The musial Wicked???

Question

Are they going to make a movie version of it? Have they already? If so, where can I get it???

Answer 1

There are plans for a movie of the musical by 2014

From interviews with Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, the basis for the musical, earlier this year.

Interview#1

Q: What was your reaction when they first talked to you about your novel Wicked being made into a musical? Has anyone ever asked you about it being made into a film?

GM: Within 10 days of the book's publication in the US, I started to get film offers. I had three and a half years' worth of film scripts, each one of which was worse than the one before!

When that interest began to erode (Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings hadn't come out yet) and the notion of a Broadway play came up instead, really in my heart of hearts I just thought [*singing and leaping from his chair*] 'Broadway!'. What was not to love about it?

There will eventually be a film of Wicked the musical but probably not for four or five years.

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Interview#2

According to Maguire, there are plans to bring out a film version of “Wicked” in the year 2014. “That’s the 10-year anniversary of its Broadway debut,” he said, “which is exactly what happened when the play ‘Chicago’ came out as a film a few years ago. Since ‘Wicked’ is breaking attendance records all over the world, there’s no need to rush a film out now.”

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Also, before it was a musical Joe Mantello was planning on making a movie of Wicked, but Stephen Schwartz told him a musical would work better and they ended up doing that.

Answer 2

Not yet. Universal owns Wicked and its featured on their site. They'd be complete fools not to follow such a lucrative path. While we wait we must content ourselves with youtube. Just to tide you over, check out the German Wicked site, they have some great video. One clip spans "One Short Day" and "Defying Gravity", or should I say "Nur Ein Tag" und "Frei Und Schwerelos"

Answer 3

no, there has not been a movie made. they've been discussing it for a long time, but for the moment there are no plans to make one.

Answer 4

Actually, the talk is about making a movie based on the book, "Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" which the musical was based on.

There is a lot of and debate over whether the movie should be based on the book or the musical (surprisingly, they are remarkably different).

But right now, the word on the street from the actual movie-maker people seems to be only talk of the novel version.

Here's a forum dedicated to writing the screenplay: http://wickednoveltomovie.blogspot.com/

Answer 5

I have no idea, but it totally rocked!