People may feel that if Woods is put to more dialogue and dubbed singing/"pretty voices" it will lack the visceral immediacy that Les Mis, despite its more controversial cinematic and directorial choices, does seem to possess.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-01-14 19:13:25

The Witch will have to be A-list and that's fine as long as they can kinda sing the role. I'd be fine with Meryl. She's not ideal, but she probably find some way to sell it. I probably wouldn't mind Zeta-Jones either.

I'm more nervous about the Baker and the Baker's Wife. Every crappy production I've seen had one thing in common - those two roles were horribly cast. They're the heart and soul of the piece and it's gonna take more than star power to make it work.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-01-14 22:26:03

This might sound out of place but Lady Gaga would melt souls as the witch!! James Marsden could work as the baker and Kristen Chenoweth would be amazing as his wife, if she isn't too old for the part. Many people forget that the bakers wife has to have strong comedic skills as well. I would love for Lea Michelle to be cinderella, but Samantha Barks could work as well. Since this is a disney movie is very likely that they will cast disney channel stars as little red and jack, I guess China could work although I would prefer Isabelle Allen. The remaining roles should be filled with broadway stars.

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-01-14 23:12:01

I wouldn't be surprised if they got Sutton Foster to play The Baker's Wife.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-14 23:32:20

I wouldn't be surprised if they got Sutton Foster to play The Baker's Wife.

I would be. I cannot imagine her at all in a Rob Marshall film production of INTO THE WOODS, and I doubt that Marshall would go for Foster. He didn't go for Chenoweth as Roxie or Mary Sunshine when given the chance in CHICAGO, instead he cast an A-list Oscar nominee and an Emmy winner (and somewhat recent SAG winner for ensemble) in the roles, respectively.
They need to announce casting now! Anna Kendrick has to be Cinderella.

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Posted by 246015 2013-01-15 07:28:21

I thought "Into The Woods" was due to begin filming in February? In an interview on Graham Norton's Radio 2 show back in December here in the UK, when promoting the Menier Chocolate Factory 's production of "Merrily We Roll Along", Graham asked Sondheim when "Into The Woods" would begin filming, and he said that (all being well), filming would begin in February. I thought this was a bit soon myself as (as far as we know), it hasn't even been cast yet. Can anyone shed any light on this? Has this now been put back?

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-01-15 08:27:02

That sure sounds awfully soon to me. Would they have even started rehearsals yet? I guess the script is finished and just being fine tuned now. We still don't know who's really been cast or not. You'd think they would have made some announcements by now.

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Posted by madbrian 2013-01-15 08:29:30

I could see Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) as Red Riding Hood, and I don't know if she can sing, but I think Melissa McCarthy would be very interesting as Jack's mother.

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Posted by ReggieonBway 2013-01-15 08:41:43

Sarah Hyland actually can sing, she was a musical theater chick before she booked Modern Family. She's doing a concert with Kerrigann & Lowdermilk soon, too... I think she'd make a great Little Red. I could definitely see Sutton Foster as the Baker's Wife, too.

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Posted by Will42 2013-01-15 09:13:06

Can Angela Lansbury play the Granny, please?

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Posted by bobs3 2013-01-15 09:16:15

Lansbury as the Granny? Maybe the great-Grandmother but certainly not the Grandmother.

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Posted by Will42 2013-01-15 09:56:03

Huh? With the right make up and light Lansbury could easily pass for a 60 years old and I see no problem whatsoever with her playing role.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-01-15 10:27:42

Imelda Staunton would make a more believable Grandmother (plus Lansbury has already done that role in THE COMPANY OF WOLVES).

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Posted by Will42 2013-01-15 10:51:47

What are you taking about? Are you implying that Angela Lansbury would not be believable in a tiny role of someones grandma? There is nothing she cant do and this role is certainly wont be outside her acting range. Plus it would be great to see her in Stephen Sondheim.
Nothing against Imelda Staunton, but she only 57 6 years younger than Meryl Streep, who is supposed to play The Witch.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-15 11:17:48

Melissa McCarthy as Jack's mother? She's a bonafide star, she should be seen for the Baker's Wife, a role she'd absolutely nail.

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Posted by artscallion 2013-01-15 11:36:06

The witch's age has nothing to do with Red's granny's age. The grannie of a 15ish-year-old would generally be between 50 and 60 years old. Angela is 88. She's not even great grandma. She's heading into great-great grandma territory. Not that I think too many film-goers will care or notice such things. But if you're going to use age as an argument against Staunton, she's really MUCH closer to appropriate than Angela is.

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Posted by madbrian 2013-01-15 11:44:05

For Ref's granny to be 50, both Red and her parent(s) would have to have been born around age 16-17 or so. The grandparents of most 15 year-olds are somewhere around the 65-80 age bracket.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-01-15 11:58:09

"The grandparents of most 15 year-olds are somewhere around the 65-80 age bracket."

Maybe in this day and time when it is quite common for parents to bear children in their 30s and even 40s.

But in the time of INTO THE WOODS (which I believe is timeless but let's say for the sake of argument 200 years ago when the Grimm Brothers were alive), it would be common to become parents at a very young age and a 50-year old Grandmother of a 15-year old would be the norm (if she even lived to be 50 in an era when average life expectancy for a female was 35-40 years).

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Posted by artscallion 2013-01-15 12:09:27

Even in more recent times, when I was 15 both my grannies were in their early 50s, as were most of my friends'. I think the 40-year-old parent phenomena is too recent to have even resulted in 15-year-old grandchildren yet. The then 40-year-old woman would have had to given birth in 1958 to have a 15-year-old grandchild today. Possible, but not the norm by any means.

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Posted by Mister Matt 2013-01-15 12:38:24

If she can sing it, I would LOVE Melissa McCarthy as The Baker's Wife. Of course, in my own ideal world...

Jennifer Saunders as The With
Miranda Hart as The Baker's Wife
Dawn French as Jack's Mother
Sheridan Smith as Cinderella
Joanna Lumley as Cinderella's Stepmother
Catherine Tate as Nan as Little Red's Grandmother
Sarah Hadland as Little Red
Sally Phillips as Rapunzel
Matt Lucas and David Williams as the Stepsisters

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-01-15 13:13:48

James Marsden needs to be Cinderella's Prince. Also the Melissa McCarthy as the Baker's wife would be great casting. Does anyone know if she can sing?

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Posted by Patronus 2013-01-15 13:40:34

I'll play.

Audra McDonald as the Witch
Kate Winslet as The Baker's Wife
Robert Downey Jr as The Baker
Allison Janney as Jack's Mother
Darren Criss as Jack
Mandy Moore as Cinderella
Neil Patrick Harris as Cinderella's Prince
Felicia Day as Rapunzel
Jennifer Coolidge as Cinderella's Step Mother
Anna Camp & Beth Behrs as the Stepsisters

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Posted by Mister Matt 2013-01-15 13:46:03

James Marsden needs to be Cinderella's Prince.

It wouldn't be much fun watching him repeat his role from Enchanted.

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Posted by little_sally 2013-01-15 14:06:41

I am still stuck on the idea of Michelle Dockery as Cinderella.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-01-15 17:24:40

Darren Criss will be 26 years old next month. Unless Rob Marshall films in manimation, he is too old to play an adolescent boy who discovers his sexual awakening.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-15 17:29:45

Not to mention Criss is all surface, no subtlety, at least in GLEE where the writing might be terrible but plenty of actors have done a great job. Cast him as Cinderella's prince (and someone else as the Wolf).
I'd like to see Dockery tackle the Witch some day, I don't know that she possesses the quirkiness that someone like Anna Kendrick or Anna Camp could find in the role. She could always surprise though, I'm not familiar with her work outside of DOWNTON ABBEY.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-15 17:29:45

Double post, sorry!

