Into the Woods Official Movie Thread- Page 7

[imdakingofny]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:03pm

Can she sing it?!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:14pm

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.

[Patronus]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 2:14pm

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

[Starship]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 3:58pm

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


Updated On: 2/11/13 at 03:58 PM

[ComingUpRoses2]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 5:23pm

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 5:34pm

Well without dubbing every musical will star the exact same people

[bobs3]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:11pm

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:13pm

I never said it would be her.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:14pm

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:18pm

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.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:21pm

She's the Sierra Boggess of movies?

[Jungle Red]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:22pm

Bitter Betty, table of one!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:23pm

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

[Wynbish]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:27pm

Gotcha

[amayzingRachel72]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:33pm

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

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 6:42pm

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

[all that jazz]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 7:26pm

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.

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 7:35pm

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

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 7:43pm

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!

[all that jazz]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 7:43pm

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.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 4:14pm

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.

Updated On: 2/26/13 at 04:14 PM

[PennybankBill]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 4:17pm

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

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 4:22pm

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

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 4:27pm

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 great choices also. I think Disney is probably looking for actors over 30 to play the Princes.








Updated On: 7/29/13 at 04:27 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 2/26/13 at 6:00pm

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.