Thompson on Hollywood: Casting Watch: Emily Blunt Joins Depp, Streep, Pine and Gyllenhaal for Sondheim's 'Into the Woods' for Disney

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Casting Watch: Emily Blunt Joins Depp, Streep, Pine and Gyllenhaal for Sondheim's 'Into the Woods' for Disney May 17th 2013, 15:51 UPDATE: Emily Blunt has nabbed the lead female role of the Baker's Wife in Broadway musical choreographer-turned-director Rob Marshall's ("Chicago") screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece "Into the Woods." She joins a knockout cast that includes Meryl Streep, who will play the Witch, Johnny Depp as the Wolf, Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine as two princes and James Cordon ("One Man Two Guvnors") as the Baker.  In "Into the Woods," the evil witch (Streep in the film) casts a spell on an unfortunate baker and his wife; they want a child, so they venture into the woods to try and find the witch. The only danger here is for Marshall's film version is that he's a big-spender; the period movie is starting to look expensive. David Krane ("Chicago," "Nine") is writing original music for the film, while James Lapine has adapted his book for the musical. Marshall's producer for "Chicago" and "Nine" will do the producing honors. Count me as a diehard musicals fan, and that... Media files: emily-blunt.jpg (image/jpeg)

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