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-01-15 19:11:20

I'm now obsessed with the idea of Melissa McCarthy as the Baker's Wife. How about her Gilmore Girls co-star Lauren Graham? She was in Guys and Dolls a few years ago and, while the production itself sucked, it turned out that she has a very nice voice. They'd both have the fun, quirkiness, and humor down pat.

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Posted by TalkinLoud 2013-01-15 19:55:04

Someone suggested Stephen Colbert and Kristen Wiig as the Baker and Wife in an old thread. That should happen.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-01-15 21:47:01

Couldn't Bernadette play jack's mom? It would be nice to see her involved in this like Colm was involved in Les Mis. I second Suton as the baker's wife. I'm still obssesed with Gaga as the witch and Lea as Cinderella.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-01-17 14:07:08

Since Brian d'Arcy James has had experience in film and television I think he would be excellent as the Baker. If they want someone young for Little Red Riding Hood I think Carly Rose Sonenclar would be a very good choice. However, if Disney really is going to distribute this, then maybe they will want someone older. On ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' the character is played by Meghan Ory who is an adult. I also think it would be interesting to see Sara Ramirez as the Witch.

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Posted by artscallion 2013-01-17 14:35:34

I don't think Little Red in ITW and Little Red in OUAT are Comparable characters. In ITW, Red is on the cusp of a sexual awakening. No indication of anything like that for UUAT, where Red is actually a wolf, not the prey of one.

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-01-17 19:03:43

"Kristen Wiig as the Baker[s] Wife"

Yes, I need that to happen. I could even see Maya Rudolph as The Baker's Wife.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-01-17 20:16:24

"It wouldn't be much fun watching him repeat his role from Enchanted."

I actually think it would be fun to see Zachary Levi repeat his role from 'Tangled'. It would be better because he would playing it in live-action since his character was entirely animated.

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Posted by Johnnycantdecide 2013-01-17 21:13:21

Shoot me but I would love to see Nicki Minaj as The Witch in Into the Woods.

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Posted by little_sally 2013-01-17 21:35:33

The more I think about Nicki Minaj in the role, the more I really like the idea.

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-01-17 22:10:39

I want Jenifer Lewis in the role one day very badly. I know that she probably doesn't have a shot at the movie, but her humor in that part would give me everything I've ever wanted.

Patina Miller will be a great witch in 10 years or so. I wouldn't be surprised if that actually happened one day in her career.

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-01-17 22:50:52

I keep hearing that James Marsden as one of the princes would just be repeating his role from Enchanted. I've only seen that movie once, but I don't remember his character being anything remotely like either of the princes in Into the Woods. His character in Enchanted did not, from what I recall, have nearly the attitude or self-awareness that Cinderella's Prince exhibits. Lines such as "I was raised to be charming, not sincere" seem like the exact opposite of what his character in Enchanted would have said.

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Posted by Brave Sir Robin2 2013-01-18 02:26:54

Nicki, while I adore her, can't sing it. I saw her live, as Britney's opening act, and when the sung parts of her songs came on, they just played the vocals and she strutted around. I'm still a fan of Lady Gaga - I have chills thinking of her "Last Midnight."

Here is my ideal cast:
Witch - Lady Gaga
Baker's Wife - Kristen Wiig
Baker - Jason Segel
Jack - Logan Lerman
Cinderella - Anna Kendrick
Little Red- Sarah Hyland
Princes - Neil Patrick Harris and James Marsden
Giant's Voice - Helen Mirren

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-01-18 03:16:21

Preferably someone with talent should play the witch. Not an oompa-loompa who fell asleep in a tanning bed i.e. Miss Minaj. Sara Ramirez would be an interesting choice. Even if she doesn't play the witch in the movie, I'd love to see a stage production with her.

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Posted by artscallion 2013-01-18 07:13:30

Please no Kristen Wiig. She makes my teeth itch.

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Posted by madbrian 2013-01-18 08:05:04

For yor consideration, Chris Hemsworth as one of the princes:

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Posted by little_sally 2013-01-18 11:45:17

Would be fun if they got both Liam and Chris Hemsworth as the princes. I think they're both incredibly handsome.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-18 11:57:51

I find both Hemsworths to be incredibly wooden on screen, which would work for the parts. I doubt Chris Hemsworth wants to do both this and the SNOW WHITE film though.
Kristen Wiig would be sublime as the Baker's Wife and she has been suggested by many from the time the movie was announced. She was supposedly one of five or six actresses being considered for Marshall's remake of THE THIN MAN, which apparently was shelved in favor of INTO THE WOODS, so I'm sure she is definitely a name that is actually in their sight. I'd much rather see her over more typical choices like Amy Adams or Sandra Bullock.
Jessica Chastain has gone on the record last year and this year (while promoting her different Oscar nods) that she'd love to do a movie musical. I wonder to what extent Marshall et al are considering her for the Baker's Wife.
And though many hated her singing in NINE (and I wonder if she liked the experience of working on it at all), I think Nicole Kidman could surprise everyone and turn out to be an incredible Witch. She lacks some of the earthiness that someone like Bernadette Peters brought to the role, but she'd find humor in all the unexpected parts. Her friend Naomi Watts would also be an interesting choice, if less likely as I doubt she sings.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-01-18 12:30:24

I would enjoy Chris Hemsworth as Cinderella's Prince.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-01-18 12:35:00

I didn't hate Kidman in Nine, but her character really served no point. She had 5 minutes of screen time tops including her big song.
I just didn't understand the key of "Unusual Way" they gave her. It was so low. From her singing in Moulin Rouge, it seemed she was more comfortable in a higher range.
I've really never found her terribly funny in anything other than To Die For, where she was hysterical. Maybe she could work, though. She has the beauty for the role, but I don't know if she has the pipes. Maybe with some coaching?

The Hemsworth brothers as the princes would be an inspired choice. They really are as dull as dishwater, but for the first time, it could work in their advantage.

I think the Baker's Wife needs a Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, or Lauren Graham type. I could see them all being truly hysterical and earthy.

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Posted by little_sally 2013-01-18 12:38:19

I'm having difficulty imagining a lot of these suggestions in a Rob Marshall-type film, therefore, I hope he changes his style a bit for this one.

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Posted by dreaming 2013-01-18 12:50:52

I could see Jessica Chastain more as Cinderella if she has the vocal chops than as the Baker's Wife. She'd be a great Cinderella.

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-01-18 15:29:14

Chastain would be great in any of the roles. I would love to see her in this movie, not sure is she sings though.

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Posted by Gothampc 2013-01-18 16:10:53

"Not to mention Criss is all surface, no subtlety, at least in GLEE"

Not to mention that he has a freaky face in close-ups. If you notice, Glee rarely has the camera stay on him in close-up for more than a few seconds.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-01-18 19:47:46

WAIT! do the Hemsworths sing?? If not then I'd rather see John Barrowman and Eddie Redmayne, although the latter is unlikely since it might be too soon for him to embark on another musical film. I agree that James Marsden would make a spectacular prince, but I'd rather see him as the baker. I think he could do a really amazing job plus it would be a nice departure for him.

