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 […]
Wicked movie will “100 percent” happen, but not in 2019
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 […]
The Week in Movies – Spider-Man: Homecoming actors announced! Unexpected Fast and Furious 8 casting, first trailer for David Brent Office spin-off movie and more…
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, including a bunch of actors announced for Spider-Man: Homecoming, a very unexpected piece of casting for Fast and Furious 8, the first trailer for The Office spin-off David Brent: Life on the Road and much, much more… The Week in Movies is an excerpt […]
Wicked movie set for release in December 2019
Universal Pictures has officially set a December 20th 2019 release date for its long-gestating adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical Wicked. Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) is set to direct the film, while stage show writer Winnie Holzman and composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz will also reunite for the project. Based on Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The […]
Wicked movie rumoured for 2016?
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 […]