A Tim Burton Directed "Into The Woods"- Page 2

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 4:14pm

I second no Dakota Fanning. I don't see anything with her in it.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 9:14pm

Narrator/Mysterious Man- Jim Broadbent
The Witch - Helena Bonham Carter
The Baker's Wife - Kate Winslet
The Baker - John C. Reilly
Cinderella - Anne Hathaway
Wolf/ Cinderella's Prince- Johnny Depp
Rapunzel's Prince- Ewan McGregor
Jack - Daniel Radcliffe
Rapunzel - Amy Adams
Cinderella's Stepmother- Meryl Streep
Grandmother- Angela Lansbury
Cinderella's Father- Jim Dale
Florinda & Lucinda- Christina Ricci & Mira Sorvino
Little Red Riding Hood - Abigail Breslin
Jack's Mother- Mary Louise Parker

[SueSnell]

Posted: 12/4/07 at 9:32pm

The Witch- Cher or Susan Sarandon
Baker- Paul Giamatti (genius, whoever posted this first)
Baker's Wife- Megan Mullally
Cinderella- Evan Rachel Wood
Jack- Jamie Bell
Little Red- Dakota
Prince/Wolf- Leonardo diCaprio
Prince- Jake G.
Stepmother- Jennifer Saunders
Stepsisters- Kathy Griffin and Sarah Silverman (Dub them if needed- who cares? they'd be a riot)
Mysterious Man- Paul Newman (unless Narrator goes back to being Baker's son- in which case- Billy Crystal)
Rapunzel- Ann Hathaway
Jack's Mother- Bet Middler
Grandmother- Lansbury ( a nice tip of the hat to SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE)
Cinderella's Mother- Olivia Newton John
Giant- Judi Dench

[Junior]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 4:30pm

Personally I would love to see this happen (even though I don't think it will ever actually happen). And not to jump on the Sweeney bandwagon, but I believe Burton would do an excellent job with the piece. Yes, it would probably be a darker and more whimsical production than most would imagine for this piece, but the best productions I've seen of the show have been darker and more twisted than the "traditional" productions. As far as casting goes, I can see any number of combinations working. The main thing for this piece is that the actors have the vocal and acting abilities to do the roles justice. Stunt casting just to draw more people into the theatres would probably happen, which would most likely result in an absolute abomination of a film.

Haven't there been serious talks (and perhaps even somewhat concrete casting) for this project before? I know this idea has already been posted, but I remember hearing talk of Cher being cast as the witch a few years ago? Seems like I had even heard Gloria Estefan mentioned for the role...

Anyway, My "dream" cast:

Witch: Bernadette
Baker: Me :)
Baker's wife: a fellow poster (she knows who she is)
Cinderella: Tammy Blanchard
Narrator/ Mysterious man: George Hearn
Stepmother: Patti LuPone (even though she probably wouldn't take such a small role)
Wolf: Johnny Depp (would never happen, but I think it would be brilliant! Completely agree with whoever posted that originally)
Little Red: an ambitious newcomer
The Princes: Jared Leto and T.R. Knight (no idea why, it just works in my mind)
Cinderella's mother/ Giantess: Phylicia Rashaad
Jack: anyone but Zac Efron

[HouGuy77002]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 8:13pm

The Witch - Catherine Zeta-Jones or Nicole Kidman
Baker's Wife - Toni Collette (if they want to go younger then maybe Ann Hathaway or Amy Adams)
Baker - Ewan MacGregor or Jake Gyllenthaal
Cinderella - Ann Hathaway (or Amy Adams)
Cinderella's Stepmother - Bernadette Peters
Cinderella's Father - George Hearn
The Two Princes - Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenthaal, James Marsden
Red Riding Hood's Grandmother - Angela Lansbury
Jack - Zac Efron
Jack's Mother - Bette Midler
Rapunzel - Amy Adams
Stepsisters: Lisa Kudrow & Mira Sorvino
Giant's Wife - Kathy Bates
Little Red Riding Hood - Abigail Breslin

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 9:20pm

Ok how about:

The Witch - Jennifer Hudson
Baker's Wife - Kate Winslet
Baker - Jake Gyllenhall
Cinderella - Amy Adams
Cinderella's Prince/Wolf - Heath Ledger
Rapunzel's Prince - Elijah Kelley
Jack* - Freddie Highmore/Elijah Wood
Red Riding Hood* - Abagail Breslin/Nikki Blonsky
Jack's Mom - Diane Keaton
Rapunzel - Anika Noni Rose
Stepmother - Allison Janney
Stepsisters - Christy Carlson Romano and Amanda Seyfried
Granny/Giant - Angela Lansbury
Cinderella's Father - George Hearn

*Depending on age take: they would be matched respectably

Updated On: 12/5/07 at 09:20 PM

[flicker_]

Posted: 12/5/07 at 10:27pm

Mysterious Man/Narrator: Peter O'Toole
Witch: Meryl Streep
The Baker: Billy Crudup
The Baker's Wife: Laura Linney
Jack: Freddie Highmore
Jack's Mom: Imelda Staunton
Little Red: Alison Lohman
Cinderella: Anne Hathaway
Stepsisters: Eva Green, Sienna Miller
Stepmother: Cate Blanchett
Princes: Chris Pine, Jake Gyllenhaal
Rapunzel: Amy Adams

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 12/7/07 at 4:10pm

The Witch: Kim Basinger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sigourney Weaver
The Baker: Jim Carrey
Baker's Wife: Mare Winningham, 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

Updated On: 12/7/07 at 04:10 PM

[Rocky Horror]

Posted: 12/7/07 at 4:37pm

If Zac Efron goes anywhere near ITW I'll seriously shoot someone.

I can't think of a full cast, but -

Witch - Cher/Helena Bonham Carter
Jack's Mother - Debra Jo Rupp! (Y'know, Eric's mother from 'That 70's Show'

[rich.hanson59]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 10:00pm

I think that if Tim Burton was going to do another musical Little Shop would be more his style. i really want to see a remake of little shop but i don't think Johnny as Seymour, helena as Audrey, and alan rickman as mushnic would do it for me.

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 10:34pm

Witch: Catherine Zeta Jones
Bakers Wife: Toni Collete
Baker: Bill Pullman
Little Red: Amy Adams
Jack: Jamie Bell
Cinderella: Anne Hathaway
Rapunzel: Emmmy Rossum
Cinderella's Prince: Johnny Depp
Rapunzel's Prince: James Marsden
Jack's Mother: Helena Bonham Carter
Stepmother: Maryl Streep
Florinda: Hillary Duff
Lucinda: Lindsay Lohan
Cinderella's Grandmother: Angela Lansburry
Narrator/Mysterious Man: no clue

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 12/8/07 at 10:44pm

Toni Collete would be a wonderful baker's wife.

i am thinking someone like Shia LaBeouf for Jack.

I also don't think Meryl would take a role like the Step-Mom. It is pretty supporting.

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 12/9/07 at 2:46am

Why is everyone so Anti-Dakota? I think she's one of the strongest child-actors out there. Not that I'd think of her as Little Red...

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/9/07 at 12:16pm

Hmmmm. I don't know. I just don't particularly see this working as a movie. Of course, that's what I thought about Hairspray and, boy was I wrong! I have no problem with Tim Burton doing this. Originally, I was gonna write this huge spiel about Tim Burton directing it that basically went nowhere. Long story short, I just don't see the movie itself translating to the screen very well. I could be wrong.