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hundredsofhats
Understudy
Joined: 4/16/14
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#46
Posted: 5/5/14 at 6:21pm
[It really should be animated. The special effects needed to convey the story would probably look silly in live action, ala "Oz the Great & Powerful."]
Ooh, if it were animated, then Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth could voice Elphaba and Glinda.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#45
Posted: 5/5/14 at 4:02pmYes, unfortunately, if Streep wants Elphaba she'll get it.
Nice is different than good.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#44
Posted: 5/5/14 at 3:04pmHate is such a strong word, Dislike is more like it.
Darreyl with an L!
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#43
Posted: 5/5/14 at 2:54pm
Someday, you will realize so many people hate you on here, and it won't shock you that more than one person doesn't like the fact that you're a verbally abusive loser, who deserves to be called out (as others have mentioned). Every. Single. Time. This mistaken case of identity is pretty funny and I hope your continued harassment gets you banned for life. As you should be.
Followed by:
But, bitches gots to learn
Is one of the funniest pot-kettle posts I've seen in a while.
So, what did you learn, bitch? You certainly didn't teach anything.
FYI - I certainly don't hate Jordan Catalano. Perhaps we should have a poll. Anyone else NOT hate Jordan Catalano? I'm almost certain I'm not alone in this.
Personally I liked the idea of Anna Kendrick as Elphaba.
My first choice as well. I wish they would go ahead and film this with her before she also ages out of the part.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Updated On: 5/5/14 at 02:54 PM
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#42
Posted: 5/5/14 at 7:45amReturn to Oz would be remade using CGI effects now though, and the movie would lose the creepy atmosphere that was achieved using live sets and animatronics in the original.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#41
Posted: 5/5/14 at 1:32am
"It really should be animated. The special effects needed to convey the story would probably look silly in live action, ala "Oz the Great & Powerful.""
I agree. I honestly think this would lend itself alot better to animation than to live action. Oz The Great And Powerful was so, so bad. I wish they had just remade Return to Oz and called it a day (although, in the wrong hands, could have actually been worse).
kurt.perry41
Stand-by
Joined: 11/20/11
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#41
Posted: 5/4/14 at 10:59pmPersonally I liked the idea of Anna Kendrick as Elphaba.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#40
Posted: 5/4/14 at 10:21pm
I also agree no on the CGI/live action hybrid. I hate it when there are real actors and cheesy cgi landscapes. Traditional animation melded with live action doesn't bother me, but excessive computer backgrounds annoy me so much. And the Beowulf movie looked ridiculous.
It really should be animated. The special effects needed to convey the story would probably look silly in live action, ala "Oz the Great & Powerful."
Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated
elphaba.scares.me
Broadway Star
Joined: 10/23/04
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#39
Posted: 5/4/14 at 9:22pm
Duh.
(Although the animation idea is intriguing...)
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#38
Posted: 5/4/14 at 8:57pmCGI? Why? just no.
Darreyl with an L!
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#37
Posted: 5/4/14 at 8:28pm
Disneybroadwayfan, you are as sweet as can be
Awwww, thank you :) You made my day.
I apologize for going off topic on your thread. But, bitches gots to learn
Everybody needs to stop fighting and leave each other alone for once. Period. We're supposed to be a community!
Updated On: 5/4/14 at 08:28 PM
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#36
Posted: 5/4/14 at 8:19pm
I'm so tired of this being a headline every time one of them is asked this question. They both give the same exact answer - EVERY TIME. Literally absolutely nothing has changed in this situation in the last several years.
ANYWAY. I love Idina's CGI idea. I also think it would work for them to play the Act II witches and have other actresses as Act I.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#35
Posted: 5/4/14 at 7:43pm
The "ruby slippers" as portrayed in Wicked onstage nightly are very different than replicating them on film. Theatre is physical, but once you start talking about photographing them for a movie, things get far more complicated and ultimately, more expensive. I work for a copywriter, and my boss and I had an interesting conversation about this.
Also, since Warner Brothers acquired the original 1939 film, they have been cracking down on anyone who uses any images from it, including a costly lawsuit in 2012 against several retail companies using imagery from the film without permission.
The Wicked camp has been holding off on a film version to fully capitalize off the productions they have mounted all over the world, that's a given. But I imagine they've also been reluctant to negotiate the pricy copyright contracts that will have to be drawn up, as well.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend
Joined: 11/4/04
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#34
Posted: 5/4/14 at 7:32pmI know she's a bigger "star" but if Streisand can play Rose than Menzel and Cheno can play school girls.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#33
Posted: 5/4/14 at 6:41pm
Just for the sake of clarity which Sutton Ross is talking now:
A)27 year old female
B)29 year old male
C)27 year old male
D)29 year old female
E) All of the above.
....but the world goes 'round
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend
Joined: 7/20/13
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#32
Posted: 5/4/14 at 6:24pm
Just trying to make you look a little less dumb, JC. Someday, you will realize so many people hate you on here, and it won't shock you that more than one person doesn't like the fact that you're a verbally abusive loser, who deserves to be called out (as others have mentioned). Every. Single. Time. This mistaken case of identity is pretty funny and I hope your continued harassment gets you banned for life. As you should be.
Disneybroadwayfan, you are as sweet as can be, and I apologize for going off topic on your thread. But, bitches gots to learn 
Updated On: 5/4/14 at 06:24 PM
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend
Joined: 7/20/13
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#30
Posted: 5/4/14 at 5:31pmFirst off, I could care less if it's drawn in stick figures and and filmed in stop motion. But there's a lot of people(not just fans) who want those middle are women playing the their roles in the film. And to create an entire world out of CGI isn't uncommon in any way now in a film and my point was that would be a way to do it and have them in it.
Everlast85
Featured Actor
Joined: 5/2/14
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#29
Posted: 5/4/14 at 5:26pmJordan Catalano, can I ask you why you would think that would be a good idea over a non CGI or animated Wicked? Does it only have to do with the two main actresses or other elements of the story? Just curious.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#28
Posted: 5/4/14 at 5:17pmI'm sure Universal will value your opinion. And my opinion. Thank God threads like this pop up every day to help guide the studios. Without the opinions of anonymous message board posters, they'd be completely lost.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend
Joined: 7/20/13
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#26
Posted: 5/4/14 at 5:16pmThe part of Elphaba will go to Meryl Streep. We all know that. :)
Just give the world Love.
Everlast85
Featured Actor
Joined: 5/2/14
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#25
Posted: 5/4/14 at 5:07pmHAHAHA, that looks ridiculous. I never caught that movie, I think that's a good thing. A no CGI Wicked is the way to go, I think.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend
Joined: 7/20/13
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#24
Posted: 5/4/14 at 5:02pm
Yes, let's have Kristin and Idina look like wax characters like in Beowulf!
"It would look unnatural and weird." Like this? Yes, yes it would.
Menzel and Chenoweth will NOT be Elphaba and Glinda in the Wicked Movie#23
Posted: 5/4/14 at 4:54pmAnd like Kristin says, Kristin can be Madame Morrible. I just wish there was another huge female character that Idina can play. I hate to see one getting a tiny part and the other gets a big part.
