'Into the Woods': Go behind the scenes with Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, and mais 

\'Into the Woods\': Go behind the scenes with Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, and more

inside dish from the most anticipated movie musical of the year? Wish: granted.

This week's cover: 'Into the Woods' enchants EW's holiday movie preview

'Into the Woods' First Look: New Photos, Concept Art, and Inside Dish

—the sprawling fairy tale epic gracing this week’s cover of

—promises to be one of the holiday season’s most magical films, thanks to its top-notch design team (featuring the folks behind

) and an A-list cast that includes Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, and James Corden.

But the beloved 1987 Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical didn’t translate easily to the screen, which meant a creative challenge for the designers and actors looking to reinvent the well-known story while also staying faithful to the original Broadway production.

, check out an exclusive behind the scenes featurette with some of the talent involved in ushering the fantasy to its new home on the big screen. As Streep, Blunt, Depp, and more share their experiences on set, feast your eyes on a whole lot of never-before-seen footage from this year’s biggest musical.

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