INTO THE WOODS Review- Jonesy's Take

INTO THE WOODS

Directed by Rob Marshall

Written by Stephen Lapine

Starring: James Corden, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Johnny Depp, and Meryl Streep.

Synopsis: Fairy tales converge to try and stop a witch's curse in this modern musical.

This review was originally run on Centraltrack.com

INTO THE WOODS Teaser Drops but Where's the Music?

Into The Woods is another amazing musical by Stephen Sondheim. He's the mastermind behind Sweeney Todd and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. His musicals are always full of interesting characters and intricate music. SWEENEY TODD was adapted into a film in 2007 with moderate success.

Now his next musical to be adapted is INTO THE WOODS. This musical smashes classic fairy tale characters (Cinderella, The Baker, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk) into the ultimate story. There's an evil witch who looks to teach various characters a lesson or two.

Check out the trailer after the break!

Music Nerds! At least one reason to be excited about PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES

I usually don't like to just reiterate what other sites write, but I am so excited for this, so I needed to share it. /Film receieved a press release from Disney stating director Hans Zimmer will team up with everyone's favorite Mexican-by-way-of-Sweden flamenco/metal guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela to score their upcoming atrocity that is director Rob Marshall's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES. This has me excited beyond belief and might be the only support I lend to this movie. As I stated before, the synergy between popular indie musicians and movie scores is becoming more lucrative for both ends. They are an amazingly talented duo, and I cannot wait to see what they do in a movie score format.

Check out a video of their performance of Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven:

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES will be released May 20, 2011.

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