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Wicked ruled CinemaCon last night at the end of the big Universal presentation, with the people in attendance praising all of the footage that was shown Today, they have a bunch of the screen-worn costumes on display, and our very own BC reporters snapped some gorgeous pics of them for you all to see Starring[...]

In just a few months, we'll be getting to witness the first of a two-part film titled Wicked, a highly-anticipated cinematic adaptation of the immensely popular musical of the same name, with important ties to the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, characters from The Wonderful Wizard[...]

Wicked fans got their first glimpse at the big screen adaptation tonight during the Super Bowl, as the debut trailer for the film is now out Starring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey will play Fiyero, and Broadway star and Tony nominee Ethan Slater will play Boq. Jeff Goldblum is the Wizard, and Michelle Yeoh will play Madame Morrible,[...]

Wicked has been filming in the Uk for some time now, and Universal gave the production a massive vote of confidence Since they are splitting it into two, the second film will now come out a month earlier It was initially set to release Christmas 2025 and will instead come a month earlier on Thanksgiving[...]

Both The Holdovers and Drive-Away Dolls look like they have a lot of potential and are exactly the kind of arthouse film that isn't that weird that Focus loves to put out. Universal Closes Out A Fast And Wicked Presentation With The Big Guns We jumped back to Universal to close out the presentation with some of the big[...]

Wicked is coming even sooner The two-part adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical was set to open on Christmas in consecutive years, in 2024 and 2025 This morning it was announced that the first film would open a month earlier, on November 27th, 2024 Jon M Chu is directing both parts The film and musical[...]

Wicked, a day after adding Michelle Yeoh to the cast has added even more to the production today Marissa Bode will play Elphaba's sister Nessarose, Bowen Yang, and Bronwyn James will play Pfannee and ShenShen, classmates of Elphaba and Glinda at Shiz University Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, Aaron Teoh as Avaric, and Colin Michael[...]

Wicked just keeps adding more and more interesting names to its star-studded cast Already featuring Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey will play Fiyero, and Broadway star and Tony nominee Ethan Slater will play Boq Jeff Goldblum is still in talks to play the Wizard, and today, Michelle[...]

Wicked, the upcoming adaptation of the Broadway musical sensation will be split into two films, and a major role seems to have been cast Jeff Goldblum is in final talks to play the Wizard Jon M Chu is directing both movies, with release dates of Christmas Day 2024 and Christmas Day 2025 Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have[...]

Wicked, the upcoming adaptation of the Broadway musical sensation is going to be split into two films, Universal has announced Jon M Chu is directing both, which will have release dates of Christmas Day 2024 and Christmas Day 2025 Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have been cast as Glinda and Elphaba, with production on the films[...]

Wicked is finally on track Remember last week when we said that the film is the one musical most would say is at the top of people's lists to get the big-screen treatment, and to say that it has had a rough road to the screen would be an understatement After many years of development[...]

Wicked is the one musical most would say is at the top of people's lists to get the big-screen treatment, and to say that it has had a rough road to the screen would be an understatement After many years of development hell, Jon M Chu is on board to direct the feature version of[...]

That move has pushed the Holiday 2021 release of the film version of musical Wicked off its release date yet again, and off the schedule entirely These moves were expected as studios scramble to claim dates on an ever-shrinking release calendar for theaters in the coming months. Minions Will Be Fine One of the surest bets in[...]

I couldn't think of a better place for the vision Gabriel Bá and myself had when creating the comic, and cannot wait for people to experience that world as a live action show." – Gerard Way Netflix's version of The Hargreeves Family includes: Ellen Page (X-Men: Days of Futures Past, Hard Candy) as sister Vanya, who appears to manifest no super[...]

All the talk of Broadway may be about Hamilton right now, but before that it was about Wicked Now, Universal has officially announced a feature adaptation for the hit Broadway musical scheduled for theaters December 20th, 2019 The Wizard of Oz prequel has long since been in development with director Stephen Daldry being attached back[...]

The Daily What has picked up on Disney animator Heidi Gilbert's plea to Stephen Schwartz that his creation, Wicked, will be No 51. Here's her video pitch. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTDTGXAEvvA[/youtube] There has been talk that there will be no more princess movies from Disney, a pity in my book, and Bleeding Cool believes that Disney will turn next to Terry[...]