Director of Photography Dion Beebe Joins INTO THE WOODS Film

According to The Hollywood Reporter, director of photography Dion Beebe will join film director Rob Marshall for Disney's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical INTO THE WOODS. The duo have also worked together on the Oscar-winning Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago and Nine.

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Emily Blunt just confirmed her casting alongside stars Meryl Streep (as The Witch) and Johnny Depp (as The Wolf) in the project. Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine are reportedly still in talks for roles (as Cinderella's Prince and Rapunzel's Prince), as are 2012 Tony Award winner James Corden (as The Baker), SMASH star Megan Hilty (as a Stepsister), and Christine Baranski, who was part of the original reading last October, for the role of Cinderella's evil stepmother.

INTO THE WOODS is heading to London to begin shooting this September. James Lapine, the original book writer of INTO THE WOODS, is reworking the script for the screenplay, while Sondheim has also written new material for the film, including "Rainbows", a duet between the Baker and his Wife, as well as a new song for Streep as the Witch.

Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Into the Woods won several Tony Awards, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera.

Beebe's work will next be seen in All You Need Is Kill. Other credits include Gangster Squad, The Zen of Bennett, Green Lantern, Land of the Lost, Rendition, Tony Bennett: An American Classic, Miami Vice, Collateral, Equilibrium and more.