Universal's WICKED Films - News & Discussion Thread- Page 45

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 6/22/23 at 7:49am

I wanted to see that CinemaCon footage but couldn’t find any leaks other than the audio. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/7/23 at 3:40pm

Is Idina going to be Dr. Dillamond?

Updated On: 7/7/23 at 03:40 PM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 7/7/23 at 4:22pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Is Idina going to be Dr. Dillamond?"


I tried to warn y’all 

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/7/23 at 6:22pm

jacobsnchz14 said: "I wanted to see that CinemaCon footage but couldn’t find any leaks other than the audio."

Same! If anyone has it, my DMs are open LOL

[BwayLB]

Posted: 7/7/23 at 8:00pm

I won’t believe Idina is in it until I see for myself

[veronicamae]

Posted: 7/7/23 at 8:01pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Is Idina going to be Dr. Dillamond?"

Or maybe she knows about the rumors. (Where did those originate anyway? Was it that WWHL interview where she defended Dillamond as a good character?)

I see Kristin is in London now as well.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 7/11/23 at 6:17pm

In the latest edition of The Schwartz Scene, Stephen Schwartz discussed working with Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh for the recording sessions as well as his visit to the set.
https://www.theschwartzscene.com/quarterly-newsletter/issue-75-summer-2023/?fbclid=IwAR0bFYmdZiM4d7W98FX7Nl2v5g0KQbBmZmZmaiZTbiy4iB2NAkGinBQ1JlQ

[mememe]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 3:29pm

BwayLB said: "I won’t believe Idina is in it until I see for myself"

Both Menzel & Cheno have been rehearsing in the UK.

They cameo together, and the plan is that they appear several times. This could obviously all end up on the floor of the edit room but…

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 3:43pm

Does anyone have intel on the impact of the SAG-AFTRA strike on Wicked principal photography? Last I heard, they are literally like two or three days away from completion. I understand the significance of the strike, but it would be terrible if they've made it this far into seven months of shooting and can't finish up this tiny home stretch...

[Theatrefan2]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 3:57pm

Someone on theatreboard has been on set and written a report in the Wicked thread in the films sections

 

https://theatreboard.co.uk/thread/9796/wicked-movie?page=33

[mememe]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 4:01pm

Theatrefan2 said: "Someone on theatreboard has been on set and written a report in the Wicked thread in the films sections



https://theatreboard.co.uk/thread/9796/wicked-movie?page=33"

The report that Idina and Cheno, had to be scheduled separately is untrue. They were rehearsing together, with nobody but the principal creatives 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 4:08pm

What is this feud going on? They should be happy they created this show together.  This movie can’t come soon enough. Can’t wait 

[Kad]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 4:08pm

ElephantLoveMedley said: "Does anyone have intel on the impact of the SAG-AFTRA strike onWickedprincipal photography? Last I heard, they are literally like two or three days away from completion. I understand the significance of the strike, but it would be terrible if they've made it this far into seven months of shooting and can't finish up this tiny home stretch..."

They cannot continue filming. 

 

[mememe]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 4:10pm

WldKingdomHM said: "What is this feud going on? They should be happy they created this show together. This movie can’t come soon enough. Can’t wait"

That’s a totally false rumour. They have been working together just fine 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 4:14pm

I’m sure the shooting schedule was heavily adjusted to have any material featuring any actors to be fully completed first with the pending actor’s strike eminent. All current projects that were in production were able to do so as their scripts were completed prior to the writer’s strike. These strikes were expected so they didn’t just happen unexpectedly. All productions prepared in advance.  

[Kad]

Posted: 7/13/23 at 4:19pm

It could potentially screw up any reshoots or ADR that may need to occur, depending on how long the strike goes on. 

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 1:21pm

Theatrefan2 said: "Someone on theatreboard has been on set and written a report in the Wicked thread in the films sections



https://theatreboard.co.uk/thread/9796/wicked-movie?page=33"

That person claims to have inside knowledge yet has never given a serious piece of information and only seems to pop up to shoot down any insinuation that Dorothy is appearing in the film. Take what they say with a grain of salt. 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 1:26pm

I didn’t think would happen so late into the game

[mememe]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 1:58pm

Plannietink08 said: "Theatrefan2 said: "Someone on theatreboard has been on set and written a report in the Wicked thread in the films sections



https://theatreboard.co.uk/thread/9796/wicked-movie?page=33"

That person claims to have inside knowledge yet has never given a serious piece of information and only seems to pop up to shoot down any insinuation that Dorothy is appearing in the film. Take what they say with a grain of salt."

Indeed, several things they say go directly against what I know 

One thing coming from anyone involved I’ve spoken to, is they are taking a lot of material from the book and trying to lean into the darker tones.

People have been saying that working on the movie, it feels like it’s a mess tonally BUT that the bits that feel as though they are working, are truly special. Obviously the hope is that everything works out in the edit. But literally anyone I know working on the movie has said that parts of are really, really special and that there is an enormous amount of care being taken. 
 

Orchestration is a big question. There has been experimentation to bury some of the more bubble gum 2000s pop music feel, to make things more sweeping and cinematic to line up with the darker tonal shifts (which makes sense as that score is pretty campy) so we might end up with something like one of the old school movie musicals in which the soundtrack really stands apart from the cast recording, over some of the more straight adaptions of recent years. 
 

Glinda’s mother is a British Elphaba 

 

 

[Janaenae]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 6:30pm

That does sound much more honest than just "it's perfectly good". Especially with director Jon Chu. I felt the same thing about In the Heights, stunning moments with a shaky structure holding it together. It does make me really worry about the end product. Going darker is a very big risk with such a fun, family-friendly, colorful show. I was hoping they'd take a couple concepts from the book and strongly rework them. think Part 1 might do reasonably well, but long term fans won't like the new version of the story and regular audiences might not be impressed with a tonal mess. So I worry that Part 2 will probably go unnoticed when it drops a year later. 

Oh well, no matter what we'll get a great soundtrack. I'm looking forward to that at least. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 7:20pm

Since when is WICKED a “fun, family-friendly, colorful show”? You either need to actually see it or revisit it. 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 7:54pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Since when is WICKED a “fun, family-friendly, colorful show”? You either need to actually see it or revisit it."

That's... that's exactly what Wicked is. It's a Disney movie. Have YOU seen it? Lol

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 8:06pm

Glinda’s mother is a British Elphaba



She’s played by Alice Fearn. 

[Janaenae]

Posted: 7/14/23 at 9:28pm

Pretty big fan actually. It's not exactly Avenue Q. The music is pop, the jokes are all light-hearted, maybe there's some scary moments, but overall it's pretty PG. I mean nobody dies. It's the kind of event you would recommend to a family with tween girls. Honestly, I'd say it's messages and themes speak best to children between 8-13. I saw it at age ten and had no problems. 

Updated On: 7/14/23 at 09:28 PM

[mememe]

Posted: 7/15/23 at 4:05am

Plannietink08 said: "
Glinda’s mother is a British Elphaba



She’s played by Alice Fearn."

Bingo