July 31, 2014
First Look: Disney's 'Into the Woods' Trailer Released
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The trailer for Disney's long awaited screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 1987 Broadway classic "Into the Woods" was released today offering fans of the dark fairy tale inspired musical a first glimpse at the movie that is set to be released this Christmas.
Disney's "Into the Woods" celebrated its first public introduction as Sean Bailey shared some details with the audience about the highly anticipated musical. Rob Marshall, the talented filmmaker behind the Academy Award�-winning musical "Chicago" and Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is set to helm "Into the Woods," which stars Academy Award�-winning actress Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine and Emily Blunt. Marc Platt, who produced the multiple Tony Award�-winning musical "Wicked" on Broadway, will produce "Into the Woods," along with producers Marshall, John DeLuca and Callum McDougall.
"Into the Woods," based on the Tony�-winning original musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, surrounds a baker and his wife's quest to break a witch's curse in order to start a family.�Along the way, they encounter several well-known fairy tale characters and together they learn what happens after "happily ever after."�
The film is slated for a December 2014 holiday release.
