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Wicked first look images tease Elphaba and Glinda

April 17, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Wicked has begun its marketing campaign, and the film is still in production. The iconic Broadway show film adaptation has dropped some photos, teasing the first look at Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Ariana Grande’s Glinda – though they have been slammed on social media somewhat for being wide shots and dimly lit images. Based on […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Michelle Yeoh joins Wicked, Jeff Goldbum confirmed as The Wizard

December 9, 2022 by EJ Moreno

As Wicked begins production, the cast for the upcoming two-part musical is shaping up with some new additions. Variety has revealed that Michelle Yeoh will board the project, and we also have confirmation of Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard. Yeoh and Goldblum join the previously announced Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, and Ethan Slater. […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Aaron Teoh, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Colin Michael Carmichael, Jeff Goldblum, Keala Settle, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Wicked

Jeff Goldblum in talks to play The Wizard in Universal’s Wicked

October 30, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Jeff Goldblum may be on his way to the Land of Oz, with Deadline reporting that the Jurassic Park star is in talks with Universal over the role of The Wizard in the studio’s two-part adaptation of the stage musical Wicked. According to the trade, Goldblum’s deal “is not even close to sealed”, although both […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Jeff Goldblum, Wicked

Wicked movie adaptation to be split into two parts

April 27, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

Jon M. Chu has cast a spell over fans of blockbuster stage musical Wicked by announcing on Twitter that his forthcoming adaptation will now be split into two movies released over consecutive Christmases, with the first arriving in December 2024. Chu cited the fact that they were finding it “impossible to wrestle the story of […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jon M. Chu, Wicked

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo land roles in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked

November 5, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

Universal have landed two musical heavyweights for their adaptation of Broadway smash-hit Wicked with the news that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have been cast in Jon M. Chu’s movie. According to Deadline, Erivo will play Elphaba, while Grande will portray Glinda, with the two announcing the news via their Instagram accounts.   View this […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, John M. Chu, Wicked

Jon M. Chu to helm movie adaptation of hit Broadway musical Wicked

February 3, 2021 by EJ Moreno

Wicked has been one of the biggest Broadway musicals of all time, and after plenty of starts and stops, it seems like the film adaptation is finally on its way as Deadline has broken the story that director Jon M. Chu will helm the Wicked movie. Deadline reports that Chu signed onto this project after […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: John M. Chu, Wicked

Minions: The Rise of Gru and Sing 2 get new 2021 dates

April 2, 2020 by Ricky Church

After being delayed a couple weeks ago, Universal and Illumination have now given a new release date for Minions: The Rise of Gru, the sequel to the Despicable Me spin-off, while also pushing the release of its musical animation sequel Sing 2. Minions: The Rise of Gru was set for a July 3rd, 2020 date before its […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Ricky Church Tagged With: Minions, minions: The rise of gru, Sing 2, Wicked

Wicked movie gets new Christmas 2021 release date

February 10, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Back in 2016, Universal Pictures announced that it was working on a big screen adaptation of Wicked, the smash hit stage musical which reimagines L. Frank Baum’s classic tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with the studio setting a Christmas 2019 release date for the film. Last September, Wicked creator Stephen Schwartz – who is scripting the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wicked

Wicked movie will “100 percent” happen, but not in 2019

September 23, 2018 by Gary Collinson

If you cast your mind back to 2016, you may recall that Universal Pictures set a December 2019 release date for Wicked, an adaptation of the smash hit stage musical which presents an alternate retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Since that announcement, we’ve heard nothing in the way […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Wicked

Wicked movie rumoured for 2016?

December 2, 2014 by Gavin Logan

A big screen version of the hit stage musical Wicked has been talked about for a number of years now. Stephen Daldry (The Reader, Billy Elliot) has been linked to direct but as yet no other information has been confirmed by Universal; however we may be seeing the movie adaptation a lot sooner than we […]

Filed Under: Gavin Logan, Movies, News Tagged With: Idina Menzel, Stephen Daldry, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wicked

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