Universal's WICKED Films - News & Discussion Thread — Page 46

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



She’s played by Alice Fearn."

Bingo"

 

 

I love Alice Fearn but this would have been the perfect Chenoweth cameo

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

Since the show's inception. The entire reason Linda Wolverton was hired to write the book was to disneyfy Maguire's novel.

DJD4 said: "jimmycurry01 said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Since when is WICKED a “fun, family-friendly, colorful show”? You either need to actually see it or revisit it."

Since the show's inception. The entire reason Linda Wolverton was hired to write the book was to disneyfy Maguire's novel."

Is Linda Wolverton involved?

I thought Winnie Holzman adapted the book."

Dammit, I hate when my memory fails me!

Linda Wolverton DID pen a draft of the script when Demi Moore’s production company had an option on the film rights. This was a screenplay and had absolutely nothing to do with the eventual musical adaptation. 

Can't remember if I heard this on tv or read it but they said they only have a few weeks, I think 10, left of shooting. They decided to take this time to get a jump on the editing process since they have most of the movie in the can.

jpbran said: "I think it was just 10 shooting days."

 

I think that's right. I knew it was a short amount of time with the number 10 in it!

 

BrodyFosse123 said: "QueenAlice said: "Linda Wolverton DID pen a draft of the script when Demi Moore’s production company had an option on the film rights. This was a screenplay and had absolutely nothing to do with the eventual musical adaptation."

Exactly. Shortly after the novel was released in 1995, Demi Moore brought a non-musical film adaptation to Universal with Linda attached as screenwriter and co-producer. It stalled and both ladies moved on while Universal owned the rights to the novel. A few years later Marc Platt had the brilliant idea for the Broadway musical adaptation, which was penned by Winnie Holzman."

Did Salma Hayek’s mini-series adaption of the novel ever get as far as a script? 

Well the trailer leaked online for about 5 mins. More of a 90 second trailer/behind the scenes look but it looks and sounds great. And Erivo makes the last "Defying Gravity" note her own, which is nice. 

Updated On: 7/31/23 at 10:11 PM

rosscoe(au) said: "The Celeb post has the footage online"

Well damn it looks gorgeous. Had to watch it without sound cause Im at work, but it looks beautiful! Cynthia is gonna be great in this

HBP said: "I'm not usually a pot stirrer but... it seems Kristin recently said on Watch What Happens Live that she has always thought they should cut Dr. Dillamond from Wicked. There are rumors Idina will voice Dillamond in the movie. If that's true & Kristin decided 20 years into the show's run to comment on Dr. Dillamond's character, that may further stir the Kristin-Idina feud rumors... 🤔"

That clip was from 2 years ago 

Globefan said: "HBP said: "I'm not usually a pot stirrer but... it seems Kristin recently said on Watch What Happens Live that she has always thought they should cut Dr. Dillamond from Wicked. There are rumors Idina will voice Dillamond in the movie. If that's true & Kristin decided 20 years into the show's run to comment on Dr. Dillamond's character, that may further stir the Kristin-Idina feud rumors... 🤔"

That clip was from 2 years ago"

Also Andy is the one who brought up the goat and Kristin  just went along with it. Idk why people are so obsessed with the unsubstantiated rumor that Idina and Kristin hate each other to post something like that. 

Updated On: 11/10/23 at 10:34 PM