^^Add me to that list to read both the 90's draft (again) and the Lapine "leaked" script.

^Yeah, Steve Martin as The Wolf would've been interesting but I'm glad that Johnny Depp got the role in the end.

Updated On: 8/17/14 at 10:29 PM

ChairinMain

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Posted: 8/17/14 at 10:34pm

Didn't the baker's wife Survive in the 90s draft?

Musical Master

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Posted: 8/17/14 at 10:36pm

^From what I remember of it, yes.. Yes she did... WHAT.....WAS...THAT?!!?!

Hex3

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:21am

Didn't she end up crawling out of the giant's nose at the end?

disneybroadwayfan22

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:29am

Does the #39 link work?

Broadway Shows: Phantom of the Opera (January 2011), Mary Poppins (January 2011), Anything Goes (August 2011, W/ Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, and Laura Osnes), The Lion King (August 2011), Godspell (June 2012, W/ Corbin Bleu), Matilda the Musical (Original Broadway Cast, May 2013), Newsies (May 2013), Cinderella (W/ Carly Rae Jepsen and Fran Drescher, May 2014), and Aladdin (OBC, May 2014). Pre-Broadway: If/Then (November 2013/World Premiere, W/ Idina Menzel, LaChanze, and Anthony Rapp). National Tours: Wicked (October 2012), Beauty & the Beast (January 2013), & Jersey Boys (November 2013)

Met Idina Menzel & Sierra Boggess (November 2013)

Musical Master

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:44am

^It does but I don't trust "downloads".

^^From what I remember, she hid in the Giant's hair for most of the movie's second half and in the end she reunites with The Baker and her son.

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:49am

Well, Musical Master, if it makes you feel better, many poeple have downloaded the leaked script. It's just a PDF file. I was worried also, but I just decided that I really wanted to read it. I also have a virus scanner on my computer.

disneybroadwayfan22

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:50am

Most of 90s cast was a joke: Billy Crystal, Cher, Meg Ryan, Danny Devito, Roseanne Barr?! It sounded like an excuse to make a movie with all of the major 90s stars. The only ones that are good casting are Robin Williams & Steve Martin

Jordan Catalano

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:51am

Yeah, the rest of those people are hacks.

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:53am

Thanks Showface, I'll check it out tonight.

^^I agree, INTO THE WOODS would've been a mostly miscast film (with the exception of Williams and Martin), thank goodness that Rob Marshall and Disney got the casting right. (Didn't we dodge a bullet when Sophia Brownlee was cast as Little Red but had to withdraw?)

Updated On: 8/18/14 at 11:53 AM

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:55am

I'm not sure Sophia what's-her-name withdrew as much as she was withdrawn.
And please tell me disneybroadwaywhat'shishername just didn't call Cher a hack. She would have been genius as the Witch.

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:55am

Wasn't there a version, after the reading, in 1996 that had Susan Sarandon as the Witch? I think that was when Jim Henson was to produce it.

Tbh, I can't really see Cher as the Witch. I can see Susan Sarandon as the Witch though.

Updated On: 8/18/14 at 11:55 AM

Musical Master

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:58am

Jim Henson Productions did want to try INTO THE WOODS, but after when nothing happend, that was the time when "development hell" began.

ljay889

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 11:59am

Lol was Disneybroadwayfan even alive in the 90s?

#sadandtransparent

disneybroadwayfan22

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 12:04pm

And please tell me disneybroadwaywhat'shishername just didn't call Cher a hack.

LOL on the name. Really, I chuckled. That was Jordan who called her a hack, not me.

Updated On: 8/18/14 at 12:04 PM

Jordan Catalano

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 12:18pm

No, I was making fun of your ridiculous post.

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 12:25pm

"Most of 90s cast was a joke: Billy Crystal, Cher, Meg Ryan, Danny Devito, Roseanne Barr?! It sounded like an excuse to make a movie with all of the major 90s stars."

Yep, cause this film doesn't have all major stars...

Updated On: 8/18/14 at 12:25 PM

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 12:43pm

Most of 90s cast was a joke: Billy Crystal, Cher, Meg Ryan, Danny Devito, Roseanne Barr?!

This can't be for real... Please. God.

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 12:58pm

Aside from Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, and Emily Blunt, are any of them really big stars? I might even give you Chris Pine, but the rest of the cast is made up of character actors, Broadway actors, and that kid from Less Miz. I definitely think it is safe to say that this is not an all "major star cast."

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 01:02pm

Anna Kendrick is pretty big among the teen crowd.

Musical Master

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 01:03pm

Corden has been known to DOCTOR WHO fans as Craig. But I agree, this cast are not all major stars, unlike NINE which was the Oscar war zone for musical films.

Count me amongst many who rejoiced when Crawford was announced to play Little Red.

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 01:07pm

Disney was smart with casting big name's. On YouTube, people who haven't even seen the show are saying that they will see the film specifically for, Meryl, or Johnny, or Emily, or Anna.

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^I agree, Anna Kendrick is slowly becoming a big name and hopefully INTO THE WOODS will further her popularity.

Updated On: 8/18/14 at 01:23 PM

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 01:35pm

Okay, let me make myself clear: It's not the fact that they put big names in the 90s movies. It's just some of them are terribly miscast.

This cast is thankfully great: Big names (Anna is surely one of them because of PITCH PERFECT) who have the musical training to do it. And of course, the fact they put down some Broadway/West End people like Lillia and Billy helps too,

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 01:58pm

According to some on the Awards Watch Forum, there is a screening in NJ tonight!

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Posted: 8/18/14 at 01:59pm

Wow. I wonder where in NJ?

#sadandtransparent

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