Disney Presents: Into The Woods
Into the Woods is a 2014 film directed by Rob Marshall, based on the Stephen Sondheim musical, in turn, inspired by the famous traditional fairy tales like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Grimm’s Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk
Set in an alternate world of Grimm’s fairy tales, the film intertwines the plots of some of the works of the Brothers Grimm and extends them to find out the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Cinderella, as well as many others.
When a baker and his wife realize that they can not have children, because cursed by a witch on a journey into the woods to find the objects needed to break the spell and start a family. The film is tied together by the original story of the baker and his wife, the witch who has cast a curse on them and their interaction with other fairy tale characters on the trip. What begins as a lively irreverent fantasy music eventually becomes a meaningful story about responsibility, about the issues that arise from the desires and the legacy we leave to our children.
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Over the years, 90 Columbia Pictures tried to create a film adaptation of the musical. Some readings were made with Robin Williams, Goldie Hawn, Cher, Danny DeVito, and Steve Martin. In 1994, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel wrote a script, the direction was given to Rob Minkoff, Jim Henson would have participated in the production and between the actors had participated Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and Susan Sarandon.
In 1997, after the change of the vertices of the study, the idea was abandoned. In January 2012, Walt Disney Pictures announced that it has signed a contract with the choreographer and director Rob Marshall and producer John DeLuca for the project.
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