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Disney announces cast for ‘Into the Woods’ movie
Production has begun on Disney’s movie version of the musical “Into the Woods” starring Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Chris Pine and Tracey Ullman.
The movie is being made by Rob Marshall who directed “Chicago” and Disney’s “Pirate of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”
The Broadway musical, with a book written by James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, won Tony awards for Best Score, Best Book and Best Actress in a Musical. It mixes the plots of a number of Brothers Grimm fairy tales and explores consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests.
The characters come from the tales such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk. The tale is brought together by an original story about a baker and his wife, and a Witch who puts a curse on them.
The movie is scheduled for release Dec. 25, 2014.
Disney, in a press released, announced the following cast:
- Meryl Streep as the Witch who wishes to reverse a curse so that her beauty may be restored.
- Emily Blunt is the Baker’s Wife, a childless woman who longs to be a mother.
- James Corden plays the role of the Baker, a hard-working man who desperately wants to start a family. Anna Kendrick is Cinderella.
- Chris Pine portrays Cinderella’s Prince, charming and impossibly handsome, who is on an endless quest to find his bride.
- Johnny Depp is the Wolf, who sets his sights on Little Red Riding Hood.
- Lilla Crawford (from Broadway’s “Annie”) makes her feature-film debut as Little Red Riding Hood, a smart and spunky girl who journeys into the woods, finding unexpected adventures along the way.
- Daniel Huttlestone is Jack, an absentminded and adventurous boy who trades his treasured cow for five magic beans.
- Tracey Ullman is Jack’s Mother, a poor and exasperated mom who is overwhelmed, yet fiercely protective of her son.
- Christine Baranski is the Stepmother who wishes for riches and grandeur; she’ll do anything to marry off one of her daughters to a prince.
- MacKenzie Mauzy plays Rapunzel, a sheltered young woman who experiences the world beyond her tower for the first time.
- Billy Magnussen is the Prince who courts Rapunzel.
