Into the Woods - Official trailer

[Willy Wonka 4]

they always do this. with chicago,nine,  sweeney todd  etc..

casting actors for musicals is nothing new

Absolutely. It rarely works out well though. That's the issue.

Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in Sweeney Todd? Yikes.

Russell Crowe in Les Mis? Yikes.

It's an absolute shame that these incredible roles are being given to people who aren't trained in a fashion that would do these roles justice. Especially when it's Sondheim.

Basically: WHY THE **** WOULD YOU DO THIS MOVIE AND NOT GET BERNADETTE FOR THE WITCH!?

[RAMROD 109,709]

The prince does sleep with the Baker's Wife and the Wolf's song/scene is exactly the same as the musical. The cut some of the really short songs that didn't really impact the show, and some of the transitional songs like "One Midnight Gone", "Ever After", etc. And they cut "No More", which I'm happy about because I always hated that song.

The film is nothing like Alice/Maleficent, most of the sets are real, there's not much CGI, and it's just a faithful adaptation of the original musical. It looks beautiful, it will probably win an Oscar for cinematography and set design, and SONDHEIM wrote a new song for the film, so that it can be eligible for Best Original Song.

The only major change they made is that Rapunzel doesn't die. It's an understandable change, and she still runs off and abandons the Witch. Everything else remains unchanged, the darkness is still there, everyone who dies in the musical also dies in the movie, and the s-xuality is still there, it's just not as in your face.

What? You have watched the movie already??

MAJOR WTFs

First wtf - why is this marketed as a Narnia/Once Upon A Time/Maleficent type movie?

They aren't even letting on that it is a musical in the trailer. It's a dark comedy musical, very tongue and cheek, and about the consequences of adult decisions.... Much like Sweeney Todd. Not Narnia 4. What the ****?

Second wtf - I read somewhere that they are whitewashing the whole story.

The baker's wife never sleeps with the prince, the wolf doesn't seduce Red, and Rapunzel doesn't die. The grimey adult reality contrasted with the fairytales is what drives the fcuking show. Not only does the story fall apart now, the characters fall compeltely flat. What the ****?

And thirdly, the Third major wtf - this all means that they are cutting some of the best songs. But Sondheim says fair not, for Disney have written a new song to cover the loss: entitled 'Rainbows'. What the ****?

This does not look promising

You really wished for these kind if plot from Disney's produced films???

The HUGE credits in the beginning about DIRECTOR OF CHICAGO and PRODUCER OF WICKED (which isn't a movie so I don't know why they'd say that if only to try and thicken their musical theater credentials) seemed like the tell to MT junkies with the rest of the trailer setting mood and (maybe) trying to build up anticipation (failingly) to hearing the actual songs.

[High King 640]

What? You have watched the movie already??

 

 

You really wished for these kind if plot from Disney's produced films???

The HUGE credits in the beginning about DIRECTOR OF CHICAGO and PRODUCER OF WICKED (which isn't a movie so I don't know why they'd say that if only to try and thicken their musical theater credentials) seemed like the tell to MT junkies with the rest of the trailer setting mood and (maybe) trying to build up anticipation (failingly) to hearing the actual songs.

 

I read the script (which was written by the writer of the original play), and read what Stephen Sondheim had to say after he saw the film. He said that it's not only a faithful adaption of the musical but also a first rate film. 

[Elizabeth 450]

Trailer looks pretty good, think I'm gonna go see this!