Jake Won't Go Into the Woods

Jake Gyllenhaal, who had been cast as Cinderella's Prince in Rob Marshall's film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, has dropped out of the movie because filming would conflict with an indie film, Nightcrawler, in which he has also been cast.

So, who will replace Jake? Will Chris Pine be moved to the role of Cinderella's Prince? Would they do that? Who do you think should be cast? Who can do justice to "Agony?" Hmm.

In other Into the Woods news: Daniel Huttlestone, who played Gavroche in the big screen version of Les Miserables, will play Jack (he of the beanstalk). In all of the versions of Into the Woods I've seen, Jack has been older than Daniel's 14 years, so hearing that an early teen would be playing Jack was a bit of a surprise to me. He can definitely sing, but Jack has one of my favorite songs in the musical, "Giants in the Sky." I hope he does the number justice.

Now, the big question is: Who will be playing Little Red? I hope she's she's at least 18 years old, because if she's not, then the Big Bad Wolf's number, "Hello, Little Girl" will be just too creepy.