People. By the time this actually happens, Lilla Crawford will probably be a contender for Elphaba. I'm thinking anywhere between 2018 and 2020.
Updated On: 12/16/14 at 06:16 PM
What? You mean Meryl Streep hasn't already been cast in this too? The go-to person for almost everything nowadays? I'm actually kind of over her now. Good actress, but over her. Not real sure I'm even interested in ITW to be honest. It's hard for me to see past her "stardom" now. I don't get lost in her characters anymore. I always see Streep pretending to be this person, that person, etc..
Meryl won't play another Witch character she would have been likely for Morrible but given that she has stated she thinks Witches are represented as a demonisation of women I can't see her playing Morroble who is definitely a corrupt and manipulative old wench and a witch in every which way.
The movie happening in 2016 is probably nothing more than rumour. If Into the Woods is sucessful they will get the ball rolling especially since Platt is producing. The have a writer and a director attatched so they could in theory start casting and have it infron of cameras soon but the schedule for 2016 is packed and if Into the Woods is a success they start filming it soon they will release it in 2017 at the earliest but as it stands 2018 is probably the safest bet it will be the fifteenth anniversary of the show. I can see them filming in 2016 but not releasing.
Producer Marc Platt openly stated this in an interview last month:
"The movie of Wicked is still a number of years down the line," he told us. "We've just started its development, because the show's still so strong with eight or nine companies around the world. That's coming in the future. That's why I haven't been in a hurry, because it works so well on stage and audiences are enjoying it. It's not a timely story, it's a timeless story, so I've been very sanguine to let folks explore it theatrically and when we're ready we'll make a movie."
I hope there's never a Wicked movie. With all the hype and rumors and rapid fans, it would be impossible to make. No one would be happy with the cast, or the changes. It'd be a constant bitch fest.
I'm reading the last Gregory Maguire Wicked novel now, OUT OF OZ, and in my head, Goldie Hawn plays Glinda. It would be a disaster, but it does make me laugh.