Jim Henson asked Sondheim and Lapine for permission to make the musical a film in 1985 using his puppets for the animals. A script was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. Two readings were held - the first featured Martin Short as the Baker, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the Baker's Wife, Neil Patrick Harris as Jack, Mary Steenburgen as Jack's Mother, Kathy Najimy as Florinda, Janeane Garofalo as Lucinda, Cynthia Gibb as Cinderella, Christine Lahti as the Witch, Daryl Hannah as Rapunzel, and Michael Jeter as a male Giant. The second reading featured Robin Williams as the Baker and Goldie Hawn as his Wife, Cher as the Witch, Carrie Fisher as Lucinda, Bebe Neuwirth as Florinda, Moira Kelly as Cinderella, Kyle MacLachlan and Brendan Fraser as the two Princes, Elijah Wood as Jack, Roseanne Barr as his Mother, Steve Martin as the Wolf, and Danny DeVito as the Giant. However, studio shakeups caused the project to be scrapped, and Henson's death ended the possibility of his version being made.

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