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Has there been an word on when it will be screening in the US and will it have a physical release on dvd/blu ray?

CarlosAlberto said: "The physical release has been moved up to February 4th.
 

 

 

 


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Guess the film's success has pushed back the release date for the dvd/blu ray which was previously listed as March 30, 2025 but today I get an email from Amazon giving the "New Estimate Delivery Date" as Monday, June 30, 2025. 

 

BrodyFosse123 said: "Theatre Fan3 said: "I downloaded "Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score" album last night and am really enjoying John Powell's work. Only thing that disappointed me was that it doesn't contain the End Credit music which I really was hoping for after seeing the film. Anybody else listen to it yet? John Powell has uploaded a playlist of the entire album on Youtube.

Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score"

The full End Credits music is included on the “not for the public” For Your Consideration release sent out to awards voters."

Unfortunately that doesn't do me much good since I'm not a "Voting Member" ... though, even if in an unofficial capacity, I cast my vote that they please make it available for the rest of us lowly fans. 

I downloaded "Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score" album last night and am really enjoying John Powell's work.  Only thing that disappointed me was that it doesn't contain the End Credit music which I really was hoping for after seeing the film.  Anybody else listen to it yet?  John Powell has uploaded a playlist of the entire album on Youtube.

Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score

Matt Rogers said: "Oh my God. Why in hell would she say this?????

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cynthia-erivo-wicked-fans-sing-along-debate-1236073481/"

She was great in the movie but she's not doing herself any favors here ... first her meltdown over the fan edit of the movie poster and now this???  She accused the fan edit of trying to "erase her" ... isn't singing along with the movie "erasing her performance"???  She's not scoring any points with me with this kind of attitude!!

So I read the article about John Powell posting that WICKED: THE SCORE would be released on December 6th but it gave no information on what platforms it would be released on ... streaming, physical media, etc.  Has anybody run across any more specific information on this?  December 6th isn't that far off.

I really wish the Cast Recording would have included the end credit's instrumentals as those orchestrations were beautiful.

EDSOSLO858 said: "This is going to flop hard.

It’ll have a nice first week, but most of the reviewswill be tepid (save for the two leads’ performances) and it will be overshadowed by MOANA 2 come Turkey Day."

Comment obviously made by someone that has not even seen the film and probably isn't even interested in WICKED either on stage or screen.

Has anyone seen a 3D screening of the film yet?

Just wondering if any of the advance screenings had been in 3D.  I've got tickets for both versions but just curious if there have been any comments about the 3D version.

Having not read the book does Boq have a last name in the book?

Have Will Martin or Rebecca Wright ever performed in the West End?  I ran across a couple Youtube videos of them performing a couple of songs from the 2009 New Zealand tour ... would have really enjoyed seeing them perform these live.  I was lucky enough to have seen the original London production several times and will be returning to London this coming October and really looking forward to seeing this new production.

Has there been any indication that there will be blu ray release of this at some point down the road?

Does anybody else remember seeing this film and hearing Bernadette singing the title song?  I remember seeing an advance screening of the film sometime back around 1976 at a motion picture exhibitors convention.  Universal had acquired the film for distribution in the US an Canada.  It's original title was "e'Lollipop".  I believe when we saw that advance screening the title had been changed to just "LOLLIPOP".  At some point after that advance screening Universal re-edited the ending of the film and changed the title once again to "FOREVER YOUNG, FOREVER FREE" and that was when Bernadette singing the title song was added.  I remember the film making enough of an impression on me that I bought the Original Soundtrack LP.  It's stashed away somewhere and I should really dig it out and listen to it again.  What brought this all back to my mind after 45+ years was that I recently ran across the original full length version of the film "e'Lollipop" that had been uploaded on Youtube by the films writer and director.  Watching the film again after all those years lead me to reading more about the backstory of the film which was made during the height of apartheid in South Africa and about the connection between the two young stars of the film that has last all the years since and how, due to the circumstances of the time, their lives took drastically different paths.  It was only when one of the producers of the film was preparing for the film to be released on dvd that he began his search to find actors that had been the young stars in the film.  He found one of them and together they continued their search to find the other.  Their search was finally rewarded when people came forward after having seen coverage in the media about the search for this person.  Once both men had been found, the vastly different paths their lives had followed ended up leading to a new film about that called A MILLION COLOURS,  Once again it appears that that original title was changed for the US release and titled COLORS OF HEAVEN and I discovered that this film is currently available on Amazon Prime here in the US.  I would highly recommend these films as both are quite impactful in their own way and judging by the comments left about both of these films on Youtube, have made lasting impressions on many.  Sorry for rambling on as my original intent was to see if anybody else recalled seeing the film and remembered Bernadette singing the title song.  You can check it out here to jog your memory if needed. 

Forever Young, Forever Free - E' Lollipop - Bernadette Peters - Vocal

 

Too bad they didn't adopt the release strategy for WICKED that Kevin Costner's HORIZON is getting ... Part 1 is being released June 28 and Part 2 August 16.  That makes a whole lot more sense than making people wait an entire year for the 2nd part.