WICKED Film will be split into two movies, releasing Dec 2024 & Dec 2025

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:03pm

Pardon my French but WTF?

Updated On: 4/26/22 at 12:03 PM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:04pm

WHY
 

(Money, I know. But.)

[ElephantLoveMedley]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:07pm

Um, what?!

I guess we can safely assume Part I will end with “Defying Gravity,” no?

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:10pm

Yeah, I assume Part 1 will be Act 1? Will Schwartz be adding more songs? They could add 10-15 minutes to the stage runtime and it would still be under 3 hours. The stage show is 2:30 without Intermission, and there have been plenty of successful tentpole movies longer than that in recent years.

Updated On: 4/26/22 at 12:10 PM

[ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:11pm

Well that’s just idiotic. I thought we were years past that terrible trend of splitting films into two. Just make a long movie!

Updated On: 4/26/22 at 12:11 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:16pm

Ridiculous.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:18pm

Jesus. So “Wicked” will now be longer than “Les Mis”.

[MCfan2]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:18pm

I don't understand this at all. This isn't Lord of the Rings. 

[Nolan LuPone]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:18pm

Sigh

No one would care if they cut Something Bad and the wizard's songs. In fact, I would prefer that.

Updated On: 4/26/22 at 12:18 PM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:20pm

This is just asinine.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:22pm

MCfan2 said: "I don't understand this at all. This isn't Lord of the Rings."

The Hobbit should have been a warning to all film studios. But again, they still made SO much money and that’s really all that matters in Hollywood.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:26pm

Guess they’re not cutting “Something Bad.”

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:26pm

This is actually more surprising than splitting it up into a 4-6 part prestige limited series for Universal's Peacock streaming service.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:27pm

Lolz. How dumb. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:28pm

Kad said: "Guess they’re not cutting “Something Bad.”"

They’re actually adding several reprises of it.

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:29pm

I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to cut a 2 and a half hour musical into a 2 and a half hour movie… 

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:29pm

I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to cut a 2 and a half hour musical into a 2 and a half hour movie… 

[Nolan LuPone]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:33pm

TotallyEffed said: "Kad said: "Guess they’re not cutting “Something Bad.”"

They’re actually adding several reprises of it."

Please, tell me you're joking

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:34pm

I mean, Les Miserables is close to a three hour show, and, was close to that in length for the movie. And to put things in a more current mainstream light, The Batman was almost three hours long and people saw it and was/is a success. Why Wicked needs two parts is beyond me.

[ggersten]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:34pm

I for one am looking forward to the extended dance remix version of Dear Old Shizz with the tap number.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:37pm

Nolan LuPone said: "TotallyEffed said: "Kad said: "Guess they’re not cutting “Something Bad.”"

They’re actually adding several reprises of it."

Please, tell me you're joking"

They’ve expanded the role of Doctor Dillamond, he is now the narrator, set in the future. Hence the need for two movies.The role will be split between Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Early reports are suggesting the expanded versions of Something Bad are going to be major Oscar bait for Best Song.

[Fetus]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:38pm

I know the real reason is money, but the director's explanation for why they split it in two makes the production team sound like horrible storytellers.

[fbueller]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:40pm

Cash grab.

[stlrod]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:41pm

If it were April 1, I could understand this.

[Nolan LuPone]

Posted: 4/26/22 at 12:42pm

TotallyEffed said: "Nolan LuPone said: "TotallyEffed said: "Kad said: "Guess they’re not cutting “Something Bad.”"

They’re actually adding several reprises of it."

Please, tell me you're joking"

They’ve expanded the role of Doctor Dillamond, he is now the narrator, set in the future. Hence the need for two movies.The role will be split between Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Early reports are suggesting the expanded versions of Something Bad are going to be major Oscar bait for Best Song."

Lol, I was genuinely concerned for a second