Into the Woods Film Version for Showing on Christmas Day; Will It Bag Awards Just Like the Into the Woods Musical?
Musical fans of the Tony-award winning theatrical production Into The Woods musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim are awaiting its film adaptation by Walt Disney Pictures, which is directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Nine, Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides).
The musical's storyline is coupled with an original tale about a childless couple (The Baker and his Wife) who are cursed by The Witch, and pair's involvement with different popular children's storybook characters throughout their journey to undo the curse and start a family. This is not just any so-so musical or movie version, we can look forward to the various important lessons the story has to convey. And most of the crucial messages are intertwined in the Into The Woods lyrics.
The main members of the cast are: Emily Blunt (The Baker's Wife), James Corden (The Baker), Anna Kendrick (Cinderella), Chris Pine Cinderella's Prince), Christine Baranski (Cinderella's Stepmother), Lilla Crawford (Little Red Riding Hood), Johnny Depp (The Wolf),Daniel Huttlestone (Jack), Tracey Ullman (Jack's Mother), Mackenzie Mauzy (Rapunzel), and Billy Magnussen (Rapunzel's Prince), among others.
Into The Woods characters also includes multi-award-winning actress Meryl Streep, playing the lead role as The Witch. With a great screenplay and impressive ensemble of actors and actresses this certainly makes Into The Woods film worth watching.
A truly interesting new fantasy film from Disney, Into The Woods movie is set for showing on the 25th day of December this year. We can say it is Walt Disney Picture's Christmas gift for the moviegoers.
