Into the Woods movie musical: Dream cast

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:34pm

Narrator: David Hyde Pierce
The Baker: Patrick Dempsey (if he can sing)
The Baker's Wife: Kate Winslet
The Witch: Audra McDonald
Jack: Ken Baumann (of Seceret Life)
Little Red Riding Hood: Dakota Fanning
Cinderella: Lea Michele (if she has the vocal strength)
Rapunzel: Blake Lively
Cinderella's Prince: Drew Seeley (don't smack me)
Rapunzel's Prince: Chace Crawford (if he's great in Footloose)
Jack's Mother: Julie Walters
Cinderella's Stepmother: Jane Seymour
Florinda: Ashley Olsen
Lucinda: Mary-Kate Olsen
Cinderella's Mother: Renee Fleming
Wolf: Patrick Wilson
Mysterious Man: Kelsey Grammer
Giant: Rosie O'Donnell

Updated On: 11/16/09 at 05:34 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:37pm

And I have two wolves here because both princes have sexual appitites.


Bwahahaa, I literally can't stop laughing!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:38pm

Audra McDonald (she is going places)

This must be read in the voice of an old-time Hollywood agent.

[blaxx]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:40pm

I also love how the "dream cast" has to first prove themselves talented and successful

[Pgenre]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:45pm

How about Goldie Hawn, Robin Williams, Cher, Mayim Bialik, Brenden Fraser... oh, wait, nevermind.

"Rainbows" written for the film may be my favorite song from this score now and I really would like this happen. Steve recently said that he is in negotiations to make this and a FOLLIES film finally happen only a week or two ago, so this time it may get past pre-production.

Though, if Penny Marshall couldn't get it going with THAT cast it's gonna be an uphill battle.

Get rid of that Babaloo Mandel script though, its not where it needs to be.

IF it gets made get ready to lose A LOT (I mean NINE-level loss) of the score and a bunch of new songs (many already written). That's what Steve wanted to do then and I'm sure he will be happy to cut out a lot of the weaker material ("Our Little World" and "It Takes Two", I'm talkin' to you!) and be as involved as he was with SWEENEY. If it is HALF as good as SWEENEY and true to the spirit of the show I'll be happy.

P

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:45pm

Here's mine again:

The Witch: Kim Basinger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sigourney Weaver
The Baker: Jim Carrey
Baker's Wife: Tina Fey, Jane Krakowski, Maya Rudolph
Stepmother: Christine Baranski, Swoosie Kurtz, Judy Davis, Sigourney Weaver, Catherine O'Hara
Stepsisters: Brittany Murphy and Jessica Biel or Bridgette Wilson and Jennifer Garner or Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried
Cinderella: Kristen Bell, Alison Lohman, Kate Mara, Anneliese Van Der Pol
The Princes: Ryan Gosling & Ewan McGregor
Rapunzel: Kristen Bell, Kate Hudson, Jayne Wisener, Brittany Snow
Jack's Mother: Tracy Ullman
Little Red Riding Hood: Bryce Dallas Howard, Annasophia Robb
Mysterious Man/Narrator: Tim Curry, John Lithgow

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:46pm

Audra McDonald (she is going places)

Ya think?!!!

[binau]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:46pm

Pgenre, I hadn't heard about an ITW film actually gaining momentum, where did he say this (a week ago)?

[blaxx]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:48pm

The sexual "appitites": Nick Adams and Arthur Laurents in a thong *rawr*

[Pgenre]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:50pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stephen_Sondheim_In_Negotiations_for_Film_Adaptations_of_FOLLIES_WOODS_20091108

and

https://www.austin360.com/arts/content/arts/stories/2009/11/1108sondheim.html

And I don't think its a coincidence that the film demo has recently leaked after 15 years with all the new songs.

P

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 5:51pm

I'm blind now, blaxx. Thanks.

Kelli O'Donnell for Red Riding Hood
Julie Murney for The Wolf
Rosie O'Donnell for the angry lesbian who can't sing

[onedaymore]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 8:19pm

Rosie could play the Giant. Then they'd be able to put her on screen!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 8:20pm

I hear she's going places. And by places I mean glbt cruises.

[darquegk]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 8:38pm

The one thought I've always had about a film version of ITW is to NOT double roles the way they are onstage. That convention works better in the play, and opens up new casting possibilities. I could certainly buy Steve Martin or Tim Curry as the Wolf, but not a prince.

The Mysterious Man being the Narrator is a very stagey convention as well. I'd rather have a recognizable but appropriate Mysterious Man and a famous voice-over as the Narrator... to build to a big reveal when the Giant reaches through the screen (face it, there will be 3-D) to pull the Narrator, kicking and screaming, over our heads.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 8:44pm

Actually that would be a cool effect, pulling the narrator into the book to feed to the giant.

[broadwayboy101]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 10:11pm

Am I the only one who would have loved to see the movie had that cast (Robin Williams, Cher, etc.) taken part?

[darquegk]

Posted: 11/16/09 at 11:06pm

Jim Dale needs to voice the Narrator.