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Posted by EgermanArmfelt 2013-01-18 19:54:08

What about Jennifer Lawrence as Cinderella? Not sure about her vocal chops but she would act the crap out of the role.

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Posted by Brave Sir Robin2 2013-01-19 02:35:41

In 10 years or so, Jennifer Lawrence will make a hell of a Baker's Wife.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-01-19 08:40:48

Lawrence can sing a bit. She did a little song in House At The End of the Street and sounded pretty good.

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Posted by Jon 2013-01-19 09:14:27

I love the idea of Jason Segel as the Baker - the right combinaton of goofiness and earnestness. Another possibility is Ed Helms, who aslo sings well.

Assuming the Wolf doesn't double as a prince, I want Jack Black.

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-01-19 15:04:51

Neither Black or Segel would be acceptable choices for this movie.No a single one of the character in Into the Woods is a giant man-child which seems to be about the only character that either of those two are capable of playing.

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Posted by Johnnycantdecide 2013-01-19 15:34:27

John C Riely is my first choice for The Baker with Tina Fey as his Wife.

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Posted by bwayfan4ever2 2013-01-19 20:50:32

Anyone think Jennifer Lawrence could play Little Red? She has a young look and some meat on her bones.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-01-20 12:29:44

I agree with others that Lawrence will make a great Baker's Wife at some point in her life. She'd be distracting as Little Red, since as Besty and others mentioned, casting big names in smaller roles turned out to be one of NINE's biggest detriments.
Completely agree that casting the manchild type actors as the Baker would be a huge mistake.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-01 14:26:34

I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt should play one of the Princes. Remember how great he was when he sang "Make em Laugh" on 'Saturday Night Live'. This is also him singing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTVac8dfsVM

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Posted by darquegk 2013-02-01 15:22:24

If I were directing this film, I wouldn't have the Prince double the Wolf, but I would have one actor play both Princes, in slightly different costume. Really emphasize the fact that this guy is the cookie-cutter Prince Charming, and that fairy tales rarely distinguish him from all the other princes.

Then, in the final minutes of the film, instead of the two princes returning again, we see a third identical prince with Sleeping Beauty.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-04 23:20:42

I also think Raza Jaffrey would also be great as one of the Princes and maybe Aaron Tveit as well.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-02-07 00:53:57

After tonight's episode of MODERN FAMILY, Nolan Gould becomes the frontrunner for the role of Jack.

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Posted by henrikegerman 2013-02-07 08:31:40

"Then, in the final minutes of the film, instead of the two princes returning again, we see a third identical prince with Sleeping Beauty."

If he's identical, how would we know he's a third one?

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Posted by ljay889 2013-02-07 08:35:11

^ Exactly. The idea of having one actor double as the princes has potential. But it would probably come across too cheesy watching one actor sing a duet to himself.

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Posted by Patash 2013-02-07 08:40:25

"See, for me, that's the problem. She's got so many 'stock' characters to 'mix and match' that I fear what we'd get is a hodgepodge of past roles she's played, not an original character."

Wow. Did this really apply to Streep? Of all the actresses in the world, I can't think of another one who is so great at starting from scratch with each character building it from the inside out. Stock characters? Are you kidding? Of course, a few of her roles are exaggerated (as they need to be) but she hardly resorts to pulling out a "stock character" and just replaying it.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-02-07 09:48:46

I have no doubt that Meryl Streep will put everything she knows as the greatest living film actress into this part -- she is too professional to sleepwalk through this role.

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Posted by BeadleDeedle 2013-02-07 10:01:25

bobs3, I completely agree about Nolan Gould as Jack. He sounded great last night and I think he'd nail the comedy of the role.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-02-07 16:51:38

I would looove to se Zac Efron as either cinderella's prince or the baker. It would be amazing to see him going back to his roots.

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Posted by wicked1492 2013-02-07 17:12:14

Zac Efron as The Baker, you say? BRILLIANT.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-07 18:48:43

Is Christopher Plummer still able to sing? I think he'd be a great choice for the Mysterious Old Man.

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Posted by Michael Bennett 2013-02-07 18:56:35

Well you know Christopher Plummer never really was able to sing. He was dubbed in the SOUND OF MUSIC...

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-02-07 19:13:12

The day Meryl Streep does a movie with Zac Efron will be a sad, sad day.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-07 19:20:27

"Well you know Christopher Plummer never really was able to sing. He was dubbed in the SOUND OF MUSIC..."

I know that. But he does have singing experience. On 'The Sound of Music' tour the tour lady said that the producers thought his singing was good, but they realized during filming Julie's voice was much stronger than his when it came to singing "Something Good". I don't know if anyone on here saw him in 'Cyrano de Bergerac' but he did win a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for that role.

ETA: I'm not a fan of these films, but he also did sing in the animated films, 'Babes in Toyland' and 'Rock-a-Doodle'.

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Posted by HBP 2013-02-07 20:41:11

like most, I'm a huge meryl streep fan. that said, I will admit that the only time I've been truly disappointed in one of her performances was during another musical, mamma mia. I mean, do we remember "winner takes it all"? her hand motions were crazy, it looked like she was signaling a passing plane.

I'm sure she'll fare a little better with sondheim music over abba, but let's not forget that daniel day-lewis, another living legend flopped hugely in a rob marshall movie.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-02-07 21:45:17

Is really unfair that Zac Efron doesn't get the recognition he deserves just because he was a Disney star. The truth of the matter is that he's amazing actor and singer with an amazing charisma who notoriously helped to bring back the love for musicals in the American culture.

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Posted by Wynbish 2013-02-07 21:49:01

Isn't he too young to be The Baker, though? How long have they been trying to have a baby, five months?

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-02-07 22:19:31

He's 25, which might be too young for the baker, but he could still be cinderella's prince.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-02-07 23:42:18

Let's be honest. Zac Efron is cute as a button, but an amazing actor he is not. He's never really done much for me. We might be able to play one of the princes, but I've never found him that funny and the princes should be funny.

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Posted by eglea77 2013-02-07 23:44:13

OUCH! *Meryl runs/hides in the corner weeping*

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-10 00:58:21

I know people want Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway to stay away from this film, but both of them would like to do more movie musicals. Who knows. Maybe they do have their eyes on this project and it would be nice to see Anne and Meryl reunite.

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a451304/hugh-jackman-i-want-to-do-another-musical-movie.html

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Anne-Hathaway-Wants-to-Do-More-Musicals-After-LES-MIS-But-Says-No-to-Singing-Career-20130209

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-02-10 01:16:22

I think Anne is too young for the Wife and Hugh is way too hot. The Baker should be dim, cute. Billy Crystal maybe, in his hey day.

Melissa McCarthy would be a hoot but it's almost too easy.

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Posted by Patronus 2013-02-10 10:09:18

Neil Patrick Wilson Harris as the two princes.

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-02-10 10:24:04

That took me a second.

More coffee, please!

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-02-10 11:48:25

Jackman is completely wrong for the Baker. He doesn't need to be involved in this, neither does Hathaway. If anything, I wonder if Samantha Barks is now being considered for Cinderella, but part of me also imagines that Marshall might just not want to hire anyone involved in LES MIS to avoid any connections/comparisons. I do wish they'd announce some cast members already!

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Posted by random person 112 2013-02-10 12:06:43

Do you think there is any hope of someone like Laura Benanti or Michelle Dockery as the Bakers wife. Both aren't mega stars but are on successful tv shows.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-10 12:44:36

Katie Holmes can sing...

