Into the Woods is indeed a 2014 American musical fantasy film directed by Rob Marshall as well as adapted for the screen by James Lapine with his and Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical of the very same title, which premiered in 1986. Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone, MacKenzie Mauzy, Billy Magnussen, as well as Johnny Depp star in the film, which is produced by Walt Disney Pictures. This movie is based upon the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Cinderella,” “Jack as well as the Beanstalk,” and “Rapunzel,” and follows a childless couple that set out now to break a spiteful witch’s curse. The protagonists are eventually compelled to confront the unforeseen repercussions of their actions.
After multiple failed attempts by various studios as well as producers to adapt the musical for the big screen. In 2012, Disney announced that it will develop an adaptation, with Marshall directing as well as John DeLuca producing. The film’s principal filming began in September 2013 as well as took place completely inside the United Kingdom, including at London’s Shepperton Studios.
On December 8, 2014, Into the Woods had its global debut there at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, and then on December 25, 2014, this was distributed theatrically inside the United States. The movie was indeed a financial success as well as got mostly excellent reviews, with acclaim because of its acting performances (especially Streep’s), visual style, production value, as well as musical numbers, however criticism because of its lighter tone as well as adjustments made for such movie adaptation. It earned a total of $213 million globally.
The American Film Institute ranked Into the Woods including some of the top 11 finest movies of 2014; it garnered three Academy Award nominations, including one for Streep for Best Supporting Actress, as well as three Golden Globe nominations, including those for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Into the Woods was first adapted to cinema inside the early 1990s, with such a script written by Lowell Ganz as well as Babaloo Mandel. Robin Williams played the Baker, Goldie Hawn played the Baker’s Wife, Cher played the Witch, Danny DeVito played the Giant, Steve Martin played the Wolf, and Roseanne played Jack’s Mother inside a reading. Columbia Pictures and Jim Henson Productions were also working on a movie adaptation in 1991, with Craig Zadan producing and Rob Minkoff directing.
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