Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine to join "Into the Woods" musical

Jake Gyllenhaal leaving NYC on a Private Helicopter, on May 12, 2013

"At this year’s Cannes Film Market, Meyer’s team will be pitching foreign distributors on high-profile projects including Nightcrawler, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. On the eve of Cannes, Meyer, 44, who lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children, sat down with THR to talk about what’s ahead for Sierra — think Ender’s Game, the adaptation of the Orson Scott Card novel starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford — and why he likes working outside of the studio system." Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com


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.


If deals close, Gyllenhaal and Pine would play their first on-screen singing roles. Sources say that Gyllenhaal and Pine would play the musical’s two princes, Cinderella’s Prince and Rapunzel’s Prince, brothers who are pompous and self-absorbed. A fall production start is being eyed. The project is expected to attract more big names. John DeLuca is producing. Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com


Chris Pine -On being a misfit in high school: "Just looking at a girl felt awkward. When you feel like an oddball, it never really leaves you. Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves, the misfits."


Last time he cried: "I cry all the time--at work, at the shrink's, with my lady. The Notebook killed me. Up destroyed me. Up was like the animated Amour."


Motto: "Just get in there and get dirty."
Source: blogs.villagevoice.com

This idea sounds promising, two blue-eyed hotties together and singing gracefully in a musical film - which is a very valued if risky field (Les Miserables had a great reception last year) that needs very skillful performers- connected to a talented cast. Chris Pine is a great choice, because he looks like Jake's geek twin brother.