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Posted by BeadleDeedle 2013-02-10 12:53:10

Yes, but she is also made of wood.

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Posted by MTVMANN 2013-02-10 12:57:05

Streep would make a much better Jack's Mother, which isn't a bad role at all.

Also, didn't Amy Adams play the Baker's Wife recently (I have been away from the Broadway Scene for a while)? How was she? If she was good in the role, I would think she would have a great chance of getting cast. She's famous right?

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-02-10 14:17:44

Amy Adams is definitely A list, if not A-.

I love her but I don't know if she's right for the part. Her voice was nice in Enchanted, but I wouldn't say it was great.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-10 14:18:13

Amy Adams was AWFUL as the Baker's Wife!!!!!

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-02-10 16:02:53

I have to agree. I didn't like Amy Adams that much in the role. She didn't completely embarrass herself, but she didn't land most of the laughs. Maybe she'd be better with more rehearsal time and the use of multiple takes on film, but I'm not wild about her being in the film. I usually like her, too, but she really is more of a Cinderella type.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-10 16:03:50

I love Amy Adams but like the rest of that production, she completely missed the mark.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-02-10 18:33:11

I felt the same way. It all seemed like it should have worked and yet, it didn't. It wasn't as a big a disaster as the 2002 revival, but it did nothing for me.

I'm just grateful we'll always have the OBC. No matter how many times they re-write, re-structure, or miscast the show, there will always be that to come back to. I wish more shows had that.

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Posted by theatergeek3 2013-02-10 19:10:02

I am soooo excited for this movie! ITW is one of my favorite musicals! I was Jack's Mother in it. Allison Janney is going to be GREAT in that part! I heard Nina Arianda is going to be the Baker's Wife but I think it should be Amy Adams. I saw her in the 2012 revival and she was really good. I think Anna Camp would be a really good stepsister too but as of now the sisters are Tammy Blanchard & Megan Hilty who I'm sure will also be great.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-02-11 09:25:50

Adams seemed like a good choice, she's very versatile and can be funny but it seems like most critics (both here and on the national papers) thought she was miscast. I've said on this thread and every other INTO THE WOOD movie thread that in my opinion the role needs to be cast with someone who's ridiculously funny but who has the range to pull off the no no-sense quality of the role and her frustration with the life she has with the Baker (is she basically what happens to Dot after getting married to Louis the baker?). That's why the likes of Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig should be at the top of their list over typical Hollywood starlets.

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Posted by madbrian 2013-02-11 09:52:28

I think I mentioned this on another thread, or possibly earlier in this thread, but I think Nicole Parker would be perfect as the Baker's Wife.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-02-11 11:09:09

Madbrian, Parker might be good in a high profile theatre production either in NY or elsewhere. Honestly, I've only seen her in THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE and she was one of the weak links (in a production where only Donna Murphy--who'd have been a great Baker's Wife herself around the time of the original production--came out relatively unscathed, so I assume that's hardly her best work). I thought she was hilarious in the LES MIS spoof she did recently, so I get where you're coming from. I assume that for this film they'll want some major stars in the principal roles, I'd love the idea of Nina Arianda of course, but I imagine she'll get passed over for bigger stars.

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Posted by gcal 2013-02-11 11:39:07

What about Debra Messing for the Baker's wife?

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Posted by Plexsis 2013-02-11 12:06:13

Lauren Ambrose as the Baker's Wife?

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-11 12:09:21

It's got to be Sandra Bullock. Nobody else can play the part of The Bakers Wife. It's as simple as that.

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Posted by imdakingofny 2013-02-11 14:03:36

Can she sing it?!

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-11 14:14:09

No. But that's why (like I've said for a long time now) they need to reintroduce dubbing, so that we can open up casting of movie musicals to beyond the 10-15 people who are ALWAYS mentioned.

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Posted by Patronus 2013-02-11 14:14:42

Since when has that been a requirement for a hollywood version of a musical? #lesmiserables #sweeneytodd

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Posted by Starship 2013-02-11 15:58:00

If it were my movie?:

Nina Arianda - Baker's Wife
Allison Janey - Jack's Mother
Chris Hemsworth - Baker
Julie Andrews - Cinderella's Stepmother/Giant
Logan Lerman - Jack
Teri Hatcher - Baker's Wife
Tilda Swinton - The Witch
Victoria Clark - Cinderella's Mother
Jackie Hoffman - Granny
Ariana Grande - Florinda
Liz Gilles - Lucinda
Hugh Jackman - The Wolf
James McAvoy - Rapunzel's Prince
Zac Efron - Cinderella's Prince
Isabelle Fuhrman - Little Red Riding Hood
Anna Kendrick - Cinderella
Matthew Broderick - Narrator/Mysterious Man
Megan Hilty - Rapunzel

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-02-11 17:23:46

Sandra Bullock would be divine. I'd just hate to have dubbing brought back into movie musicals again. It always took me right out of the moment even as a young child. The King and I was probably where it was done best. My Fair Lady gets on my nerves every time Audrey opens her mouth to sing and Marni's pitch perfect soprano comes out. It's just silly.

The Baker's Wife isn't the hardest role in the world to sing. Maybe they could get Sandra a little training and see how far she'd be able to go. A lot of her songs could be mostly spoken.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-11 17:34:44

Well without dubbing every musical will star the exact same people

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Posted by bobs3 2013-02-11 18:11:18

Trust me, the Baker's Wife will not be Sandra Bullock. A very big movie star (meaning bankable) is currently in negotiations for the part. If the details can be worked out she will be announced later this month.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-11 18:13:18

I never said it would be her.

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Posted by Wynbish 2013-02-11 18:14:18

I don't understand the whole "Anna Kendrick as Cinderella" thing. Have I missed some soprano showing from her? Not trying to sound bitchy, just genuinely curious if I have missed that.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-11 18:18:20

She's just one of the 10 hollywood actors who can sing so her name will be thrown in for any musical just like the others.

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Posted by Wynbish 2013-02-11 18:21:59

She's the Sierra Boggess of movies?

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-02-11 18:22:34

Bitter Betty, table of one!

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-11 18:23:13

No, that's Anne Hathaway. Kendrick is the Laura Osnes.

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Posted by Wynbish 2013-02-11 18:27:54

Gotcha

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Posted by amayzingRachel72 2013-02-11 18:33:21

I'm glad to know that I'm not the first one who thought of Hugh Jackman as the Wolf.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-11 18:42:04

Yeah because he's not at all too old for it.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-02-11 19:26:59

If they start making more movie musicals they won't always star the same ten people because then we will get our own modern singing movie stars like Barbra, Judy, Marylin, Gene, and Astaire were back in the golden age.

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Posted by ChairinMain 2013-02-11 19:35:59

Everyone seemed to like Samantha Barks in Les Mis. 10 to 1 she gets a good amount of work out of that movie.

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Posted by nasty_khakis 2013-02-11 19:43:11

I love when people post vague rumors like that.

I heard from my friend's cousin who works with the producer's dog walker a BIGGER name is up for Little Red. But my cousin's friend's pilates instructor also knows the director and said it was another name!

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-02-11 19:43:43

Exactly! To me Sam will be the first one of this stars. We also saw a glimpse of this with Zac Efron after HSM, if he returns to musicals he has all the right elements to become a very big movie musicals star.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-26 16:14:19

I don't know if he can sing or not, but I think he learns Maksim Chmerkovskiy would do a good job as Cinderella's Prince or Rapunzel's Prince. Derek Hough also still looks young enough to play Jack and he has singing experience. Both of these guys want to pursue acting. Derek's sister Julianne could probably take on one of the roles in this film as well.

