If they made these shows into movies...

Into the Woods
Directed by: Terry Gilliam

Steve Carell as The Baker
Nicole Kidman as The Baker's Wife
Cate Blanchett as The Witch
Emily Blunt as Cinderella
John Hurt as Mysterious Man
Daniel Radcliff as Jack
Ellen Page as Little Red Riding Hood
David Bowie as The Wolf
Hugh Jackman as Rapunzel's Prince
Robert Downey Jr. as Cinderella's Prince
Keli O'Hara as Rapunzel
Rowan Atkinson as The Steward
Betty White as Jack's Mother
Tracy Ullman as Cinderella's Step Mother
Tim Curry as Cinderella's Father
Tilda Swinton as The Giant Woman
Julie Andrews as Cinderella's Mother
John Cleese as The Narrator



Company
Directed by: Wes Anderson

Adrien Brody as Robert
Christine Baranski as Joanne
Kelsey Grammer as Larry
John C. McGinley as Harry
Amy Poehler as Sarah
Jason Bateman as David
Amy Adams as Jenny
Steven Weber as Paul
Toni Collette as Amy
Edward Norton as Peter
Kristin Chenoweth as Susan
Natalie Portman as Kathy
Zooey Deschanel as Marta
Heather Graham as April



Wicked
Directed by: Ron Howard

Natalie Portman as Elphaba
Kristin Bell as Glinda
Daniel Radcliffe as Fiyero
Amy Adams as Nessarose
Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Dillamond
Angela Lansbury as Madame Morrible
Dick Van Dyke as The Wizard
??? as Boq



The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Directed by: Judd Apatow

Jonah Hill as William Barfee
Ellen Page as Olive Ostrovsky
Michael Cera as Leaf Coneybear
Dakota Fanning as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre
Corbin Bleu as Chip Tolentino
Stephen Colbert as Vice Principal Panch
Snoop Dogg as Mitch Mahoney
Tina Fay as Rona Lisa Peretti
??? as Marcy Park


Assassins
Directed by: Oliver Stone

Daniel Day-Lewis as John Wilkes Booth
Phillip Seymour Hoffman as John Hinckley
Jeff Daniels as Charles Guiteau
Kathy Bates as Sara Jane Moore
Nathan Lane as Samuel Byck
Neil Patrick Harris as Lee Harvey Oswald
Parker Posey as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Martin Short as Giuseppe Zangara
James Marsden as The Ballader
Brian Stokes Mitchell as The Proprieter


Avenue Q
Directed by: Frank Oz

The entire original Broadway cast besides:

Jeffrey Ross as Brian
Margaret Cho as Christmas Eve
Gary Coleman as Gary Coleman (Although he would never do it.)

In To The Woods
Steve Carell as The Baker

NO!!!

Nicole Kidman as The Baker's Wife


ABSOLUTELY NOT


Cate Blanchett as The Witch
meh I guess

Emily Blunt as Cinderella

So far, the best pick.

John Hurt as Mysterious Man

no opinion
Daniel Radcliff as Jack
Lame

Ellen Page as Little Red Riding Hood

Hello "Hard Candy" cover

David Bowie as The Wolf

uh, ok

Hugh Jackman as Rapunzel's Prince
Robert Downey Jr. as Cinderella's Prince
Keli O'Hara as Rapunzel


lame lame lame

Rowan Atkinson as The Steward

no opinion

Betty White as Jack's Mother

Not terrible.

Tracy Ullman as Cinderella's Step Mother
Tim Curry as Cinderella's Father

big meh

Tilda Swinton as The Giant Woman

This could be awesome

Julie Andrews as Cinderella's Mother

yeah

John Cleese as The Narrator


not the worst choice.

Okay, here's some much better picks:

INTO THE WOODS:

Witch: Madonna
Baker: Matthew Broderick
Baker's Wife: Toni Colette
Cinderella: Amy Adams
Cinderella's Prince: Patrick Wilson
Narrator/Mysterious Man: Christopher Walken
Jack: Graham Phillips
Little Red Riding Hood: Kelsey Fowler
Jack's Mother: Minnie Driver
Rapunzel's Prince: Brian D'Arcy James
Voice of the Wolf: Alan Rickman
Cinderella's Mother: Julie Andrews
Steward: Timothy Spall
Florinda: Leslie Kritzer
Lucinda: Leigh Ann Larkin
Stepmother: Catherine O'Hara
Voice of the Giant: Margo Martindale

WICKED:
Elphaba: Stephanie J. Block
Glinda: Amy Adams
Fiyero: James Marsden
Madame Morrible: Shirley MacLaine
The Wizard: Robin Williams
Nessarose: Katharine McPhee
Boq: Colin Hanks
Dr. Dillamond: Alan Rickman

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Updated On: 1/7/09 at 09:10 AM

I don't really love either cast list, but I have to say-- I would LOVE to see Amy Adams as either Galinda or Nessa. They'd have to bring some of the keys down if she was being Galinda, of course, but she would be marvelous. I can just see her doing "Popular." (And Christopher Walken as "Narrator/Mysterious Man" is grand.)

Also, I love David Bowie as the Wolf, Overkill.

