Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
HollyImposter
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#1Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 12:28am
I searched and couldn't find a post so...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262426/
Yay!
Right?
#2re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 12:31amquestionably....I mean, from what the producers said in most interviews about the show's creative process was that the majority of people involved with wanting to make it into a movie in the first place thought it would fare better as a musical. So, I suppose movie-izing the musical could work, but it will be interesting. I wonder who they'll cast.
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HollyImposter
Stand-by Joined: 12/19/06
#3re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 12:35am
Well, personally I can't get enough of Wicked and please don't trash me for saying that because I know a lot of people hate the show but a lot of people like it too and I think it could be fun. (ahh run on)
Everyone knew it was coming so obviously no surprise and for the die hard Wicked fans out there who can't see anything outside of a stage, I suggest staying away. (But you know you won't, you'll have to see it because Wicked is awesome in anyway, shape, or form)
So yay from me.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#4re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 12:39am
I love Wicked an as much as I would love a movie I think this is a bad move. I mean who could say what Wicked will be like in 2010 but if it's still doing well I think this movie could have a positive affect on the Broadway show.
Although if they did do a movie I would love to see Caissie Levy as Elphaba. I know she expressed interests on doing some movies and with how amazing she was as Elphaba I could totally see that being an excellent casting move.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
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Parks
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#5re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 3:14amWouldn't we probably already know SOMETHING if it was going to be in theaters in 2010? There is a lot of preproduction stuff that goes into movies too, right?
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#6re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 3:18amDon't hold your breathe for 2010
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
#7re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 6:29amWhether this is true or not, I think it might be kind of good. I'm pretty ambivalent about "Wicked"-- I like a few of the songs, but the storyline and the book annoy me, and I can't bring myself to care about any of the characters. Still, I almost feel like it'd work better as a movie musical than a stage musical. And most movie musicals have a lot of cuts and edits, which I think can only HELP Wicked. There are a lot of songs and lines that the show would do better without.
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#8re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 8:50am
As I posted about the AIDA movie "rumor"...
I won't believe this movie will ever happen until I am in a seat in a movie theatre and the lights go down.
Nor do I/will I believe any casting "rumors" until I am in a seat in a movie theatre and the lights go down and I see the people in the roles.
This is one of favorites of all time, so this means a lot to me.
I just want it done and I want it done well.
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OrdinaryJukebox
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#9re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 9:56am
I read the book before there even was a musical. As I was reading it, the "Harry Potter" film franchise was hot (hotter than it is today; not to say it isn't still a hot commodity). I remember thinking to myself, "this would be a great book to turn into a film, great fantasy, a little sci/fi, but for adults."
So, I think if they make a film, they should make one of the book and NOT the musical.
-Vincent
#10re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 10:09amPersonally, I think the show might work better as a big fantasy movie. And they'll be forced to tinker with the book, which can only be good.
#11re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 10:13am
The reason it's on IMDB.com is that it was already announced for 2010 with Winnie Holzman working on the screenplay.
That's not a rumor. It was officially announced.
Whether or not it happens, or is pushed, or changed or blown up, who knows?
But this is reflecting an "official" announcement in the trades.
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jonartdesigns
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#12re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 3:48pmI hate to be a bubble burster, but folks please don't expect to see ANYONE from the stage productions (with the possible exception of taye diggs) in the movie, when and if it ever happens. They have learned their lesson from Rent and the Producers when it comes to casting movie musicals.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
Thesbijean
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#13re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 6:08pmI got free tix to the show last week, having not seeing it since the original cast left. I actually enjoyed the show, and throughout the evening kept thinking to myself that with the right casting, WICKED could actually be a pretty solid movie musical.
OrdinaryJukebox
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#14re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 8:30pm
What a hot mess it would be with Taye Diggs. Sorry, not a fan.
-Vincent
SueleenGay
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#16re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 8:45pmAlready? Awfully quickly in my opinion. I would've thought the producers would officially start work on the film when the grossing for the show goes way down.
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#17re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 9:13pmas long as Amy Adams plays glinda i will be fine.
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jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#18re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 10:52pmjust as clarification of my earlier post, I'm not advocating taye diggs to be in the hypothetical movie, however of the stage leads he probably comes the closest to being a "draw"
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#19re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/26/08 at 11:58pm
This has been talked about. It will be a movie. The same producer of the film will also be producing the Jesus Christ Superstar remake.
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Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).
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#20re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/27/08 at 12:15amSueleen, Joel will NOT be in it because he was in the original cast, which is just poison at the box office, as every single poster on this board who is also a hugely successful, blockbuster-producing movie mogul knows!!!
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#21re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/27/08 at 3:35am
It is strange, I have seen the musical 6 times and I have only appreciated the book when I saw it in Melbourne. I used to have issues with it but now the only issue I have is Elphaba's reaction to finding Dillamond in the wizards palace, I mean she knew what the Wizard was up to before this.
They shouldn't make a movie for a long while - it is still doing too well at the box office. I reckon it will be released in 2013.
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HollyImposter
Stand-by Joined: 12/19/06
#22re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/27/08 at 12:48pmI think he original cast has right of first refusal for a movie in their contracts though...
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#23re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/27/08 at 1:55pm
They certainly do, but first right of refusal can expire after a certain time, sometimes it's 5 years, sometimes it's 10.
NewYorkYankee2006
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#24re: Wicked the Movie on IMDB... 2010
Posted: 9/27/08 at 2:09pmi wonder who'll they pick for the roles of elphaba and glinda. if u had to choose, who would be ur ideal cast for the film if it ever came out?