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Posted by addiemizner 2013-02-26 16:17:54

^^^^^^^
No. Just no.

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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2013-02-26 16:22:10

If we're going to just use the cast of Pitch Perfect, can we have Rebel Wilson as the Baker's Wife?

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-26 16:27:30

Rebel Wilson actually reminds me a little bit of Beverly Rudd who played Red Riding Hood in Regnt's Park Open Air Theatre production. She would be good in that role.

Richard H. Blake actually has a little bit of film and television experience. He would actually be perfect as one of the Princes. Hadley Fraser and Ramin Karimloo would be choices also. I think Disney is probably looking for actors over 30 to play the Princes.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-02-26 18:00:09

Rebel Wilson would be so good as Red Riding Hood! I'm not sure what ages they are looking at though, they might want to make her a lot younger, but Wilson (who is in her mid 20s I believe) would be hilarious in every way.
Melissa McCarthy just had a huge success with IDENTITY THIEF and BRIDESMAIDS, they really need to be talking to her. If they are going for a much younger actress who can pull off the humor and bring in an audience, then it's hard to look past Jennifer Lawrence who could bring exactly the right kind of humor to the proceedings. Now it depends on how they are interpreting the curse. Some people think that it'd be unbelievable to have someone that young worrying so much about not having children, and I think "Moments in the Woods" works a lot better with an actress whom the audience would believe has settled into a certain kind of life. We'll see.

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Posted by nasty_khakis 2013-02-26 18:21:29

I personally don't mind a younger Baker and Baker's Wife, but 22 is a BIT of a stretch to be desperate/worried for a child. As wonderful as Jennifer Lawrence is...

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-26 18:52:56

Two other former Fiyeros from 'Wicked', who have experience in film and television as well, are Andy Karl and Sebastian Arcelus. They would also be great choices for the Princes.

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-02-26 19:21:31

I only thought of this after the Oscars' Original Song category because until then I had forgotten that she could sing, but Scarlett Johansson would be an excellent choice for the Baker's Wife.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-02-26 20:12:46

What about Seth Mcfarlane for the baker or one of the princes? I thought he was amazing at the oscars.

I'm also obsessed with the thought of Sutton Foster as the Baker's Wife, and also Bailey Buntain, the blonde girl from Bunheads, would be perfect for Little Red.

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Posted by gabrieljwickedone 2013-02-26 21:00:12

I think Kate Winslet would be a great Baker's Wife.

And I've been saying Anne Hathaway for Cinderella for a long time, but I've changed my mind since Les Mis.

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Posted by Princeton Returns 2013-02-27 02:23:32

Matt Bomer and James Marsden for the princes?

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Posted by Brave Sir Robin2 2013-02-27 02:38:04

I'm not sure if I could handle Rebel Wilson and Melissa McCarthy in the same film. My body might explode from laughter.

My top choices for Baker's Wife:
Kristen Wiig
Jennifer Lawrence
Melissa McCarthy
Casey Wilson
Julie Bowen

If Anna Kendrick was not Cinderella, I'd really like to see Emma Watson if she could sing it. What about Daniel Radcliffe as Jack? Also, Zac Efron and Matt Bomer as the princes.

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Posted by MagicalMusical 2013-02-27 17:27:41

Actually the stars of this film should be young because in the past time that these fairy tales are set in people didn't live past like 40 or 50 and married and had children much younger, like when they were 17 or 18, right?

Also, the Baker's sister is Rapunzel and she is very young I believe (isn't it stated somewhere she is 18?), so the Baker who was "no more than a babe" when his family moved into the cottage next to the witch, would not be that much older than Rapunzel when they had her.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-02-27 17:39:54

But who the hell cares about two newly married people in their early twenties who haven't had a kid yet? The stakes are too low.

EDIT: For what it's worth, Joanna Gleason was 35 and Chip Zien was 38.

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Posted by MagicalMusical 2013-02-27 21:53:42

But they wouldn't be newlyweds, they would be people who had been married for a long enough time in those days to be concerned that they hadn't had a child yet. They still would've been trying for years.

I now see the original cast members were a little too old, or their ages should be the definate cutting off point.

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Posted by Johnnycantdecide 2013-02-27 22:16:01

I wish they would consider Josh Gad for The Baker. I feel like he would be really interesting in the role.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-02-27 22:18:00

"What about Daniel Radcliffe as Jack?"

In some past threads, that has been brought up. I think he'd be an excellent choice for the role.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-02-27 22:46:10

Oh yes, I can see it now! Daniel Radcliffe, who will be 24 years old by the time this movie starts shooting, playing an adolescent boy who has his sexual awakening. (By the way, that's sarcasm, Sheldon!) This isn't an episode of GLEE ya' know!

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Posted by nasty_khakis 2013-02-27 22:52:32

Well if Lady Mary and Matthew can be worried about being childless after a year of marriage...

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Posted by Kad 2013-02-27 22:56:24

It's a fairy tale, people live as long as the story lets them.

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Posted by EricMontreal22 2013-02-28 01:12:46

"What about Seth Mcfarlane for the baker or one of the princes? I thought he was amazing at the oscars. "

Nonononono... Maybe he could be a Prince (though I admit I wouldn't be thrilled), but I've never seen him come off even slightly in person with any of the characteristics he would need to be the Baker.

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Posted by madbrian 2013-02-28 06:53:43

I think Nolan Gould (Luke from Modern Family) would be terrific as Jack. Though not a big name, I think Nicole Parker would be ideal as the Baker's Wife. And I'd love to see the Hemsworth brothers as the Princes.

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Posted by chris d 2013-02-28 11:04:20

I'd love to see Aubrey Plaza as Little Red and Russell Brand as the Wolf. "Hello Little Girl" would be a SCENE.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-02-28 11:06:12

"I wish they would consider Josh Gad for The Baker. I feel like he would be really interesting in the role."

HOW. DARE. YOU.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-02-28 11:19:03

I'm with Besty, something is lost when you have a 22 year old complaining about not having children. And I'm not sure what people mean when they say "back then it was common for young people to get married" since the show isn't set in a specific time, it's fantasy.
And Jordan, couldn't agree more with your reaction re Josh Gad. I've convinced myself that Ewan McGregor needs to play the Baker, and how about Todd Holland (a former stage Billy Elliot) as Jack?

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Posted by Princeton Returns 2013-02-28 11:19:58

Sheridan Smith as Little Red could work

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Posted by best12bars 2013-02-28 14:10:46

Well if Lady Mary and Matthew can be worried about being childless after a year of marriage...

It isn't how long they've been married, it's the age of the characters. They aren't 21 or 22 hoping desperately to have a child before it's too late.

Even the actors are older. Dan Stevens is 30 and Michelle Dockery is 31. They aren't in their early 20s, and neither are the characters. And it's an "heir" they're worried about producing for Downton's sake, not just "let's try to have a baby." They had a lot of unspoken pressure on them to produce a male heir.

If the Baker and his wife are desperate to have a child at 21 or 22, most movie audiences older than them are going to think they're impatient and overly dramatic. It's not a huge problem at that age.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-02-28 14:22:12

A few weeks ago on an episode of MODERN FAMILY, Nolan Gould sang "Music of the Night". He has a lovely voice and certainly has the comedic chops to play Jack. As I watched the episode I couldn't help but wonder if that was his audition for INTO THE WOODS.

