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Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine are in discussions to join Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep in Disney’s adaptation of the Broadway musical Into the Woods, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Deal-making hasn’t quite begun but the two actors met and even sang for director Rob Marshall for their respective parts and are expected to receive offers to join the star-studded cast.
If deals close, Gyllenhaal and Pine would play their first on-screen singing roles.
I heard that it's a prequel to A Place Beyond the Pines...
I can't see these two doing a musical.
they might be surprisingly good singers. there are a lot of actors and actresses that i thought were good in straightforward dramatic roles that i could not picture them having superb voice but surprisingly made their film better like richard gere, hugh jackman, eddie redmayne and daniel radcliff. both jake and chris could be noteworthy singers.
A lot of big names are entering this. I get worried when the names build this much hype for a movie that might not be as great.