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So this is almost confirmed to start shooting by the end of the year with Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp probably starring in it.
There's also this blurb from the ever trusty Wikipedia page which adds a whole bunch of very interesting actors.
Johnny Depp is in talks with Disney to join its bigscreen adaptation of the Broadway musical “Into the Woods.”
Meryl Streep is also in discussions with the Mouse House to join the production to play the evil witch. Rob Marshall (who helmed Disney’s fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean”) will direct the film.
Musical revolved around a childless baker and his wife who attempt to lift a family curse by journeying into the woods to confront the witch that put the spell on them. Along the way, they encounter Rapunzel, Cinderella, “Jack and the Beanstalk’s” Jack Little Red Riding Hood and other classic fairy tale characters.
There is no production start date yet for the film.
David Krane (“Chicago,” “Nine”) is working on the music for the film, while James Lapine penned the script, based on his book for the musical.
John DeLuca, who previously produced Marshall’s “Chicago” and “Nine,” will serve as producer on “Into the Woods.”
Disney declined to comment.
If a deal makes, the way Depp’s upcoming schedule would work out is he would finish production on Alcon’s “Transcendence,” which he is currently shooting, jump into the crime pic “Black Mass” in the fall and move on to “Into the Woods” in early 2014.
He is repped by UTA and can be seen next in Disney’s “The Lone Ranger.”
There's also this blurb from the ever trusty Wikipedia page which adds a whole bunch of very interesting actors.
A reading of the updated screenplay took place in October 2012, with Nina Arianda as the Baker's Wife, Victoria Clark as Cinderella's Mother/Granny/Giant, James Corden as the Baker, Donna Murphy as the Witch, Christine Baranski as Cinderella's Stepmother, Tammy Blanchard as Florinda, Ivan Hernandez as the Wolf, Megan Hilty as Lucinda, Cheyenne Jackson as Rapunzel's Prince, Allison Janney as Jack's Mother, Anna Kendrick as Cinderella, Michael McGrath as Steward/Mysterious Man, Laura Osnes as Rapunzel, Taylor Trensch as Jack, Casey Whyland as Little Red Riding Hood, and Patrick Wilson as Cinderella's Prince. The reading was directed by Rob Marshall.Reports also surfaced during that month and in January 2013 that Meryl Streep had been confirmed to play the Witch.During the latter month, it was reported that Janney had been confirmed to join the film as well.In March 2013, it was reported that film will begin shooting in October of the same year.
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