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Posted by Emma White 2013-02-28 22:34:09

Thanks to this thread, I just fell in love with the idea of Bailey Buntain as Little Red. Can she sing? (Particularly cute if Sutton plays the Baker's Wife).
I'm so in love with the OBC of this show, it's not even normal.

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Posted by Emma White 2013-02-28 22:34:09

nothing to see here folks

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-03-02 23:46:48

Don't know why I didn't think of this before. I know it probably won' happen but Aniki Noni Rose as the Baker's wife would be an absolute delight.

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Posted by Visceral_Fella 2013-03-03 00:16:46

oooooh, I like that idea quite a bit.

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Posted by It's a fine life! 2013-03-03 01:42:12

I personally feel that Allison Janney would be lovely as the wife. However, I like an older baker with a younger wife for some reason. Like that's contributes to the urgency of their starting a family. Don't know how to go about casting that one.

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Posted by thirtythirtyninety 2013-03-03 10:48:37

Bailey Buntain sang on BUNHEADS

http://youtu.be/rI9mhgffDYU

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Posted by jacobsnchz14 2013-03-03 11:26:12

Someone on Tumblr posted this as their dream cast:

The Witch - Donna Murphy
The Baker - Brian dArcy James
The Bakers Wife - Sierra Boggess
Cinderella - Anna Kendrick
Little Red Riding Hood - Carly Rose Sonenclar
Jack - Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Rapunzel - Laura Osnes
Cinderellas Prince - Aaron Tveit
Rapunzels Prince - Cheyenne Jackson
Lucinda - Megan Hilty
Florida - Annaleigh Ashford
Wolf - Hugh Jackman
Narrator - Neil Patrick Harris
Stepmother - Bernadette Peters
Mysterious Man - Chip Zien
Cinderellas Mother - Sherie Rene Scott
Jacks Mother - Allison Janney
The Giant - Victoria Clark
Steward - Nathan Lane
Cinderellas Father - Norbert Leo Butz

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Posted by TalkinLoud 2013-03-03 11:43:38

Too starry for a Broadway cast. Not starry enough for a film. So basically no, never.

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Posted by EgermanArmfelt 2013-03-03 11:57:06

And Victoria Clark and Sherie Rene Scott should definitely be switched.... Clark would sing Cinderella's Mother's part in a heavenly matter

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Posted by Brave Sir Robin2 2013-03-03 12:13:39

Victoria Clark as the GIANT? Lol.

I don't know if she'd play the same role twice, but it would be fun to see Bernadette as the Stepmother. How about Cinderella's Father and Stepmother are Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason?

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Posted by Emma White 2013-03-03 16:25:33

"Bailey Buntain sang on BUNHEADS

http://youtu.be/rI9mhgffDYU"

Well, I'm sold. One of the top comments says "they should play Little Red and the Baker's Wife in the upcoming Into the Woods movie." :P

I seriously hope they give the original cast cameos. Bernadette as the stepmother would be adorable, and Chip Zien could play the father while Joanna Gleason plays Cinderella's mother.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-03-03 16:30:28

^Emma that's my comment!!

And I agree on the cameos.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-03-03 17:39:50

I've been wondering about this bankable A-lister that's supposedly being considered. Cameron Diaz, who had a huge hit with BAD TEACHER, apparently came really close to getting Roxie. She's funny and she's the kind of actress Marshall loves, I don't know that she'd be right for the Baker's Wife at all or if she can sing, but I could totally see Marshall going for her.

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Posted by nasty_khakis 2013-03-03 17:44:23

Acting-wise, she'd be a little too goofy for my taste, but vocally she CAN'T. Her singing in "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Sweetest Thing" are 100% her. She can joke her way around it, but couldn't pull off an actual musical.

I keep hoping the A-lister is Sandra Bullock or Melissa McCarthy.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-03-03 18:48:22

I'll bet it's Reece Witherspoon for the Baker's Wife.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-03-03 18:56:22

Besty, I was thinking that too. I haven't liked her in anything for many years (including WALK THE LINE), so I'm kinda dreading it, but I'd rather her than Sandra Bullock (sorry, Jordan!).

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Posted by henrikegerman 2013-03-03 19:15:53

I want Josh Radnor for the Baker.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 19:23:42

I quite like Scarlett Johansson's voice. I don't know if it's appropriate for anything in this film, but I think she should do a musical.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-03-03 19:28:07

The Witch:

The Baker:

The Baker's Wife:

Cinderella:

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-03-03 19:40:38

^ That would actually be a little unusual best12bars that two ex-lovers in real life would be playing the Baker and his wife. I know that Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz did 'Bad Teacher' together after they broke-up, but I cannot remember if Reese and Jake ended their relationship on amicable or bad terms.

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Posted by Jon 2013-03-03 19:45:06

I assume that the narrator will become a voice-over, or else someone telling the story to a child, like Peter Falk in Princess Bride.

Someone like Ian McKellan or Patrick Stewart would be nice.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 19:51:25

I Swear to God, they just need to have Sondheim as the narrator.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-03-03 19:57:41

Okay, switch Gyllenhaals, and put Maggie as the Baker's Wife (I think she'd be fantastic).

Maggie singing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDqmM9xdXs

And Seth Rogen as the Baker:

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Posted by Michael Bennett 2013-03-03 19:59:40

One of the people in Best12's post has definitely been approached for the film. And it's not Maggie.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 20:00:59

You mean Merl Skreep?

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Posted by Michael Bennett 2013-03-03 20:05:13

Well yeah her too, but no.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 20:06:14

Is it Jake? You don't have to answe but if it is just post a blank response below. Because I need that in my life. I need it bad.

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-03-03 20:12:27

Jake Gyllenhal is too attractive to play the Baker. That is the whole point. The Baker and his wife are supposed to be fairly plain. My money is on Seth Rogen as the one who's been approached.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 20:15:27

Really? That's the point of those characters?

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-03-03 20:25:13

Of course, Jordan. They are so hideous to look at that they can't even look at each other, which is the real reason they are childless.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 20:30:05

Oh!! Because he couldn't get it up!

I get it now!!

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-03-03 20:34:33

Anna Kendrick played the role of Cinderella in the reading of this film.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-03-03 20:48:30

Sarah Jessica Parker for the wife!!!!

I don't know why I never thought of her before!

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 20:50:34

No, child. No.

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-03-03 20:54:58

Well, Jordan, it makes sense if they're going with the "they're childless because he couldn't get it up for her" subtext that we have just found out about.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-03-03 20:56:34

It's so weird when you discover such interesting new things about your favorite musical that you've known everything about for 25 years.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-03-03 20:59:10

She's an A- lister, she can sing, she's old enough to like she's screwed if she hasn't had children by now...

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Posted by Jon 2013-03-03 22:15:23

I always felt that Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason in the original came across like Woody Allen and Diane Keaton - this contemporary couple that ended up in the woods somehow.

But hey... if you want SJP, why not her real hubby as the baker?

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Posted by madbrian 2013-03-03 22:20:45

SJP as the Baker's Wife would be one of the few things that would keep me away from a film version of Into The Woods.

"But hey... if you want SJP, why not her real hubby as the baker?"

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-03-03 22:24:32

My top choice for the Baker's wife is Sutton, but since we're talking about A-listers I might as well mention SJP.

