Sportskeeda
It seems like the trend of adapting Broadway musicals for the big screen has taken Hollywood by storm.
Parade
Following Hamilton's huge success in Hollywood, Universal chose to adapt the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked into a movie.
Latinx Spaces
The musical is set to release in two parts to avoid sacrificing quality and condense the number of musical passages from the legendary original production.
Pintrest
The original planned release date for the film was December 25, 2024. The release date has been moved to November 27, 2024, much to the fans' joy.
US Weekly
The novel Wicked: The Life & Times of the Wicked Witch of the West served as the inspiration for the original Broadway production, which will be followed in the film.
Noble Web
Ariana Grande as Queen Glinda, Jeff Goldblum to play the Wizard of Oz in Wicked, and Jonathan Bailey as Prince Fiyero, the love interest of the evil witch Elphaba.
InStyle
For this film, directors like Steven Speilberg and J.J. Abrams were under consideration. But Jon M. Chu won because of his track record of adapting Broadway plays into motion pictures.
South China Post
Director Jon M. Chu chose to split the story into two parts so that it could be told in its entirety which is scheduled for release for 2025.
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