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels:

Freddy: Jack Black
Lawrence: Kevin Kline
Christine: Anne Hathaway
Muriel: Megan Mullally

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That DRS cast is perfection. Nice work.

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INTO THE WOODS

I've thought about this for a while. I know it would never happen this way, but I would have almost all the cast be unknown actors under 25...this is the age range I'd place them all in:

Baker/Wife: Early 20s
Cinderella/Prince: Late teens/early 20s
Jack/Red: 15-17
Rapunzel/Prince: 15-18
Stepsisters: 18-20

with the rest of the roles being known actors, off the top of my head:

Witch: Anne Hathaway
Narrator/Mysterious Man: Jonathan Price
Jack's Mother: Julie Walters
Stepmother: Michelle Pfeiffer or Angelica Huston

I know Hathaway is unconventional for the witch, I'm not completly sure about it myself. I just figured she's a good actor, can sing and the script says the witch is reverted to a state of "youth and beauty", so it'd be nice to see what a younger actor would bring to the role.

URINETOWN- Directed by Robert Rodriguez or Tim Burton
Penny: Meryle Streep
Cladwell: Richard Gere
Lockstock: John Lithgow
Bobby: I have no idea....but it would probably end up being a Jonas brother.
Hope: Anne Hathaway
Little Sally: again, no idea. maybe she could be cgi and voiced by Lacey Chabert.

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STUPID double post...

Updated On: 1/7/09 at 06:59 PM

Add William H. Macy as Mr. McQueen and I'm sold.

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I love Zooey Deschanel, but her as Elphie would be a TRAINWRECK. Zooey's type may fit act one Elphaba, but there is no way she could sing those songs correctly. Elphaba calls for a belter, and Zooey's a quiet, quirky indie songstress.

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The OP has some pretty good ideas. The ITW cast aint that great but Terry Gilliam directing is amazing (wasn't he once attached to a film production of the show?).
The Ave Q and Spelling Bee ideas are genius. I'd love to see an Apatow Spelling Bee, although I don't know if the concept of the show would work on screen, I'm sure it could be overhauled to make sense in a celluloid world.
Same goes for Company and Assassins, both very extreme concept musicals. Company might work, you've got a cool cast up there, but I agree with switching Toni and Amy Poehler. The problem is the show jumps back and forward through time(?) like crazy (does anyone actually know the timeline of these people and what parts of the show are real or part of Bobby's imagination?)
Assassins, however, would never work on screen. It's too bizarre and dark and besides the musical numbers set in their respective eras everything else is set in this carnival limbo where people who weren't even alive at the same time are together, it's just too much of a theatrical device. However, again, good idea with the cast, cept I think everyone's a bit too old for their roles, no?

And everyone's Urinetown cast is wonderful.

Here's one for you:
Bat Boy: The Movie Musical
Edgar Parker/Bat Boy - ? (as long as it's not Zac Efron or a Jonas Brother or something...well, maybe Zac, but no Jonas)
Shelly Parker - Evan Rachel Wood
Meredith Parker - Ana Gasteyer
Dr. Parker - Bruce Cambell
Rev. Hightower - Cedric the Entertainer
Mrs. Taylor - Lea DeLaria

I reeeeally wanna see the Sam Mendes Cabaret on the big screen.
Sally - Catherine Zeta Jones (though she might be getting a bit too old for the role)
Emcee - Alan Cumming
Cliff - Patrick Wilson
Schneider - Hellen Mirren
Shultz - Joel Grey
Kost - Ana Gasteyer
Ludwig - John C Reilly

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Updated On: 1/7/09 at 11:26 PM

I didn't like the idea of Nicole Kidman as The Baker's Wife either really. I just threw a name out there.

I'm kind of proud of my Company casting. lol. I think Wes Anderson would make an amazing movie out of it.

As for Urinetown, I tried to come up with an idea for that, but the only person who I thought would be PERFECT for the part of Cladwell is Ken Jenkins who plays Dr. Bob Kelso on "Scrubs".

Bat Boy:
I second
Shelly Parker - Evan Rachel Wood
Meredith Parker - Ana Gasteyer
Rev. Hightower - Cedric the Entertainer
But then:
John C. McGinley as Dr. Parker
and have Deven May reprise his role as Bat Boy.

"And I always thought Seth Rogan would be a good Brian in Avenue Q."

I agree. That would be much better than Jeffrey Ross.

The thing is - when a musical comes out in movie form, I only get excited if the people in it can reeeeally sing - and I mean in an appropriate fashion for the role/show they've been cast in. For instance, Zooey Deschanel is outstanding, love her as an actress, but for MT casting, she's not shown that side of her voice. From what I've heard, she'd be a good Squeaky Fromme in Assassins.
I love the idea of an Apatow Spelling Bee - I'd want it to involve Dan Fogler (now that he's a 'movie star') and Jesse Tyler Ferguson!

How about a Joss Whedon - helmed Bat Boy? I think he's the right end of kooky, sci-fi nerd with a love of MT... plus he's good at casting proper MT people in things (Neil Patrick Harris in Dr Horrible...ooh i love it!)