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Posted by thirtythirtyninety 2013-03-14 09:04:33

I think Ed Helms would be pretty great as the Baker.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-03-20 12:35:12

According to these sources, Meryl was interviewed in the translated page, the film is expected to begin filming in October. I hope we hear some more casting news soon.

http://www.wordonthestreep.com/2013/03/did-meryl-confirm-herself-for-into-woods.html

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinanews.com%2Fyl%2F2013%2F03-01%2F4607356.shtml

"I think Kate Winslet would be a great Baker's Wife."

I would like to see that happen.

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Posted by Wildcard 2013-03-20 12:41:57

Saw Reese Witherspoon the other day and thought to myself that she might make for an interesting baker's wife.

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Posted by henrikegerman 2013-03-20 13:21:45

I love the Witherspoon idea. If they want a huge name (that is, bigger than Toni, who would still be my first choice), I can't see how they could do better. She certainly has the smart cookie wit for the role.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-03-20 15:45:10

Can she sing? That's the most important thing in my book.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-03-20 15:51:38

Witherspoon sang her songs in WALK THE LINE so there's at least precedent for her having sung in film before.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-03-20 16:47:17

Reese is a pretty decent singer. She could probably handle the score quite well. She used to be a pretty dependable, quirky, hilarious actress who'd be perfect for a role like this. She started taking dull mainstream roles after Legally Blonde. I still think she has it in her to knock this role out of the park.

I'd always like Sandra Bullock, Kristen Wiig, Lauren Graham, or Melissa McCarthy, though. Those are my top choices.

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Posted by westycenterstagejack 2013-03-20 23:45:34

Witherspoon would be incredible, IMO. I like the Kristen Wiig idea, but I don't think she'll be approached in a million years.

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Posted by henrikegerman 2013-03-21 10:27:08

Her own singing in Walk the Line, playing a singer, was very impressive. If she can sing June Carter she can certainly handle the Baker's Wife vocally, but what really excites me about her for the role is the crackerjack irony, warmth (maybe that's not her rep offscreen but onscreen she's got it!) and down to earth common sense she has brought to many of her roles, which would be a perfect fit for this. it's exactly what made Gleason's performance so unforgettable and exactly what has often been lacking in other attempts to bring life to this role.

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Posted by Wilmingtom 2013-03-21 15:15:26

How about Minnie Driver as the Baker's Wife? She's a little long in the tooth (43) but not too far out of the realm. She has the quirkiness and the genuine heart for it, and she sings well enough for this role.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-03-21 16:13:27

Driver would be a better fit as the Witch in a stage revival. Unfortunately, for some inexplicable reason, her career has largely stalled, no way they'd hire her to headline a film this huge, especially after PHANTOM was such a huge mess of a movie on just about every level.
If they do get Witherspoon, I hope she steps up her game, there was a time she was great in all her films but after she won the Oscar she hasn't given a single memorable acting turn. The debacle THIS MEANS WAR left me with no desire to see one of her films in a long time, a LEGALLY BLONDE/ELECTION Witherspoon would be fantastic in this, but she hasn't been that good in a very very long time.

I like the Kristen Wiig idea, but I don't think she'll be approached in a million years.
That's not really true. Marshall was considering Wiig for the lead in the THIN MAN re-make that was shelved in favor of fast-tracking INTO THE WOODS, I'm sure she was seen for this role as well. Her or Melissa McCarthy would be my top choices. Though of course I'd never say no to Toni Collette being cast in anything, something tells me she'll once again get passed over in favor of bigger names though, especially now that she's gonna try to go back to TV.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-03-21 18:00:28

Reese has just been playing it safe to focus more on being a mom. She'd probably jump at the chance to do this as it's nice and family friendly.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-03-21 18:13:41

Didn't they said they had already an huge name for the wife and that they would announce it by the end of this month?

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Posted by madbrian 2013-03-21 20:34:04

I also think Martha Plimpton would be terrific as the Baker's Wife.

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-03-22 11:05:55

I also think Martha Plimpton would be terrific as the Baker's Wife."

I peed.

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Posted by ComingUpRoses2 2013-03-22 11:40:40

Martha Plimpton would be perfection. Why didn't I think of that? I'm not sure what her Raising Hope schedule is like, but if they could get her, they'd be making a wise choice.

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Posted by madbrian 2013-04-02 23:09:56

My next casting suggestion: The Rock as the Wolf. If you're unfamiliar with his talents, check out this clip of him hosting SNL.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-02 23:30:45

That's a fun suggestion, but I highly doubt such a big star will get cast in such a small role.

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-04-03 01:18:21

Has anyone brought up John Hamm for the Wolf? I mean, he does have the necessary appendage.

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Posted by EgermanArmfelt 2013-04-03 17:08:17

With filming expected to begin in October, when do you think the full cast will be announced? And who do you think are the top candidates for the baker's wife?

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-04-03 18:02:55

The fact that there was never an official announcement of Streep's casting in this movie makes me think that many of the roles are already cast and that there will be an official announcement of the entire cast when they are completely done.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-04-03 18:08:13

Seriously, they just need to announce the cast already! I haven't heard any rumblings on Deadline, which is usually the go-to-source for early casting info. Witherspoon seems pretty booked at this point, but I still think she's gonna play the Baker's Wife.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-11 16:22:55

"Seriously, they just need to announce the cast already!"

I agree. Plus, we need to hear some news soon because now according to Sondheim himself, production is supposed to begin in August rather than October. Also, a new song has been written for the film.

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Posted by StageStruckLad 2013-04-11 16:46:24

Interesting interview with Sondheim. Thanks for the link, Beautywickedlover. I do hope the reporter is incorrect about Babs getting ready to do Gypsy. Now that she has decided to direct a different movie, hopefully that will be the end of her playing Grandmama Rose.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-04-11 16:48:35

Oh, Steve. For the love of God, leave this show alone. No new music, no replacing adults with children, just leave perfection alone.

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Posted by SeanMartin 2013-04-11 17:18:06

C'mon, Jordan, you know that Hollywood always has to "improve" things...

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-04-11 17:30:58

I'm assuming that the producers of any musical just assume that they will automatically get at least one Oscar nomination for "Best Song" when they add a new song to the score. I mean if "Learn to Be Lonely" and "Suddenly" can get nominated how hard is it really?

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Posted by frowninghour 2013-04-11 17:32:05

Is this Rob Marshall with Emma Stone? She's been rumored for this for a long time.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/0dc29e27298c7f888b4e91a5accf8645/tumblr_ml3veb3PSe1qetjy4o1_500.png

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Posted by Tink2 2013-04-11 17:39:37

To me, that looks like Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield and Rob Marshall heading west on 47th St.

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Posted by ray-andallthatjazz86 2013-04-11 17:40:02

Lol, Marshall looks like he wants to bang Andrew Garfield so badly in that picture! I wonder what role Stone would be considered for, she'd have made a great Little Red at one point, and she'll make a wonderful Baker's Wife eventually. I don't think she's the right age for the Baker's Wife, but not sure what age they're looking for. She'd make for a quirky, different take on Cinderella, we'll see.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-11 17:45:55

Do they sing?

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Posted by bobs3 2013-04-11 17:49:06

If they can't get Justin Timberlake to play Cinderella's Prince, I'd be okay with Andrew Garfield in the role.

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-04-11 17:54:34

I have to say that personally I have never seen or heard Emma Stone do anything that assures me she would be able to produce the type of vocal quality typically associated with the role of Cinderella on stage. She might be able to sing, but I would be shocked beyond belief if she has a soprano range hiding in that husky speaking voice of hers.

