Into the Woods Official Movie Thread — Page 88

Rest assured, the (leaked) screenplay is incredibly faithful to the source material. It has been tightened and edited to quicken the pace and bridge the gaps cinematically, but no drastic, major shifts in tone or plot were made.

After reading it, I had (and have) very high hopes on that level.

The bigger question for me is can they pull it off?

And we shall see!

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Thanks guys for the heads up about the leaked script. Sorry I was late to the party on that one. I didn't know it leaked. It seems like an early draft, but I have to say I am pretty surprised. We did lose an important song (in my humble opinion) but I understand why they decided to cut it. The original tone is intact. So I'm happy.

Yes Bars, the million dollar question now is- Can they pull this off?

One initial thought I had after reading this is "Meryl is too old." Take it or leave it, that's what I thought.

Didn't she already play a witch who drank a potion for eternal youth? Oh wait, that was Death Becomes Her. My bad. :-P

Updated On: 2/17/14 at 04:10 AM

Really looking forward to seeing him play the Baker. The discussion begins around 12:00 of the video.




James Corden On INTO THE WOODS, Working With Meryl Streep & Previews 'Your Fault'

Updated On: 2/20/14 at 11:43 AM

I'm really happy that Rob Marshall (and producers) realized that the casting of this role was so important to the entire tone and perspective of the movie. If you get the Baker (and his wife) wrong, you lose everything else, no matter how good they all are.

The Baker has to maintain that sense of wonder, a bit playful and buoyant, sometimes silly and snarky, but also he has to be able to be thoughtful and pensive and humble at times. It's not something that can just be "acted." You need the right personality in the role to take the audience on the journey.

Corden is just right for it. They could have cast bigger names (and apparently considered quite a few movie stars if you believe the IMDb.com pages). And not taking anything away from Corden's own achievements or notoriety, but there are other bigger film names who could have snagged the role if the producers and director had been nervous about it.

I'm glad they realized the importance of getting this right.

Fingers crossed here that he rises to the occasion, but I have no doubt in my mind that chose wisely. Very excited to see him in this!

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Meryl will probably look like Meryl by then. I wonder if we will have to wait until Maleficent to get a teaser trailer for this film?

So I just heard the 30 seconds or so of "Children Will Listen" and liked it. Meryl sounds like really was working on her voice so I'm looking forward to more leaking out!

Anyway you could share the clip Jordan?

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Oh, I thought I was late to the party listening to it. lol

It sounds like an iPhone recording from a screening or something.

I don't know. Did they play a clip from the movie in that interview?

Ooh! I wanna hear!

Sounds pretty good. I wonder if that still leads into the new song?

It's so hard to tell anything when it's fed through a toilet bowl and a tin can while being smothered under a blanket ... but it definitely sounds like she's singing in-character as a witch, and that's no surprise. And it's a good thing.

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Awe, this is wonderful.