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Posted by frowninghour 2013-04-11 17:57:26

I believe she was rumored for Little Red back when her name first popped up in connection to the movie but I can't imagine someone of her status taking anything less than Cinderella.

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Posted by bobs3 2013-04-11 18:02:43

"I have to say that personally I have never seen or heard Emma Stone do anything that assures me she would be able to produce the type of vocal quality typically associated with the role of Cinderella on stage. She might be able to sing, but I would be shocked beyond belief if she has a soprano range hiding in that husky speaking voice of hers."

So they have never lowered the singing key for an actor before (by the way, that's sarcasm Sheldon)?

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Posted by best12bars 2013-04-11 18:05:28

Emma singing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZztDT01CII

Yeah, she can sing. Sounds like a solid voice with a limited range, but she's not bad. I notice she leaves the high notes out here, so that's not making me think Cinderella, but who knows? Maybe they can dub her on the high notes.

Or maybe she's up for Jack.

EDIT: She would make a great stepsister, but the parts are too small for a star of her caliber (right now).

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-04-11 18:10:18

"So they have never lowered the singing key for an actor before (by the way, that's sarcasm Sheldon)?"

I'd kind of like to see the meltdowns that will occur around here if they start lowering keys for this movie.

There are a lot of things I would like to see Emma Stone do, just not the role of Cinderella in this movie.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-11 18:26:05

It's a standard practice to lower keys, but in this case the voice is indisputably connected to the character. Princesses are sopranos or mezzos, I doubt Disney would change the image of their princess which they have so classically created and firmly established in the popular conscience.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-11 19:36:08

"I doubt Disney would change the image of their princess which they have so classically created and firmly established in the popular conscience."

She actually has kind of received a new look already.

Old look

New look

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-11 19:43:33

She's looking gorgeous! That dress is stunning. It's a new look yet she remains looking classic.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-04-11 19:46:09

She looks like a glittery ho'.

Whatever happened to class ...

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-11 19:50:16

I was never a fan of her original dress, it wasn't as spectacular as to say it was the work of a fairy Godmother.

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Posted by Playbilly 2013-04-11 20:00:36

I'd hit that.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-11 21:59:27

She has also been seen in the parks and press events like this now.

"I was never a fan of her original dress, it wasn't as spectacular as to say it was the work of a fairy Godmother."

The New York Times actually thought that in the 1957 musical version with Julie Andrews, the main character was not wearing something that a Fairy Godmother would make.

"couldn't Cinderella have been dressed in a dreamlike ball gown of fantasy rather than a chic, form-fitting number?"

Here are articles that have mentioned Emma Stone possibly being in the film.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2122505/Emma-Stone-heads-lunch-Andrew-Garfield-ponders-fairytale-musical-role.html

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/wooing_emma_Fh0kpNmayaSpK2R2lkWsSM

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-04-11 22:04:21

Ugh. That "new" Cinderella looks like she's about to get DP'd by frat guys at a kegger.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-11 22:37:19

Well lets face it, compared to her fellow disney princesses she was never that attractive.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-11 22:47:50

Here she is with her fellow Princesses and their new looks:

As I mentioned earlier I really liked the idea of Kate Winslet as the Baker's Wife. Here she is singing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vId_4r925o

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-04-11 22:54:16

Why does Disney want the princesses to look like a bunch of Bratz dolls. Aurora and Belle especially look like the artists (whomever they are who've done these redesigns) wanted to be able to cast them in the animated version of Mean Girls.

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Posted by SeanMartin 2013-04-11 22:58:37

Wow. I am so looking at this and thinking "Hey Big Spender"... which, considering it's Disney, would make sense......

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-11 22:59:12

Ariel looks stunning as usual, poor little snow white never grew up, and Belle is looking waaay too
flirty.

Mulan is NOT a princess!!! Why do they keep insisting she is one!!!

Kate would make a lovely baker's wife, but I don't think she's the kind of hot property Rob wants for this film.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-11 23:12:29

I know that Cinema Blend said in January that Allison Janney was going to be a part of this movie, but she has been removed from IMDB. However, any member can add or edit it.

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/West-Wing-Allison-Janney-Play-Anna-Faris-Mom-Chuck-Lorre-Comedy-Pilot-51915.html

"Mulan is NOT a princess!!! Why do they keep insisting she is one!!!"

When I sent my cousin the video of Lea Salonga being honored a Disney Legend, she said I never knew Mulan was a Princess when did this happen? So, I asked someone at the Disney Store for her and they said Mulan was made an "honorary" Princess in the film when the Emperor gave her the crest. They also wanted to show girls that you don't have to be born into royalty or marry a prince to be considered a princess.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-04-11 23:26:38

People are always making excuses for her, bottom line is she's not a princess she's just part of the princess franchise.

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Posted by kieranbec 2013-04-12 23:17:41

Salonga's other character, Jasmine, is the only one that looks exactly the same.

Winslet was actually my first thought when someone on this board mentioned an A-lister in talks for bakers wife. Second though was Scarlett Johansson. Anyways, here's more vids of Winslet singing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZieXY7eti4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYe-BI66l1w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4BJHRpROZ0

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-15 21:38:14

I don't think there are any updates or information we already did not know in this article.

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Posted by best12bars 2013-04-15 21:50:23

Why does Disney want the princesses to look like a bunch of Bratz dolls.

Exactly!

They all look like pouty, pre-teen prostitutes.

Why is that attractive? And it goes against every single one of their stories, turning them into nothing more than vapid shopping mall seductresses.

Really sad.

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Posted by Jungle Red 2013-04-15 22:40:08

"They also wanted to show girls that you don't have to be born into royalty or marry a prince to be considered a princess."

Because they hadn't done that with Cinderella? She's aristocratic, but not royalty.

Rapunzel isn't a princess either, for that matter. Jasmine is the daughter of the Sultan, but in reality, is she considered a princess?

I wonder if the boys will get makeovers. Prince Eric is still my favorite, followed by Prince Phillip.

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Posted by AEA AGMA SM 2013-04-15 23:19:10

"Rapunzel isn't a princess either, for that matter. Jasmine is the daughter of the Sultan, but in reality, is she considered a princess?"

In Tangled Rapunzel is the daughter of a king and a queen, so yes, she is a princess. Jasmine is referred to multiple times throughout Aladdin as Princess Jasmine, so, again, as far as the marketing is concerned, there is no reason to say she is not a princess.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-04-15 23:22:58

Yeah, Eric is the hottest Disney prince. But even though he's not Disney, Dimitri from ANASTASIA is the hottest cartoon character ever.

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Posted by EgermanArmfelt 2013-04-16 00:24:51

Beautywickedlover in the link Seth said: "Sondheim fans will be pleased" "pleased" suggests it's gonna be another Les Mis all over again.

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Posted by ShbrtAlley44 2013-04-16 00:38:15

Pocahontas looks like she got stung in the face by bees.

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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-04-16 00:40:37

No, it's just a side effect of the syphilis.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-04-16 01:07:48

In case no one saw this, here is a fan-made teaser poster for the film.

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Posted by beautywickedlover 2013-05-01 17:52:17

According to an equity casting notice the film will begin shooting in London this September.

Also, the creative team is looking for actors to play Jack and Little Red Riding Hood.

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Posted by all that jazz 2013-05-01 17:55:45

They should get Isabelle Allen for little red or they could go with one of the Matildas.